What Happened When the Humans Came | HFY | A short Sci-Fi Story

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[@Krane5328]

Galaxy Plan: phase 1 - factorio phase 2 - 40k phase 3 - move on and repeat

[@falconcorbin3830]

True tho I would think

[@pheonixblue01]

Phase 3: people can now save themselves. Move on and repeat.

[@LurkerAnonymous]

"We come in peace. Do not fuck with us."

[@sailirish7]

"Don't touch our boats."

[@jeffritchie825]

Or in total war terms "accept or we will attack" "please don't attack"

[@iffracem]

"the greater good" Words that describe evil manifest usually.

[@lucasward7688]

But most certainly not always.

[@blockmg9425]

What is that Tau empire in warhammer 40k Those communist almost aliens.

[@emceedoctorb3022]

@@blockmg9425The Weaboo Blueberry Space Communists (tm).

[@michaelbarnard8529]

The phrase “The Greater Good”, by its nature, implies an accompanying lesser evil. That, and the local good is less uncertain than the global or distant one.

[@JRRodriguez-nu7po]

The Dream of Nimrod, the politics of Plato and the banner of National Zocialists and International communists. However, there's a time and season for every purpose under heaven,band war is that time

[@the_cursor]

I was strangely happy at finding a story in which humans were the bad guys but it was just tough love.

[@pheonixblue01]

Right? They act the bad guy to save everyone and then they leave everything with the people who suffered to make it as well as the schematics and tech. It sucks, it hurts, and it saves them all. I think it’s a curious story of what happens when you do or don’t tell people how you’re helping them help themselves.

[@Sanderford]

I can't agree. This was less tough love, and more brutal tyrants using other people as tools and weapons, while gaslighting their victims.

[@paulpincemin5700]

It kinda reminds me of God Emperor Of Dune.

[@ellorasg4525]

Sounds like Asian parents

[@StealthWS6]

@@Sanderford did you even make it to the end? Where they left everything behind for the others. please open your mind

[@kyleleblancvlogs3820]

That hit hard. "Now you are truly free. Even from us"

[@reyariass]

That’s the most beautiful line I ever heard/read 🥹

[@goatkiller666]

To be fair, every human was ALSO a nameless cog in the same machinery. We are as bad, or worse, to ourselves, than to anyone else.

[@free4fire]

Man Hot Fuzz really messed me up for life, I can't hear the phrase "the greater good" anymore without a part in back of my brain repeating it in a monotone voice. XD

[@andreww2098]

as long as there aren't any swans involved

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

Yerp

[@rycs16]

@@andreww2098 A great big bushy beard!

[@sandrosliske]

Same. Every damn time.

[@richardarriaga6271]

It was a warning

[@cowbertnet]

Quark: ...so now, Gaila owns his own moon, and I'm staring into the abyss. And the worst part of it is, my only hope for salvation is the Federation! Garak: I know precisely how you feel! Quark: I want you to try something for me. Take a sip of this... Garak: What is it? Quark: A Human drink, it's called root beer Garak: uhh..I don't know Quark: C'mon, aren't you just a little bit curious? What do you think? Garak: ...ugh, it's vile! Quark: I know! It's so bubbly, and cloy, and happy! Garak: Just like the Federation! Quark: But you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it! Garak: It's insidious! Quark: Just like the Federation! Garak: Do you think they'll be able to save us? Quark: I hope so!

[@joelsamuel6457]

And all it cost was 1 romulan senator, 1 criminal, and a Starfleet commanders self respect

[@nathanberrigan9839]

Quark : Let me tell you something about Humans, Nephew. They're a wonderful, friendly people, as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those same friendly, intelligent, wonderful people... will become as nasty and as violent as the most bloodthirsty Klingon.

[@VestedUTuber]

@@nathanberrigan9839 That was an understatement on Quark's behalf. Klingons are still bound by a code of honor, one that ties in with their anomalously very real religion (seriously, the Klingon Afterlife is a place you can actually visit if you know where to go to do so). Humans have no such bindings. As such, a sufficiently pissed off human is less like the most bloodthirsty Klingon and more like a combination of the most bloodthirsty Klingon, the most ruthless Cardassian, the most devious Romulan and the most unyielding and self-sacrificial Jem'Hadar.

[@sailirish7]

I wish I could watch it for the first time again

[@Taneth]

You are being liberated. Please do not resist.

[@rhoydplaz2853]

We shall bring peace by. By force !!

[@Stretch-xd3ed]

This has a warhammer feel about it, the pursers aka Tyranids and the humans and the greater good Tau. Trying to save the galaxy. But the humans in warhammer would be more likely to conquer the galaxy than save it. Thanks for a cool story. 👏👏

[@huseyinfurkankardiyen2104]

WH40K humans would eradicate all organic life they could find just to not give any more biomass to the Tyranids.

[@MartynWilkinson45]

In fairness, they did both

[@EvanBiser]

Also got some Golden Path vibes from Dune

[@silas6328]

Well, all of the fundamentalist Imperium forces would have stayed and fought to the last man. Hence why only the less xenophobic "heretics" survived alongside a handful of the Tau.

[@gravytrain8041]

Tyranid invasion? The Emperor protects!!

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

“Yes.. he does!”

[@carloreneeventura8714]

Greater Good??! *HERESY!*

[@lavenderlilacproductions]

A world ship the size of a planet parked orbiting another planet? Copernicus wept.

[@anonygent]

Theoretically, if the ship was lightweight, it would orbit the planet without any deflection.

[@Chris-cv1ll]

@@anonygentalso could be advanced enough to use some gravitational devices to counter the deflection. Would need it for moving such large ships at any acceleration without tearing them apart

[@johnj3027]

You dont experience G force in a vacuum?

[@memyshelfandeye318]

@@johnj3027 Lol sure. Because surrounding gas (or lack thereoff) has anything to do with the inertia of your own mass. Maybe pay more attention at school, next time?

[@johnj3027]

@memyshelfandeye318 That reply literally made no sense. Also, maybe work on your social skills a bit more?

[@silas6328]

Warhammer 42K. The Imperium survivors apparently brought the Tau along for the ride.

[@mikeloeven]

and the nids too... oops

[@silas6328]

@@mikeloeven well, yeah. They ate everything else in the galaxy and a few human ark ships are all that made it out. Except for the orks. It seems to me that fighting the nids would be too much like fighting animals: they just don't get that look in their eyes before they get crumped. In my head canon the rest of the orks managed to tear their way into the warp and meet up with Tuska and now Khorne is questioning his life choices.

[@dskero]

This feels like re-imagining WH40K.

[@David-qs7yv]

I swear these books are just someone playing a Stellaris Playthrough and then writing down the lore.

[@carloscrispens4816]

Congratulations, you are being rescued. Please do not resist.

[@SchroederUSMC]

I hate how some authors don't know the meaning of "Decimation" despite overusing it.

[@littleblackcat2273]

Maybe only 1 author in 10 uses it correctly.... 😛

[@SchroederUSMC]

@@littleblackcat2273 I see what you did there... I'll admit, it took me a second.😁

[@LoPhatKao]

does the context make it sound like it means the Roman punishment, or is it more likely used as a simile for annihilation?

[@feanedhell]

It annoys me that people don’t understand that the definition of words evolve through use and that the old roman meaning is not the main definition nowadays.

[@SchroederUSMC]

@@feanedhell I understand what you're trying to say, but this is not the case here. This misuse by the author and many is due to ignorance, not an evolution of the word. Just because many are wrong, does not change the answer.

[@lyromata]

Wow, that was an incredible story. Thanks❤

[@femstarpremium6685]

Ok pretty DARK but different approach from what I’ve grown accustomed to on here lol

[@andemnon657]

The Greater Good, Words that encompass some of the greatest evils ever to be carried out by human beings.

[@proudspark3853]

The message "we are sorry" seems weak for a century of forced servitude. However considering that for the humans in this story have had to raise each new generation with the ideas similar to "we can never be heros, we can never be good, we must be what we need to be. For the greater good." Essentially perpetually destroying themselves for the chance that one day good will prevail. Nameless and faceless martyrs. Soldiers cast from warriors. I'd say they deserve to be forgiven.

[@fanficlover]

I imagine that as a species, humanity has condemned themselves to be traveling bringers of the greater good, viewing their acts upon entire galaxies (no matter how noble or important) to vile and reprehensible to ever even think of allowing themselves the satisfaction of truly uniting with any of the possibly dozens to hundreds of galaxies they've saved before, designating themseves to forever travel with the soul purpose of being the dark protectors of the universe until a day where the pursuers no longer pose a threat or they've driven themselves to extinction for their efforts, and if by the slim chance they ever due truly win, I doubt they as a species will return to any galaxy except their own, the one they couldn't save that drove them to such lengths, so that they could and their atrocities could be lost to time and the universe can forget the scars it laid witness to.

[@coryrichmond2039]

Im listening to this passively. There a pause right after the human transmission says "we will set you truly free" during that pause an ad played that just had music as a sound track. I thought the music was part of the story lol.

[@PabloCruise9398]

It would be cool to have illustrated storyboards to go along... But the imagination serves well thi good story telling, 👍

[@scifistories1977]

For WRickwrites next story "after the war" I did add scenes, so let me know what you think: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHq5hHaloaiFfJY

[@comicsgatekeeper9746]

My god,they beat the tyranids

[@VMX1.]

The word Human "is" synonymous with death and destruction.

[@justinworkman9980]

You have more faith in humanity than i do.

[@user-oo8wf9gq6r]

We must united and stand against the evil of wakanda

[@DarrinSK]

Anti human anti life sentiment is a disease.

[@jessemichael1776]

Just so the author knows, decimation is too reduce in number by 1/10th

[@HopeisAnger]

I couldn't suspend my disbelief. A group of humans that doesn't constantly bicker and infight constantly, is not human at all.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Humanity has yet to face an existential threat that NONE will survive in a single lifetime.

[@jamiepatterson1214]

When you can't say the 'why' things are being done as they are being done, because it would cause fear and panic, what can they expect to be thought as? You know time is short, so it's imperative to push everyone hard, even to the point of death. What can they expect to be thought as? But the day arrives as you said, those you prepared for are here. Now, what are they thought as? Sometimes, knowing too much is not good, just as knowing too little is not good. A balance must be struck between the two so objectives can be achieved. Would the other species believed the humans if they had told the whole truth? Instead of preparing and letting the galaxy see the threat for themselves when it arrived? Sometimes, the only way to convince someone of the truth is for them to see it for themselves.

[@edspencer7121]

Like we say, where I work. 'It's all about the numbers!'

[@Trancescient]

This reads like the Tau Empire vs the Tyranids in Warhammer 40k, down to their favorite phrase "for the greater good."

[@testtube9423]

These stories help me appreciate my species more

[@KaiHenningsen]

Yeah... I think in this case, "we are sorry" and "for the greater good" don't really cut it.

[@waynecampeau4566]

Yeah, but at least there is someone left alive to hate them. :(

[@-JustHuman-]

Remember they have done this many times, and when they were upfront they lost, as the population din't believe them or went into a panic. This time they had to choose, do they all die again or do you do what you have to so some maybe saved.

[@michelelyons9410]

I agree it doesn't cut it. Not at all. For one thing, who put the humans in charge? they woke up one day and decided they were God and should decide for millions of other beings? That's a god complex right there.

[@michelelyons9410]

So if you murder 10 children to save 20 children, that's ok? Not to my way of thinking. @@waynecampeau4566

[@Monty_BeGoodToEachOther]

That's us, making friends wherever we go...

[@freelancenerd4804]

That was really good!

[@jeremiahadam19]

What a story!

[@azelkhntr4992]

Well, that was heartening, eh.

[@yutu49]

Sounds as those who rule over us entered the galaxy.

[@penemuelwatcher2378]

The Greater Good? NO! These are not humans! These are Tau sleepers.

[@oneyebat7839]

This was so good, that I had to listen to it again.

[@TheDocPsycho]

Pax Romana. Or, The Imperium of Man.

[@rhoydplaz2853]

Pax imperium

[@antifableach]

This story was pretty good which is better than ugly good lol I thought it was a bit anticlimactic because I was expecting some sort of advancement at the end but yeah, not bad at all. Glad I stumbled onto your channel today and almost instantly subscribed.

[@wesfoster1178]

Its like a nicer version of Warhammer 40K

[@SageofStars]

Anyone ever play a DS RPG/RTS/Visual Novel/Starship Command/Tetris(Yes all those apply to the same game) game called Infinite Space? This reminds me of how the Lugovalos Empire arrives in the Small Magellic Cloud. Mind, they did turn out to be KINDA right, given they were fighting back against the guys who created our universe and were about to start harvesting it...but they were also jerks, and killed a WHOLE lot of people to achieve their ends...and without the assistance of the MC and his allied nations their whole empire would have been pointless.

[@RenzitoARG]

Yeah, this one is a paraphrasing of the whole argument in the last 4 books of the Dune saga.

[@tonyjanney1654]

See "Hour of the Horde" by Gordon R. Dickson. A neat, fun, 50's Sci-fi read that follows in the same vein of this story.

[@marginbuu212]

Plot twist: ther Pursuers themselves were running away from something even scarier than themselves.

[@narcissisticnihilist9718]

very nice twist

[@RuledByMars]

Good story! Thanks

[@blacklighthologram5339]

This is what would happen if the Imperium won in WarHammer, humans aren’t kind by any means but this is better than most other factions in 40k. Humanity may be evil here but no less evil than the other races, the urge of conquer and dominate is as a part of life as breathing and not matter the cost life must prevail I guess.

[@Verrisin]

I have a feeling that humans originally created the pursuers, who then got out of control. XD

[@HaunterV]

This made me want a TTRPG of the setting

[@marcelluscadd1052]

Well, the author plays 40K...

[@iknklst]

"Welcome to Costco InterGalactic, the Humans love you. Welcome to Costco InterGalatic, the Humans love you...."

[@soumy1986]

This was great ..

[@peterbryda5153]

Wow, great story

[@LuigiL75]

Trust us…maybe.

[@warmstrong5612]

"People of the Commonwealth. We are, the Brotherhood of Steel".

[@anthonymellemasr.2661]

great story.

[@kyog1990]

Great story

[@drakkiusgaming]

This is just the plot to Fable 3

[@kyleh7365]

wow that was awesome

[@thebuddha4208]

I ran out of zombie stories this one so far pretty good for not being zombies lol

[@shawncooper8131]

Can travel between galaxies....but no AI to do manual labor.......

[@victorc8855]

greater good? sounds like heresy to me chief

[@webkelpie]

When “greater good” means greater good, not the twisted fairytale to which it often refers.

[@GaryPaschkeSrGaryFPaschkeSr54]

The Government's saying became mankinds montra: "We are the government, we are here to help you! Now, DIG!

[@ScorpiusZA.]

What happens when the Tyranids win in the milky way and the humans flee, except there, the humans really are awful.

[@azwanajeeb2167]

After the rebuild they probably want to find their heroes and help them in the goal or get to know of the heroes where the coming from and what their origin.

[@bignasty4874]

Straight to comments: What happened when the humans came? "Errybody got some aktrite"

[@ilovejettrooper5922]

These "Pursuers" sound like The Flood to me...

[@alexc4300]

“Joyce has a quick announcement before we begin …”

[@porkyvonchop6458]

a yes spreading freedom throughout the galaxy 😆😆👌👌

[@noahkasper9387]

Very good, but please finish Terran Contact please

[@S.k.y.n.e.t.]

It looks like this galaxy needs some... FREEDOM!!!

[@randomcatontheinternet2771]

Xenophile Egalitarian and Militaristic build combo run be right

[@annaruiz7737]

Picori from the planet Minish. (Legend of Zelda fans know)

[@estebanslavidastic4382]

reminds me of how i play my stellaris games.

[@halogen92r-]

How long is one cycle?

[@damnsong8675309]

What happened when the humans came... Goo. Goo everywhere!

[@donttreadonme1474]

You would think a higher Kardashev species would intervene. In this scenario humans would be at least a level 2.5 or 3. Got to be some 4's or 5's around and I assume this is the Andromeda galaxy but to be able to travel 2.3 million light years in less than a lifetime is some serious technology. You would hope species this advanced would more or less care less about lesser Kardashev species which I think is why we have not been contacted or bothered openly.

[@comradeconnor2626]

We introduced the galaxy to. A 9-5

[@coffeegunpowderdoa886]

Ahh yes socialism in space! Yay!

[@sonarroeivory1270]

BRAVO... part II? quest to find the noble humans... and the arms race that ensues from emerging factions seeking to capitalize on the technology that Humanity left behind..

[@Bellator_of_the_Shadow]

Or maybe the humans finally are defeated by the enemy their trying to defeat and this galaxies inhabitants turn around and help the humans in return

[@wakandianCrimeMatters-co2ur]

fight against wakanda, the evil and the ignorance of wakada. the greater good calls

[@Al1SV2]

👍👍

[@HamishHorizon]

"The greater good" It's the Tau all over again.

[@primetime3422]

From what I interpret the humans said the ends justify the means. It is either this slavery or a fate worse than death for all of you. At least we are not hypocrites and will let you be free when your service is no longer required.

[@NegaZxyz]

Huh, human Tau empire. Weird.

[@MetalheadAndNerd]

That's enough entertainment for today, slaves. Return to work! For the greater good!

[@Verrisin]

also, if more are left, and more are left, ... how long until the same galaxy faces the next wave, lol - Not sure if just leaving altogether was for the best...

[@raymonkent5835]

“The greater good” horrible words

[@lordlopikong6940]

Very Warhammer inspired

[@VestedUTuber]

Ok... are these humans or a transcendent but displaced T'au Empire running from Tyranids?

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

Palpatine would be impressed

[@thebuddha4208]

Damn that was pretty good sorry we gotta go the next galaxy needs help but now you are free continue to fight

[@AlphaJulietBravo1]

Super Earth is universal

[@garysuarez9614]

Sounds like a rock opera from BoltThrower.