A HFY Story : Why the Galaxy Fled | 2141 ~Deathworld, War, Terran and Humans

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

This story has a big plot hole. If Earth life is really so toxic to alien life, humanity should have already seen its effects on the biosphere of every alien world that they colonized. Every alien biosphere should have been wiped out by the bioweapon lingering in Earth microbes. Oh, and also humanity should have guessed the possibility that the Dyson Sphere was where the aliens have fled too.

[@taitano12]

Not necessarily, on either account. Plot holes, yes. But perhaps not as big as it seems. 🤔 With your first point, the virus could have mutated to be more or less harmless. A point that may not occur to anyone involved until the dust settles from the heightened state of alert on Humanity's side and panic on the ET's side. I can see this short being a preamble for an intellectual thriller. Or even a video game where you seek out the remains of the creators of the virus to see if you can find or figure out a cure. On your second point, a hostile fleet met us in battle. Even if we realized who was manning that fleet, if ET, in their panic, opened fire without responding to any attempts at communication, Humanity's reaction is inappropriate, but understandable. For all we know, the fleet that came to fight us was what they were fleeing from.

[@Ryu_D]

There's one more plot hole in the lack of information that humanity had about this. There's no way entire planets were evacuated without some information as to why, and while it's possible that the information was wiped from their systems, the same question applies. Why? This misunderstanding could have been resolved a heck of a long time before humanity unknowingly pushed the other species to the edge of the galaxy.

[@carljacobs1837]

@@Ryu_D or the aliens could have just replied right off and explained why humans are deadly. We could have still explored and migrated out. Just avoid the other aliens.

[@Sanquinity]

@@Ryu_D If they had simply explained what was going on when humanity first attempted contact, long before even going to the aliens' planets, all of this could have been avoided...

[@Soloong_Gaybowzer]

@@taitano12 Speaking of dust, didn't he say that everything that earthlings came into contact immediately dissolved into dust? The moment they entered atmosphere, even 1 surviving virus from the outside hull would have immediately gone to work turning all life on that planet to dust. But the time they landed, the world would be lifeless. A defense of this seeming "plot hole" is that the text describes these worlds as being "abandoned" and suffering a "great extinction". It never actually says there is life on the world, nor does it say the world is completely dead.

[@kenridlycan6790]

I feel like humanity would notice all organic life on a planet turning to dust the moment we land. The idea that we had to transport entire ecosystems to every planet we colonized (because every tree, bug, plant, and animal turned to dust the moment we were within the atmosphere) is kind of a big event that someone should have noticed to be unusual.

[@artyd42]

Probably not. If their super virus can ride shuttles on the exterior thru space and reaching air is enough for it to super-propagate (or worse, being in the solar radius of the star) then not even light moves fast enough thru the surface of a planet with an atmosphere to catch it in action. In effect their own caution killed them. No communication with something intelligent that can detect you results in that thing wondering what you are even more and wanting to ask questions in person if need be.

[@earmunchermuncher7639]

Agreed, the virus story a lil dumb

[@TheStartrek99]

Maybe the virus smart-targets sapient life?

[@deussalt4479]

The idea of finding only the remnants but never finding actual living aliens is more terrifying that finding hostile aliens or no aliens at all.

[@metaempiricist]

That alien had quite the attitude for someone that was fleeing his own bioweapon.

[@alfredsutton4412]

Not his own bioweapon. An unknown predecessor created the bioweapon. His race only tried to destroy it.

[@Marcus_Postma]

They said that the ones who created the bioweapon had already perished long ago.

[@elduquecaradura1468]

@@Marcus_Postma I mean, billions of years ago, and even the last records of proto-humans were from hundreds of thousands of years ago

[@EarwaxDeserved]

“The people of the galaxy were such cowards, when facing the human spirit. Can’t blame them, as that is the most powerful thing a human can use, and if the entire human population uses it..”

[@jazzydino3159]

For the Algorithm

[@mythicrazor]

​@@jazzydino3159.what 😊. .😊m😊p.l.p.

[@citizen_grub4171]

This would be poignant, if that were why they were running. Instead it's because humanity carries a virus that's instant death for all non-Terran life.

[@robinruppert1554]

Then our enemies will Burn with fire and blood

[@MrGoesBoom]

And not a single one of these had anything thought of communication and contact BEFORE the situation got out of hand? Or just leaving messages behind explaining how/why they things were left like that? Neat story with some really stupid aliens

[@LegendStormcrow]

Probably the stupidest aliens. Though the theory about Humanity being the great enemy had been floated, and may have actually been due to messages left.

[@Marcus_Postma]

Yeah a lot of these stories are great fun, but the aliens typically aren't smart enough to be as advanced as they're depicted.

[@truekurayami]

@@Marcus_Postma Inovators and Inventors are normally a rarity amongst a population of any species. Now take how dumb you think the average person is, and then realize there are people only half as smart of that in high percentages. A lot of developments never really need people to be smart to keep them in use, the wheel is a good example of an "idiots' " invention, but still used to this day. People to day are less informed about a lot of things every day, inspite how "smart" we are compared to our more less developed past.

[@Marcus_Postma]

@Akuma Imayaruk yes, but you still need innovators to come up with new ideas. If you don't have these, then you fall under the utopia scenario where everyone thinks things are fine the way they are, and nothing else needs to be done. Consequentially the utopia scenario is one of the Fermi paradox scenarios that make sense. In this story they were obviously beyond that scenario, and thus should've been able to contemplate this.

[@truekurayami]

@@Marcus_Postma My point was even with the innovators needed to get to that level the people themselves can be extremely stupid about something like this.

[@Fuxy22]

Once it's a coincidence, twice it's a weird chance but so many times it's is almost clear they are fleeing from humanity... time to invest into kloacking tech so these skittish creatures don't run before we get to at least have a chat... Then again it was foolish of them to not attempt to even chat before it got to this state...

[@sbritton1313]

They vaporized when humans stepped in their planets

[@Fuxy22]

@@sbritton1313 No they didn't... they ran away before that happened... and nothing stopped then from just explaining everything way earlier...

[@iaaf_nw2367]

@@sbritton1313 that was during early man. Im betting the virus is no longer harmful because if it was, the biosphere of the planets they colonized would all die the moment the humans stepped on them.

[@TheMonkey747]

Didn't the humans transmit for around 400 years, trying to find someone? That’s a lot of ignored calls...

[@Sheldezare]

Everyone in the story has to act like an idiot for the story to work. Classic horror movie logic.

[@jukkiivi4282]

Hmm... In this story Humanity is more infectious than usually. For the Algorithm! For the Author! For the Narrator! For the Beard! May it grow back swiftly!

[@wolfgangkranek376]

For the Galactic Empire and the virus, may humans rule 4ever! 🙃

[@theblueslimeboi]

Holup, is the human race just... the game?

[@rustedpine4146]

@@theblueslimeboi Great, I had a new highscore in The Game and you've set me back to start.

[@rikospostmodernlife]

Fun fact: the process that fuels a fusion bomb is more similar to a supernova than it is to the normal working of a star. This might mean that with enough fuel or with an efficient enough design, humans could make actual (mini)supernovas easier than stars

[@flakcannon722]

The end was a bit rushed and swatting the fleet without checking didn't match the storyline, but the overall concept was great

[@SerunaXI]

Does seem odd that humanity at least didn't try to make contact first just that one time.

[@braddl9442]

Yeah this story has so many holes in it. The records left on planets should have mentioned this virus etc.

[@l0rdD00rkn3ss]

I knew where this was going and still enjoyed the ride

[@alfredsutton4412]

So we are the scourge of the dark forest? Oh, my! Don’t know that I want that as our epitaph.

[@TheAroVII]

there's a thought experiment, I believe, about a False Dark Forest. It assumes that every sentient species has thought of and taken to heart the Dark Forest Theory, acting in accordance with it before confirming the scourge even exists. The false Dark Forest posits that the scourge doesn't exist at all, leading to anyone (humans, perhaps) that broadcasts themselves to be thought of as the scourge by those that hide themselves, no matter how peaceful they may claim to be in those broadcasts. Because who would reveal themselves unless they have nothing to fear? Incidentally, this is where I thought this story was going. Nothing is wrong with humanity, our presence isn't lethal and we're perfectly peaceful, but the aliens can't stand the chance of revealing themselves lest they perhaps be destroyed by something far more deadly than it seems.

[@mergixedef3723]

Who said we need an epitaph? We are the scourge they hide from, they are the prey we evolve with. Why would we ever die?

[@giin97]

Better to be that scourge than a victim of it :P

[@Sycon-hf7zi]

The biggest plot hole here is that I doubt the aliens would remove all the creatures from planets. So humans would quickly have understood that space deer suddenly explode into dust when we get anywhere near them. Someone would have seen something. Humans are pretty smart and would figure it out and fix it I'm sure. We want to rule (34) the galaxy after all.

[@braddl9442]

yeah

[@brentmartin6833]

Ever since the planet was colonized and the first kid said. "Mommy! The cute little space deer 🦌 went poof! 💥 " Biologists have been trying to figure out their life cycle and why this evolution took hold.

[@mnspstudioful]

Midway through your Stellaris gameplay when you are looking at an entire fleet of Dreadnoughts and going... "Huh. Maybe I'm the Calamity."

[@merlinathrawes746]

I wonder if any of the aliens have ever heard of a self-fulfilling prophesy?

[@Bannedchan]

Moral of the story Pick up the damn phone If the aliens had of responded and explained things early 😅

[@Semi-loyal_Guardsman]

Humans be like "WHY ARE YOU RUNNING? WHY? ARE YOU RUNNING?

[@Fr33k0ur]

"Hey humans so like your world used to be a prison planet and it evolved with this virus on it and it instakills us so like please stay away" Too hard? 😂😂

[@warlockghovat5745]

Xeno minds work in alien ways. They may have been too smart to think of such a simple solution.

[@chrissoto7187]

You know they could’ve just told us like seriously.

[@davidhenderson3400]

I guess they though we already knew. They assumed we knew when we did not. Remember NEVER assume any thing.

[@SerunaXI]

It's possible they didn't want to tell us in case we'd use that against them.

[@yomogami4561]

entertaining story that i realized would end sadly in a similiar situation thanks for the narration and i hope to hear more of this story

[@davidhenderson3400]

I KNEW IT> I KNEW IT> I KNEW IT. I knew that Earth was an experiment that went honorably honorably wrong.

I could swear i already have heard this story yesterday

[@inso80]

Another channel did this same story a week or 2 ago.

[@wolfgangkranek376]

Fecking Gain of Function Research again!

[@PoweredbyApathy]

That was sad , poor aliens and poor humans

[@cfrick8556]

"What we have here Is a failure to communicate."

[@renaissancepress247]

I gave major deja vu. I was sure I had heard this just a couple of days ago 😆. For our narrator! For the author! For the algorithm!

[@truekurayami]

Curious where you found it before, was it Netnarrator or someone else. He seems to find these gems just as easily as Argo and I've noticed the switch on who gets the story first multiple times.

[@renaissancepress247]

@@truekurayami It was Amie's Literary Empire, 5 days ago. It took a bit to find 😆. She's good but I enjoy Agro the best 😊

[@RealArcalian]

Greetings Mentlegent For the Rhyhtm that is Algo I knew they were running from us, but had no idea on the why.

[@TS-bj8my]

This story brings a whole new meaning to the term deathworld!

[@luukvanderberg4998]

best HFY Narrator!

[@victortahlor4038]

Thank you for the reading

[@kurt8127]

For the voice of my entertainment and the voice I adore

[@kurt8127]

Oh by the way that tear jerker you did a Lil bit ago wish I could of got a vid of the whole rig crew pausing work to shed a tear, lol masterfully work my friend

[@TechnoMageB5]

Reminds me of Rogue from the X-Men series, except the entire species is cursed, not just one individual.

[@elfeater1760]

For the Algorithm11!

[@jazzydino3159]

For the Algorithm12

[@MrLangerik]

Against the Algorithm 01!

[@joseas1518]

What is worse? Not knowing if we are alone? Or knowing we are not but will never be able to meet others? Rough and deep. For the algorithm.

[@lovejoy550]

All of this could have been prevented if they had answered the phone

[@brentmartin6833]

And then they called back, " We want to tell you that your car warranty is about to expire" That should keep the humans away for a few centuries at least.

[@oakenshadow6763]

This is why communication is key. Also, why asume the Dison Sphite held an ememy? Why not try to contact them again?

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

Maybe that huge fleet of ships that attacked the human fleet before getting nova bombed . hmm Nova bombed is that a narcissist moving up their love bombing game to the next level.

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

Oh wow I did not see that soo many correlations of the story and a female narcissists poor male victim trauma bonded to her.

[@christopherg2347]

"Why is everyone avoiding me?" - humanity

[@MidnightSmoke]

thank you for the entertaining story. Here is a like and comment to help your channel grow and get you the recognition you deserve.

[@WingManFang1]

This is actually a creepily possible reality.

[@Alwaysasherlok]

Mitochondria is the powerhouse... of death.

[@SerunaXI]

For a moment I started to wonder if Humanity was just arriving after whatever threat was taking everything else out. Also, upon warping in, why didn't the fleet at least try contact first to make sure that wasn't some bastion for the races they were trying to find.

[@lupenngrimpaw936]

Well. That was depressing.

[@rusted-iron4360]

"we are the one who knocks"

[@fabianwood9457]

So sad to hunt for life and it all runs away

[@brentmartin6833]

Instead of "hunt" maybe call it "search" or you might scare them away. 😉

[@ne0fenris]

What we have here is a failure to communicate.

[@allenmorgan1007]

For the Algorithm, for the Author(s), for the Holographic Voice!

[@transitive6261]

Solid fit 🔥🔥🔥

[@lrl2394]

“New British Museum”: Laughs in British

[@thedevilsworkshop7720]

I just imagine a human so toxic, with an arsehole so foul, that a single arse blast can decimate every living thing on an entire planet . 😂

[@Soloong_Gaybowzer]

Agro trying his best to look like a Red Shirt from a Star Trek knockoff. lol

[@SeedlingNL]

This could have been one of Meteion's reports...

[@klappstock943]

For the Algorithm the story and the voice

[@jazzydino3159]

For the Algorithm

[@random3x70]

looking forward to your narration

[@kurtismiller9544]

May da Skwerl 's nuts always be well stored..... LoL 😆

[@Wastelandman7000]

For the Narrator! For the Author! For the Algorithm gods!

[@Southern_Crusader]

Maybe the rest of the galaxy is made up of introverts and humanity being eager for interaction scared them off?

[@orlandobritt1460]

They made us the biggest thing to fear

[@SupCom78]

damn this was epic humans are toxic even far technological superior aliens flee from us. but still strange that many primitive life forms are not so effected from humans and the animals of earth itself and can coexist just all the advanced aliens not ? but damn it was a good story thx for uploading and i hope for another part.

[@SerunaXI]

All that technology and they could never design a countermeasure, vaccine or treatment.

[@logangraham2956]

all of that could have been avoided if they replied over the radio waves the first time. they could have explained the sitaution and then we would have avoided making physical contact or perhaps done research into this virus and attempted to eliminate it ourselves.

[@kicktheball9893]

This sounds a lot like it did the first time it was released

[@GyorBox]

So space Coronavirus is what the Xeno fears.. lol

[@MarijnvdSterre]

If the aliens where capable of creating a Dyson sphere, they should have build one around Earth. Starving it from all sunlight. Bye bye life.

[@catprog]

I think by the time they could create one Dyson sphere the humans had aleady colonised another system.

[@MarijnvdSterre]

They where attempting to wipe us out since the first great extinction, even if you count from the time of the dinosaurs it would be around 65 million years. They had time plenty if capable. And they where clearly capable, since making one for a planet is far easier as one around a sun and it's system. Yes if they waited till we went to the moon it might be to late (though they could still just blow every spaceship into dust until ready) @@catprog

[@Lucian00311]

In this story humanity is seen like a zombie virus, lol.

[@doomedfromthesmart]

I miss first contact....

[@dkbros1592]

British museum means stolen thiefs bazar lol 😂🤣🤣

[@SoMuchFacepalm]

TL;DR bio weapons cleanup is not a suggestion.

[@merlinathrawes746]

And had they only communicated the facts that they told the admiral, how much different things would have been.

[@TheRealBlackNet]

wasn't it the common cold in a other story alien feared?

[@alfredsutton4412]

Yes. Since the virus is unidentified in this story, maybe it’s still the common cold?

[@Marcus_Postma]

War of the worlds

[@Jesusprayerwarriorbw]

For Argo Squirrel & the Algorithm!

[@alistairwolfe6644]

Wow

[@lazrustosadow5880]

For the algorithm

[@skepticalmagos_101]

looks like we got Orked?

[@SLEPhoto]

It never occurred to anyone to just send a message? Not that advanced.

[@jazzydino3159]

Hello

[@Maddog3060]

So the entire galaxy decided to just run instead of explaining things? Talk about handing someone the idiot ball.

[@earmunchermuncher7639]

The premise kinda dumb, but whatever lul.

[@merlinwizard1000]

149th, 28 June 2023

[@andrewstrongman305]

I hate it when authors include meaningless dating systems.

[@TB-fb1sq]

Sad.

[@TheJeikou]

Comment

[@FedralBI]

F.T.A.

[@dmaxcustom]

Fun by plothole. I enjoyed it, but come on.

[@mfine6726]

The premise of this story is awful