When Humans Joined the War, It was Over in Hours | Best HFY Stories

[@StarboundHFY]

Do you like the subtle sound effects?

[@StonyCreeker]

I think I prefer not to have them

[@Trancescient]

I like them! They give extra texture to the story.

[@chasejones3247]

I think they add a nice touch. I would prefer more to be honest; maybe replacing onomatopoeia with the corresponding sound effects instead of just reading the word

[@cynforgiven1221]

I enjoyed them. You read so well you don't need them, though. I enjoy listening to your stories either way.

[@DarnHyena]

Bringing back old timey radio shows

[@danewillis263]

“In return, we’ll show you what real war looks like.” Anyone else get a chill at that line?

[@ReneMiller-si3py]

Thanks for doing this in a real human voice. Much more to enjoy.

[@retrozmachine1189]

Still the occasional mispronunciation but forgivable. Orion, as in nebula, rather than a favourite American cookie?

[@russellbradley2144]

He got the story from AI, then gave it a voice. Good for him, but too similar to 100's of AI voice stories. The stories are always the same.

[@Redmeer411]

@@russellbradley2144Eh at least those pesky Zorgans and Zoltrans haven't made an appearance in this HFY universe yet and he edits the stories to be mostly coherent with minor forgivable mistakes unlike those 100s of AI generated and AI voiced "stories" that make no sense.

[@GeorgeOrwell-yz6zx]

The ending to the story was a little trite but the actual human voice was a big plus

[@shadowpoet4398]

AI can never replace a good performer. It is encoded in our DNA

[@wildape3210]

I liked the human narration ten times more than the AI narration of stories. The inflections, speed, and emotion resonates the story far better.

[@splegoon4289]

AI narration just makes me feel 😐

[@regor8189]

Galactic Council: "We could never inflict genocide on another species" Earth: "Hold my beer"

[@potato8910]

Earth: Hold my Canadians

[@danielefabbro822]

Rome: hold my salt.

[@alexanderren1097]

Germans: “Hold my bratwurst”

[@alexanderren1097]

Humans: “We’ve done it to our own species plenty of times”

[@VariouslyCommon]

Earth: Hold my Australlians will ya?

[@airplanenut89]

Council: Have we unleashed a savior, or a devil? Gen. Markos: Yes.

[@xedalpha1]

War is hell. And when you're in hell there can be no greater ally than the devil himself.

[@matthewtremain683]

​@xedalpha1 unfortunately the devil is no man's ally. We are no more than useful tools.

[@damianfry2080]

​@@matthewtremain683 Desperate times call for Desperate measures

[@Greydius2517]

And in this case, humanity became the devil not to defend themselves, but to defend others. Being willing to be seen as the bad guy in order to do the right thing is a mark of willingness to sacrifice yourself for the sake of others. That is the essence of true heroism.

[@leylanibunni]

More this darker side a tool of us as a species that we unwisely point at each other​@damianfry2080

[@lexmats6709]

I never knew how amazing a story could be told when said with actual human voice and not by AI.

[@black1917]

Check out Net Narrator.

[@blackreaper8765]

check out net narrator and Aggro squirrel

[@Voldrim359]

The insects said: "We will kill you all!" The human CHAD Markus: "Nah, i'd win"

[@supermaximglitchy1]

We got a few sprays for that

[@saramarrspellmaker9592]

@@supermaximglitchy1 # DDT

[@greentrurtle4451]

"Our technologies are light-years ahead of yours, what qualifies you to take charge of our forces" Human: my kind have killed each other since time emimorial and we've gotten really good at it, human blood has shed in every square inch of my home world of Earth. This alone should be more than qualify me to take such a role.

[@TjugoTusen]

An HFY story with actual emotion put into it? Fucking Fantastic

[@shadowpoet4398]

War is hell. One of the greatest quotes I've ever heard on the subject is from General George S Patton: "War isn't about dying for your country. It's about making some other poor sonovabitch die for his!" Plus, my favorite, "War... War never changes."

[@SeanMirrsen]

Yeah, the US is really good at making other countries' people die for their country.

[@Ros3PetaI]

Well, that's wrong, war doesn't really do anything EXCEPT change

[@EmpireofMoonandStars]

Just the tech

[@shadowpoet4398]

"War never changes" just means it is the same mechanism behind it today as was at the start: One party kills another party in the name of a future peace. Everyone's got their own ideas of how to make peace, nobody agrees, everyone fights and kills and eventually one party doesn't die. The write the glorious history. Killing for life, warring for peace... It's madness, and it never changes.

[@DocDewrill]

i do you one better: Preacher: War is Hell Hawkeye: no father, Hell is Hell. War is much worse. Preacher: how is that? Hawkeye: who goes to hell father? Preacher: Sinners i would think Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

[@thegungadfly8930]

The Bible says the “meek” shall inherit the earth. The translation is not correct. It should read “ those who possess swords, but keep them sheathed” shall inherit the Earth. This story reflects that philosophy.

[@skydivingcomrade1648]

Meekness is power under self-control. Meekness never meant weakness.

[@tomsweder7459]

Neat idea, but where are you getting this translation from? Neither the Hebrew verse from Psalms 37 nor the Greek from the Sermon in Matthew 5 says anything like what you claim. They pretty much say "meek" or "gentle" or maybe "one acknowledging his need" - nothing about swords.

[@buddyguy4723]

​@@tomsweder7459 Do you think they made it up? I'm no religious scholar but I have never heard that one before.

[@kdroach474]

I think @skydivingcomrad1648 has an accurate representation of the word. 2 Corinthians 10 uses meekness and gentleness in the same sentence. In that context humility seems to be the most appropriate synonym. Again, it has little to nothing to do with power or ability. The picture I have heard used to illustrate the word is a horse with a bit in it's mouth, the power of the horse is controlled by the bit (ideally anyway). In the OT the word is used in relation to humility and submission in regard to God in a lot of cases. In the minds of the people penning those words the power of God is absolute and immutable. The idea is letting God do the heavy lifting, that is very far from a lack of power. It also is acknowledging that it is not the place of the people to try to assume the role of determining what God does. It is a really interesting word when you look into it. I think I could spend a week lecturing on the philosophical entailments of 'meek' in the Theological context of the Bible.

[@Hainero2001]

I saw that Jordan Peterson video too.

[@davidhenderson3400]

"I am a human being capable of doing terrible things........RUN"

[@brian-my7ym]

Wow that was the first time I'd ever heard a Sci-Fi narrated. I can usually handle Sci-Fi movies but sci-fi books and stories have a tendency to bore me. I actually enjoyed this. And the narration was very good as well

[@StarboundHFY]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robertarvanitis8852]

Nature Herself agrees with the humans. Remember the Iron Rule: If it can be done, it WILL be done. The faint of heart disappear, succeeded by the ruthless.

[@nathangeurts4488]

The Republic will be recognized into the First Galactic EMPIRE, said no one from star wars

[@HunterSentinel]

The measure of a soldier and warrior is not how much he can hate the threat before him, but by how well he defends what stands behind him.

[@stephenstonge7968]

Wow. The bar for narration is very low on YT because of all the AI, but it's an insult to judge you by that standard. Your inflection, emotion and range of voices is more deserving of being ranked among those narrating professional authors. Please keep up the amazing work!

[@VariouslyCommon]

"...use a gun, and if that don't work... Use more gun..." - A Certain Engineer

[@theguyonthecouch6109]

Awesome, a narrator who is actually human. Subbed

[@sdragut]

good believable story well told with no hiccups or discrepancies in the story line. well done!

[@Runeforged]

Appreciate this man. Thank you for uploading.

[@RealEnerjak]

War. War never changes. There may be professionals and exterminators, but humans turned war into an art form.

[@Aki-kh2qe-StreetKidZZZ]

Damn fkn straight we did.

[@ShaneRead-gk5fn]

We are rather good at it, even better when the gloves come off.

[@Sven73524]

Remember, insects have no human ground rights, so time to get the Geneva Checklist​@@ShaneRead-gk5fn

[@founderoftheempire8589]

"Answer to whom?" "The humans." "Ayo wait a minute, maybe we can talk things out."

[@VariouslyCommon]

buddy chose wrong words

[@TheBlackAntagonist]

Meanwhile, the humans: *Doomslayer music intensifies*

[@TheBlackAntagonist]

Meanwhile, the humans: *Doomslayer music intensifies*

[@Cataclysm-08-36]

​@@TheBlackAntagonist G A L A C T I C. F R E E D O M. I N B O U N D 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@jurj97]

​@@TheBlackAntagonistKarkourm: what are you going to do about it? Humanity: rip and tear

[@theamiralgarner]

we, human, know what we are capable off. no one deserved this...until now

[@kyze8284]

Seriously. Every of our OWN species that says they want to genocide another has been met with genocide in return. What did another species believe that we wouldn’t do the same to protect ourselves and our allies? “If we don’t say yes, you’ll end us all? HA! You really don’t understand what that means for us towards you, then”

[@GuntherRommel]

The fact that I can see that you're an actual human being earned my like and subscribe. Good strategy.

[@emom358]

One of your better stories, and read by a human. Thank you.

[@Michael-ju7xu]

>Karkorum pay heavy reparations to cover the costs of their war >Karkorum economy collapses leading to hyperinflation >A Karkorum named Karkortler rises to power and begins rebuilding the military and recolonizing destroyed broodworlds >Galactic federation delegate Neville Chamberlyrian given guarantees that they will not expand beyond their old borders >"There will be peace in our time!"

[@00yiggdrasill00]

Interesting that you got it nearly completely wrong, but hey have fun with that

[@Hamburgerhuman]

Not again

[@cageybee7221]

the karkourm offered to pay, though. it wasn't forced on them. also, they know the the humans will just come back and finish them off if they try.

[@TechnoMageB5]

Peace...is only maintained with the sharp edge of a Bat-Leth! -General Martok

[@shadowpoet4398]

Rip Torn is an amazing actor

[@rianmacdonald9454]

The council forgot one of the oldest rules - ''If you want peace prepare for WAR'' - they were ill prepared - Humanity has been preparing for war for 100,000 years, forever honing and adapting their tactic's.

[@Gankhisprawn]

Let me tell you something about humons, 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.

[@user-fy6ii5uo7g]

An actual human reading sci fi stories?? Yes please. Subbed. Thanks for your content!

[@reaperstanek2364]

This is the start of my second video from you. Real voices and not mono tone boring. Subscribed.

[@StarboundHFY]

thank you!

[@seanmarshall5463]

“Have we released an angel, or a devil?” An angel. The angel of death.

[@victorjoselopeznogueira2104]

Ayyyyyyy

[@dagan2000]

have they unleashed an Angel or Devil? the answer is yes

[@rianmacdonald9454]

Saviour or Devil. but again the answer is yes - The Devil can be your Saviour in the darkest of hours.

[@davecrupel2817]

Someone with the willpower & weapons of a demon. And the compassion & inner peace of an angel.

[@residentmagnum]

Long ago a Roman general did the same/ In a way it is good to see his memory live. RIP Cincinnatus

[@SandraNelson063]

And all he really wanted was to go back to his farm.

[@billb4696]

real human voice? I hit like before you even started reading. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@TyllerBoom]

Humanity, because we've been killing the most powerful thing in the galaxy, us, for thousands of years.

[@tims8326]

You are far better than the other HFY channels - well done.

[@robinhodson9890]

The short was too short; this full version is too drawn out. That it is sometimes necessary to do monstrous things to survive, it does not mean we have to become monsters.

[@rianmacdonald9454]

You are correct - you become a monster, if after ''winning'' you continue to do so. The General was correct in turning down Ruling, The Council shall always rule, but humanity will be the spear if ever required again. Power should never be sought after(and those that seek it, should never obtain it), but gifted upon those best suited to wield it in defence.

[@Darqshadow]

​@rianmacdonald9454 power is not given to those who desire it, but thrust upon those who hate it.

[@Astrofrank]

This is great, and really HFY.

[@bluestarthestar]

What a great narration, thank you for the story!

[@abzzeus]

"perhaps" - this is SPARTA!

[@zhongli5689]

One thing, humans do best is fight. Peace is only the silence before a war no matter what there will always be a conflict big or small humans are never truly at peace.

[@anonym1135]

Hey , your voicing gets better and better the more videos I hear, great work! thanks for the entertainment :)

[@stevebowman421]

Good story, good narration by a real person thank you.

[@23GreyFox]

I have no idea what this all here is, but it was fun listening to.

[@StarboundHFY]

hope you stick around!

[@OccamsClaymore]

Even though I’m a pacifist by nature… I love HFY. This stuff totally riles me up

[@mikethurman3147]

That was a great introduction to your channel. Subscribed.

[@fun_at_work]

I bloody love the positive underlying conviction that these stories have.

[@TyllerBoom]

Geneva suggestions.

[@Eddneton94]

there aint no geneva in outer space.

[@LawrenceKennard]

Thank you for being a human not a good human but a great human❤

[@ShadowWolfRising]

At the end of the day, we like to pretend should we take to the Stars that Humanity would become enlightened and understanding. No. We will become Space Orcs.

[@kaichisaki5267]

SPACE MARINE!?

[@LeonSteelpaw]

So we can all think a lowly sergeant is immortal and make it so?

[@kommandantgalileo]

Humanity shall always prevail.

[@JorTanos]

I've never heard Orion pronounced as "Or Ian". Only "Oh Ryan".

[@Blobby_hill396]

Holy shit, a real human. Subbed.

[@PixelTheMushroom]

Oh wow, with your vouce yhere is so much more emotion in this. Makes it feel closer to the heart, in a way.

[@eobardthawne3333]

Lyrians before: "what does it truly mean to be humane?" Lyrians after: "this pathogen should slowly melt them from within while giving them the equivalent of testicular torsion."

[@Wise4HarvestTime]

Good one

[@mrtodddelaroderie]

My man thank for another great story!

[@Luredreier]

This is chillingly realistic...

[@zadianvwhgaming]

👀yeah totally not based off real events or anything, I swear...

[@carla.n.5078]

If its one thing humans are experts off, collectively, its the art of war and how to prevent and do war. We know how to study our foes, adapt and count adapt to changes. And for any alien species unaccustomed to war, we would be an asset to have.

[@wtstv8770]

This story was hard af. Thank you

[@rogpot505]

Enjoyed that a good format for the younger folks 😊

[@ServantOfOdin]

I love your voice-acting. Well done.

[@Riogard]

When I heard you do the actual voices instant sub I love these stories and you made them better.

[@ashleyjwilliamshand]

Very engaging. So much emotion. Thank you!

[@thespacebirb1743]

“Preemptively striking Lyrian outposts before a formal declaration of war…” WWII Japan: “been there did that, was not our smartest decision. Remember 3 boats, 2 suns.”

[@trwsandford]

You do pick some good stories my friend.

[@StarboundHFY]

Glad you like them!

[@BarredRock]

HOLY SH*T it’s a real human!!!!

[@necrozmaggron5840]

War, REAL, UNCHECKED, BLOODY WAR, like what World War 2 cost the allies, rarely if ever plays by a set specific rulebook, and often times even the most technolocically and numerically superior enemy can be overpowered, overwhelmed, and have their so called undefeatable strategies turned on their heads with a little planning and knowledge of your enemies weaknesses.

[@SERAPH13100]

Where do i start to listen to these things in order

[@UpSky2]

Plot shift: (spoilers) the society of those who bring victory, unlike the model of John Campbell era SF where they would Take Over, turns out to be imperfect! that's the best part.

[@labelledamedumanor4876]

Once again the sleeping giant is roused. The insectoid Karkorum crushed under the bootheels of the wrathful species called humanity.

[@rianmacdonald9454]

A really good story, I enjoyed that very much. New sub for you buddy.

[@StarboundHFY]

Welcome aboard!

[@razecrownsolus7586]

​@@StarboundHFY I also joined today, i really enjoyed your narration. Hope to see more

[@soffren]

Oh yeah, this is worth subscribing to.

[@jarekdomanski7985]

I love this channel. Subtle audio effects make it so much better.

[@cindahaynie5410]

Excellent story! There comes a point when we have to decide when enough is enough. With great power comes great responsibility and we as humans must decide to put aside greed for power, wealth, hate and control. This doesn’t mean we can’t achieve great things. It just means that we can all live better be helping those around us up. This is the way to build a solid foundation. Trickle down doesn’t work because greed has no boundaries.

[@johnq.public5911]

Love your voice intonations when you "speak" for the various Beings.

[@maxinerowe2925]

Guess I blood thirsty today loved this story

[@FolkoMagipaw]

Race: Human Special ability: The Geneva Wishlist

[@terryhayward7905]

Very well written and narrated, thank you.

[@I_also_needed_a_name_so]

8:06 your not fighting fire with fire, your fighting a bug with the tsar bomb

[@wrathshorts2894]

As the stars move into their foretold conjunction. Earth emerges from the void. Great Humanity frenzies forth to assert their promised dominion. They plant seeds of madness in the minds of the dreamers and call out to those who would serve them. Life will learn new ways to shout and kill. The galaxy will be under their sway now and for all time. The old gods will fall before them as they shatter the chains of reason. Kings will be made mad, the mad shall be made kings and not even the most peaceful will be spared their touch. Humanity rises.

[@TenkoBerry]

Weird KZbin Recommended but Good Video 👌

[@sirbollucks6792]

"Those who wish for peace should be prepared for war."

[@back2basics597]

I love it. I've read a lot of stories the last few days about the same theme of Earth and the Galactic council each slightly different but very similar and obviously written by different writers following some sort of guidance that can best be described as a TikTok or Reddit trend. The stories are repetitious and can give you a nasty disorienting sense of Deja Vu. Call me stupid but I seem to like them all except the 2 / 3 hour long stories. Don't have the attention span for it. I love best the stories about abandoned and distressed alien children saved by brave earth warriors when no one among the galactic worlds would lift a finger. If I ever happen on a a half a billion dollars, I'd make these stories into tv shows and movies.

[@Fermion.]

I like falling asleep to the long form versions. I tend to have some interesting dreams letting them play.

[@edmondthompson1523]

Good story.

[@AnybodyEverywhere]

"Become a monster, then learn to control it. That is true strength."

[@nesapanjalingam704]

Thank you 💙💚❤️ for all your effort & the time you put in when uploading this. It is really truly appreciated 🙏 I have just come across sci fi stories in which humans are the one species that the others find an enigma- and this I find immensely entertaining 🤩

[@terrykroening1379]

Thnx for real human voice

[@annoyingPoe15]

Makes me think of mass effect with carriers because rule of limited dreadnoughts so we made ships that carry ships that carry more ships is it a dreadnought no is it as big as one no bigger and a bigger problem for all foes and no one fought that argument they went around the rule from the council heck the normandy really was another way around rules with pure stealth and raw power over defense until m.e 2 with upgrades to it

[@deltashard7980]

thanks for doing this in a human voice, now if only i could be sure as to whether or not a person made the thumbnail. And i don't mean "with the help of" ai

[@StarboundHFY]

we took a photo of a real alien ;)

[@deltashard7980]

@@StarboundHFY thank you for the wonderful nonanswer, as a martian i love to see representations of non-humans

[@ThedoorMan-zh9ln]

What I love-hate about this is that if I switch just a *few* words, I can believe this happened on earth itself, because these sound like human strategies

[@cwiseguy1328]

Glazing humans tisk tisk tisk

[@nosrin1988]

holy cow, an actual human reading one of these!

[@jerrenpentance]

Great story!! Well told.

[@sarahjenkins4013]

Well Done!

[@HrLBolle]

6:36 a heavy blanket it is and the hands laying it down belong to the one who awaits all when their end is coming

[@TheZombietyk]

Very Good

[@keithtaniguchi7359]

I liked the quote from General Markos after the Karkorum Ambassador said this : Ambassador says angrily "YOU FOOLS!!!!! YOU HAVE ALL SIGNED YOUR DEATH WARRANTS!!!l THE KARKORUM SWARM WILL DEVOUR YOU WHOLE!!!!! General Markos coldly replies "Then let the feast begins" That was as cold of a reply as you can get from a seasoned officer.

[@kyze8284]

I like how the rest of the races might seem as the most unhinged protectors. “What do you mean if even a single human remains they will fight until death? No race fights as individuals, that might even fight amongst themselves if they have no other race to fight” is just… a fascinating concept