The War That Proved Humanity Was The Galaxy's Apex Predator | Best HFY Stories

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  • čas přidán 29. 05. 2024
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    Captain Zara Khan of the UNS Prometheus encounters a hostile Volak Dominion warship while on a deep-space exploration mission. The Volaks demand the Prometheus submit to inspection, deeming them trespassers. As tensions rise, Elysian ambassador Elara offers to mediate, suggesting a neutral territory for discussions. Despite the Volaks' threats, the crew attempts to maintain their mission of peace and exploration. The situation escalates when the Volaks deny permission to pass and threaten to board. Unexpectedly, the Elysians intervene, proposing a peaceful resolution, which leads to a tentative negotiation for a neutral meeting place, potentially averting immediate conflict.
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Komentáře • 39

  • @StarboundHFY
    @StarboundHFY  Před 27 dny +10

    We understand some of the recent stories haven't been up to our usual standard. We're working through all the feedback and will be improving the stories I promise! As one of the very few Human HFY channels we really appreciate your support, and thank you for sticking with us!

    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 Před 26 dny +1

      If possible hire good artists without AI...

    • @statmonster
      @statmonster Před 25 dny +2

      @@pyeitme508maybe, I’m willing to listen to it without any art at all if the story is good. I think improving the quality of the stories selected should be first priority, all else is secondary to that.

  • @josephnewsome7393
    @josephnewsome7393 Před 26 dny +12

    Wow. I am almost at a loss for words. I have probably read thousands of books. Some good, some bad.
    And then, there was this...
    How to describe it.
    A minimally armed scientific vessel starts a mission not far from Earth system.
    It runs into a Volok Battleship who supposedly have their Dominion on the other side of the Galaxy.
    The Volok Battleship's weapons and armor completely outclass the Promethious science vessel.
    The Voloks say that this system is part of their territory and require the Earth vessel to prepare to be boarded and searched.
    Then, some aliens in another little ship show up and say "hey lets go over to this neutral area and chat.
    And the Voloks let them dance away.
    Then, the Captain of the Earth science vessel decides they have to take action against the Voloks who are the most powerful badasses around.
    Even though her admiral said, "Let it go, Earth can't stand against them."
    So, she gets together with her lieutenant, who digs into the archives and discovers all the secret plans of a super weapon.
    And, they also amazingly know the name of the Earth scientist who developed it and contact her.
    That scientist flies out to the science vessel and goes over the lieutenant's plans (because she didn't keep any of her own). She finds a way to build the secret weapo, which is AI drone.
    Oops. Wait a second. They also activate caches of these secret drones, which were stashed in various other solar systems.
    Then, even though they aren't at war, they send them to attack Volok ships.
    These badass Voloks then bring their giant armada against Earth.
    Which is defended by the Promethious Science vessel and a bunch of fighters.
    And the Promethious is in the heart of the battle for days and days fighting her little heart out.
    Even though it was said that she wasn't a warship and that even just one (1) Volok Battleship could blow her into space dust without even trying.
    But somehow, even though it can't stand up against a single battleship, it's able to stand up against the entire Volok Armada.
    And even though Earth has Naval admirals, they turn everything over to the captain of the science vessel.
    Then, they get the drones back on, and they stalemate.
    So, some scientists on the enemy side who have never even heard of them or her, or spoke to them before contact them for a truce.
    And somehow these scientists are also able to force their Supreme warleader to accept a truce.
    Even more, those same scientists are willing to give secret Naval information to the Earthers who started the war against their race.
    Then, a single Earthman goes aboard the alien vessel and disables it. But hey, isn't it always only a single Earthman who disables the enemy ship??
    That makes the Voloks Supreme Warleader look bad, so they declare peace.
    FYI, I skipped all the drama about the existence of humanity depended on, inward reflections of the soul, etc.
    The problem with this story is that it isn't a story.
    It had a couple of decent ideas, but it was gutted and squashed together with no logical sequence.
    As someone else expressed, I want my 38 minutes back.
    Instead of reading whatever shows up, please take some time to separate the diamonds from the rough.
    Sincerely,
    JWN

  • @StonyCreeker
    @StonyCreeker Před 27 dny +11

    This story is quite unbelievable. A single human ship declares war on someone in the name of the entire planet after being told not to.
    I think the humans would have her executed as a way to end the war.
    Oh and, where did that other alien group run off to?

  • @rooksr
    @rooksr Před 27 dny +12

    First it was a science vessel, then shes on a warship, ... maybe i missed the transition?

    • @larrythompson8630
      @larrythompson8630 Před 27 dny +1

      Human thinking it was a science vessel. But like Enterprise it was considered a warship by others.

    • @wardraven8755
      @wardraven8755 Před 27 dny +1

      It became a war ship the moment they activated the war drones.

    • @Get_the_math_out
      @Get_the_math_out Před 23 dny

      There may be several transitions that were missed. The whole thing sounds like a run on paragraph rather than a pieced together story. Really hard to follow.

  • @rossdavies8250
    @rossdavies8250 Před 15 dny

    Great to see this (non AI) channel growing.

  • @goatkiller666
    @goatkiller666 Před 26 dny +1

    “Is there a neutral territory near here?”
    “Well, according to our maps, the system we are in is neutral. So…. Maybe YOU should choose where we go?”

  • @davidbeem184
    @davidbeem184 Před 23 dny

    I really like your channel real person and no adds great job

  • @zyphrumzypheny2631
    @zyphrumzypheny2631 Před 27 dny +6

    So, what happened with the Elysians?

  • @davidwoodard4113
    @davidwoodard4113 Před 23 dny

    The fact that its a United Nations Ship explains why command ordered them to roll over and show their belly.

  • @goatkiller666
    @goatkiller666 Před 26 dny +1

    In the real world, we are already seeing autonomous drones who can now choose targets and shoot, all without human intervention. It has either recently been tested, or is about to be tested in the conflict in Ukraine. Probably by both sides. We should have solved the Skynet problem AND the paperclip factory problem of AI long before we’re flying extra-solar exploration missions.

  • @morrissoublet25
    @morrissoublet25 Před 27 dny +2

    Where in this story did Capt. Zara go to earth to get the drones of the Phoenix project? That’s a glaring hole in this story.

    • @wardraven8755
      @wardraven8755 Před 27 dny +1

      Did you not hear the part about the drones being stashed in secret cashes around the universe.

  • @davidhenderson3400
    @davidhenderson3400 Před 27 dny +2

    This story has more plot holes than a screen door. I am not sure if it is one story or several different ones stitched together. I want my 38 minutes back.

  • @weech_219
    @weech_219 Před 27 dny +2

    There are some channels that have rotating or changing pictures to make the story a little more fun or interesting. That would be a nice idea for your stories.

  • @rossdavies8250
    @rossdavies8250 Před 15 dny

    Can't help but imagine folks in 50 yrs time happening on this story. It will be like those 1920's & 30's illustrations of futuristic cities with biplanes buzzing around the monorails connecting the buildings. The AI drone swarm is more or less with us now... Who knows what horrors the future holds for Gaia's wayward children?

  • @cosmicdrift8311
    @cosmicdrift8311 Před 27 dny +4

    It's so sad this channel isn't willing to get it's act together. These stories are all disconcertingly disconnected. How did we get from the neutral station to Volak warships being in the Sol system and drones being released to attack them? How/when did Zara go from captaining an exploration vessel to commanding Earth's defenses? How did her ship turn into a warship? Is it the only ship Earth has? How did it withstand the might of the Volak armada while the drones were inactive for several days? This is like 2 different stories slapped together and a big chunk missing in the middle. As an aside - why did the Volak even allow the Prometheus to leave it's custody in the first place? This is totally out of character for them. It wasn't because of the Elysians which they called an inferior species and basically told them to bug off.

    • @wardraven8755
      @wardraven8755 Před 27 dny

      You like many others didn’t listen to the story. So they went to the research center to have peace talks they failed not sure how that part is missing but they asked the creator of the drones to help and she did. The drones had been stashed in secret cashes throughout the universe and the moment the captain activated them the ship became a war ship as the drones are war drones. No i do admit there is another missing part like how did they get back to earth after the initial drone attacks on the enemy but as far as getting back to sol the story never said what galaxy they was in. So I assume they was in sol the whole time. Now as for how they attacked the enemy flag ship in the sol galaxy thats easy they all went to a space station on the edge of the sol galaxy aka milky way galaxy and the flag ship was there the drones escorted the human vessel as defenders.

    • @juistian
      @juistian Před 26 dny

      @@wardraven8755 The drones were stashed around the solar system, not the universe. It's not a story breaker, though.

  • @andrewmallory8170
    @andrewmallory8170 Před 19 dny

    FYI: when ads finished I was auto advanced to the next story. Weird. A

  • @trudypegg437
    @trudypegg437 Před 27 dny

    Captain Zara could do. With a
    face lift and a wig would not go wrong ‼

  • @62tomicmaja
    @62tomicmaja Před 27 dny +1

    ???

  • @petermartin4298
    @petermartin4298 Před 27 dny +15

    Reload chat. get a new instruction set. these stories are all the same. same faults and same vebose , over flowery, text

  • @roberthodge2771
    @roberthodge2771 Před 26 dny +1

    PLEASE quit doing double plays on a single scene.

  • @diGritz1
    @diGritz1 Před 27 dny

    Volaks: We don't care about anything anyone has to say. But we're going to listen...... just cuz.
    Exactly what does "Human HFY channels" mean? It's either AI generated and human read or human written and read. If it's the latter I'm calling BS. It's almost impossible for an AI to generate a story and have it be indistinguishable from a human.

  • @SelwynClydeAlojipan
    @SelwynClydeAlojipan Před 25 dny

    Too much flowery and verbose description of introspection and drama. It's tiring to endure the second-guessing in the plot. As others have said, the plotline is tenuous, vague, disconnected, and unintelligent. Stop selecting such bad plots!

  • @patrickdurham8393
    @patrickdurham8393 Před 27 dny +1

    Verbosity iand word count are not very entertaining.

  • @tonybroadfoot8947
    @tonybroadfoot8947 Před 26 dny

    only women in senior positions, how ridiculous

  • @statmonster
    @statmonster Před 25 dny

    Just overblown tropes strung together in a silly nonsensical manner, each moment more melodramatic than the last. Your narration is good, but you need better material to work with…

  • @62tomicmaja
    @62tomicmaja Před 27 dny +3

    Bro fell of

  • @jackneuman5108
    @jackneuman5108 Před 19 dny

    Boring

  • @gprivat812_my_selection6

    ❗️👎 Another woke story!