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And now you tell me that your species is gripped by the fervent belief that a tale of breathtaking violence and cruelty is all true, and that many of you are willing to die in service to the principal villain of this story? He laughed, a sound that served the exact same purpose as it did in mine, though this one was tinged with bitterness. They had disobeyed him, and been punished. I wish I could upvote this more than once. You can see why the administration on station 442 kicked me out. he said. All of a sudden, I have these bro EDM DJs playing my music, and I just can't even care less. My own hunch tells me that it was about encountering another predator species. We were silent for some time. The Hunters trotted round the corner, eerily silentnobody had ever heard them communicate verbally. Whatever this thing was, it was from a high-gravity planet. More great storytelling, thanks again for writing it! A group of anons come together to ask the question 'What if mankind invaded and conquered hell', including world-building and a full comic. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHGAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. Click here to subscribe to /u/prohibitorum and receive a message every time they post. So you think you may be able to have humans reclassified?, A wave of purple pigmentation rippled down Vedregs flankpessimism. I literally did a mini-jump as soon as I saw the words "HFY" and "Prey" in the same alert box. As I explained off the record, according to Article 227 Paragraph 16 of the Galactic Treaty of Laws I am, legally, not a sentient being. it raised its forelimbs and the torso joints moved in a complicated way, denoting resignation. "Never underestimate the power of making an Ensign cry." But you were fearless when those Hunters were shooting you! I exclaimed. I had to gently ask the scientists to stop gambling on the outcome of human contests of physical skill and endurance, or to at least exercise some moderation. Indeed it is! We listened, and I privately felt a sense of alarm mounting within me. Responsible part of my brain: we should get to sleap, it's 2 am, All of the rest of me: OH HEL NO IT AIN'T, ITS PREY O'CLOCK AND WE'RE READING THIS RIGHT NOW. I got to re read part 2 again because I forgot about some stuff lol. Kevin Jenkins had clearly been one of their victims. Best HFY Reddit Stories: The Old Guard Falls NetNarrator 43.4K subscribers Subscribe 1 3 views 1 minute ago #hfy #Greentext #awesome One last dance! Surrounded on all sides by an ecosystem saturated with toxic microfauna and parasitic nano-organisms, by vicious predators, hardy prey and an explosively unstable tectonic world, they sacrificed their own peace of mind on the altar of evolution. Undergraduate. Join me in the love of old Hollywood movies from the Silents to the 60's. At first I thought it had received some pleasant comments and then sank without a trace. Transmitting message now. Modern militaries use brevity codes that are based off a completed action in a battle strategy that are one word, usually on the same subject (sports teams for example), and go in alphabetical order. I cant believe it lives! I wasnt permitted to witness the interview, but every being that entered that chamber exited displaying the signs of worry and stress. Complicated., Every species has fiction, I pointed out. The Daal, Beer, and the wonderful world of marketing, Faces would make everything so much harder, Lecture on Human History by professor Hatamhob, Entry in the Galactic Encyclopaedia: Sweat. Three diurnals later, the council convened a special meeting. The Hunter had a clear shot and took it. One of the first . Itsintimidating. My arm dangled useless by my side and every slight movement was agony, but I had to know if he was alive. Classics; Must Read; Previously Featured; Old School Text Posts; Library of Published Works In any other species the movement would have looked obscenely organic. We'll get a Rashan POV eventually, but it's planned for WAY down the road in my outline. We studied the creatures on many worlds, although none bore intelligent life. Unarmed, you single-handedly defeated three of the most feared aliens in known space, and you tell us you are neither a trained warrior nor a physically exceptional specimen of your kind. I collapsed, shaking from the pain. NameKevin Jenkins. Sheathed in a stealth field that bent all electromagnetic radiation around itself, and using centripetal spin rather than generated gravity, it was designed to go completely undetected. He didnt appear to careinstead he caught one of the flailing limbs, braced one of his own feet against the Hunters flank, and heaved with a roar. Now I began to see the shape of it. The other, a male called Jung, pointed out a peninsula on the prograde end of the largest land mass when asked where his home was. ; it'll archive a copy of the page for future lulz. Weve always thought of ourselves as weak, Jenkins said. The Theatre at Ace Hotel. Free shipping for many products! They are something far more than that. Three short howls of noisethe attack alarm. I had never had to deal with an abductee before, though I had been trained and knew exactly what to do. They need to have something to aspire to, something they think is bigger than they are. Horses were. Also, just because I love sharing this info, you know how you use the 'fox in the henhouse' saying for some tactical code (and it never occurred to me how something that just about every human on Earth would get, even if they didn't have foxes on their continent and had to work it out from first principles, would be a nigh-unbreakable code to aliens)? It was fucking awesome too! David licks his wounds, interacts with the crew and does some cooking. Patricia Davies is the Admiral of the Associated Republics of Terra's 13th Expeditionary Fleet, assisted by, Jim Wexler, Admiral Davie's Flag Lieutenant. I saw Jenkins sway with the motion and remain upright, despite the fact that he was balanced precariously on only two legs. If they took us alive, we would be food. Jenkins received no such luxury from the chairs, but seemed comfortable enough anyway. It staggered, collided with its comrade and fell. It was only after Reddit user Guidosbestfriend set his own story Humans Dont Make Good Pets in the same universe and I confessed to having created the setting that I learned that The Kevin Jenkins Experience was considered a HFY classic. He was quite correct and that status made properly navigating him through the immigration paperwork impossible. Good setup chapter. 67,622 talking about this. The human gave a worried smile. Only explanation. ", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1vqUJ4T4wQ. He's relatively green, having only served one tour with the ARTN 8th Fleet, along with, Quet "Bug" Yous, one of the few Dreeden space superiority fighter pilots. I had noticed already that his water intake was surprisingly high considering his size, and made a note to ask him about it. Gonna deliver the Rashan some good ol' fashioned freedom, one BRRRRRRT at a time. Long-term observation showed that after hatching the individual would slowly but surely go insane, to the point where none reached old age. Thank you for writing this. Also stationed on the Flashing Hooves is, Moktep, an ambitious Bonthan Vice-Admiral. As far as I know the original author never wrote anything else in the universe and never even identified him/herself which is why the author is always listed as anonymous. It has been done. When I go there I see the story for a few seconds but then get stuck behind ads. Vedreg kept going, apparently oblivious to the exchange. It's an amazing universe with engaging characters, an incredible backstory, and fantastic writing. Muscles shifted under his thin brown skin as he tapped his digits on the tabletop in a simple one-two-three rhythm. Back then, Prey 2 was only a week old. It took me half my life to realise that the people who taught me this thing didnt have to be lying, they could just be wrong., He swallowed the last of his glass of water. Instead something black, blue and brown hurtled into the flank of one of the alien warriors with a crunch and a hiss of pain. Oh heck ya!!! Was hard to post knowing that people had such high expectations for it. Article 227, paragraph 16 of the Galactic Treaty of Laws, He said, stretching out and rolling its head. They were remarkably primitive compared to our own, and much smaller. HFY, Humanity Fuck Yeah, good thread, OC, writefaggotry, Drake MacDougal, 2012-10-26: 22 : January 2013: 22759329: Clarke's Third Law /tg/ talks about science and gawks at each other's cool shit. Some previously un-archived screencaps, a bit of OC, discussion. Then a pulse round took him in the torso and flung him against the wall. Please contact KaiserMagnus or j1xwnbsr if you have any queries. It was awesome. Ben was a normal, slightly above average man, and had been about to go on the first real vacation of his adult life. The Formatting Guide has some helpful pointers on using Markdown. HFY is a genre for stories in which humanity as a whole and our abilities, knowledge, culture, pmore [close] HFY is a genre for stories in which humanity as a whole and our abilities, knowledge, culture, physiology, psychology etc is shown to be of superior quality. There hadnt been time. There were three more behind it and I ducked into cover next to the human as their return fire threatened to overwhelm my defenses. Most of all, I am glad to be able to finally upvote a post. I just caught up in the Legend of Randidly Ghosthound (excellent) a few weeks back. This, along with all the other HFY classics is what got me into this sub. (The Salvation War, #1) by Stuart Slade (shelved 3 times as hfy) Jenkins nodded, and our implants eventually decided that he meant that a prediction had come true. Sothis God created humans, got angry at them, condemned them to be tortured forever and ever after death, and then had itself sacrificed to itself to save mankind from the very torture it was inflicting upon them? he asked. The classic tale of first contact. Barely tall enough to see over the top of my customs desk, in fact. The issue? Looking at your account name versus what you've been posting, I've gotta ask: is this account purpose made? Good ol' veil of madness. ago u/mishdaddy. It didnt come. Something Ive never seen since I first started wandering around all these stations Jenkins said. Tales of the titanic black ship that came from beyond the veil, sent out signals in a horrid dark language, obliterated dozens of the Kondar's finest warships in seconds for no reason, and then vanished like a ghost soon spread everywhere. /tg/ talks about science and gawks at each other's cool shit. I gave this some consideration, and scrapped the form. Please do not navigate away from this page once you hit Go! Now, on the edge of League space, a new foe threatens the centuries-long status quo, and it's up to two outsider species - the Dreeden and their allies, the Terrans- to try and save the League before this new threat consumes it. Jenkins didnt seem especially frightened by the news, but then I realised he had almost certainly never heard of the only carnivorous species in the galaxy that preferred the meat of fellow sentients. As we soon discovered, nearly 3% of the galaxy was part of what was known as the "Veil of Madness". The recording would just have to do. A lot of OC for you HFY guys out there. Time went on, and we soon discovered that this was not an isolated occurrence. I didnt see it at the time, but I think that getting into space and finding that he could rip the limbs off its worst terrors really upset him. We spent a lot of time monitoring the political situation at first. I want to keep reading it (hell I would pay for a book, and I mean like the 'whole LotR trilogy together' size book). Then he apparently lost the strength to stand and his forelimbs folded up underneath him. Ugly motherfuckers.. I saw this, and immidiatly thought I was sorted by top all-time again. He and Bug are commanded by. From the scarring and damage, along with the derelict ship floating nearby of a different make, they had been fighting not too long ago. I'm so glad I found this post before it was archived. So it sound like we need the A-10, but in space. Then a third, and a fourth, and though every single one was on target, Jenkins just kept going, apparently completely impervious to impacts that would have pulped any other species. OP with his merry band of ragtag rank 2 IG takes on Deathwatch 'Crons and wins like a baus. Progress is all we need if the progress is this fantastic. I meant by the standards of your own species. Vedreg clarified. Doesn't matter how long it takes, we just love to read your stuff! Of course we should. My implant cant find an equivalent concept., Vedreg told him. > If you enjoy the LitRPG genre, you may also enjoy my in-progress web serial Spellgun. Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. US Marine David Rockefeller is abducted by greys and hilarity ensues. He was completely unable to pronounce my name, so had taken to approximating the first syllable, with my permission. But if that's what it takes then I guess that's whats it takes. Few humans appeared in view of aliens outside of deliberately frightening power armour, and human ambassadors used voice synthesizers to sound like that first garbled communication had. Well it turns out, foxes weren't the reason all those eggs went missing back in the day. It would require an amendment to the Galactic Treaty of Laws, he said Which the council is historically stubborn to tamper with. Years of study later showed that the reptile-like race had taken nearly ten times as long as we did to reach the industrial age, and had not gotten very far beyond that. The commander tried to keep a disaster from occurring and ordered his ships not to open fire. For those who are upset by the strongly antitheistic content of part 0.2, I implore you to power on through it. Fuck me there's my life in a sentence. You have no idea. Jenkins muttered. Also he punches a ghost to death. Our first inhabited planet was less than thirty light-years away, far closer than we would have thought. It was when I started to explore without his guiding hand that I started to find the positives. It was rather amusing to see the scientific community collectively slap their heads when they see the simple ideas and concepts they had missed. AND like 10 more Spellgun chapters since I last checked?! This series had so much story potential until the reveal. I had no reason to believe I was being lied to, so I accepted it. Interestingly, these two first stories spawned a series of stories written on this very subreddit, to which I'll link at the end of the last part. oh man and here i thought my weekend would be gaming and now i see spellgun got 8 new chapters and prey 3 is out and oh my oh my. Parts of your writing style reminded me of his. At long last, and pretty much right after my birthday! The captain of Supremacy ordered the shields raised and a warning shot fired. Holy shit, it's here! David has another strange dream and meets back up with his crew. Your visa will be denied if you continue to mock the immigration system., Its facial feature twisted up into an expression of amusement. In which David pushes his ship and his equipment to their limits. David goes hunting, gets hunted himself, gets into trouble, builds some armor and goes scavenging. Prey's back, Round Three!! As an FYI, full page ads inescapable ad on your site means I can't read it. It was small. I just stumbled upon your Prey series and devoured all three parts. And humans believe that this is the real way in which the history of your species unfolded?. The fox is in the henhouse. Strong enough to rip the leg off a Hunter and beat another Hunter to death with it, he said. Small, but powerful and dense-seeming. Aliens can be surprisingly strange at the best of times, but I was beginning to suspect that humans may be weirder than most. But the other blinked at me and his mouth curled upwards at the corners. A Good HFY Thread: With reposting of classics, statement of what HFY is, and plenty of new OC. I am adapting to it. Just finished up reading. When Ploel and Teelm are entering the Bonthan security room, you have Ploel's race as 'kethkhan', but the previous mention was 'kethkan'. This story is so poignant to me so I really wanted to narrate it.Originally by /u/AssHatVik, i got the post fr. You killed it, any kinda timeline for the next update or is it gonna be another surprise? Now, twenty diurnals after the attack, there was just some greenish discolouration to show that he had ever been injured. This act somehow convinced this God thing to forgive them and be nice to humanity so long as they devoted considerable time and effort to telling it how great it was. He raised a forelimb and waggled his pawhandat me as I approached, and our social cybernetics agreed that this was a gesture of greeting. Pretty sure the reveal was done by the original author. A second alarm began to soundthe long wail of a station damage alarm. I actually gasped out loud. Los Angeles Classic Car Restoration. If you enjoy the LitRPG genre, you may also enjoy my in-progress web serial Spellgun. New stories, space dragons, kickarse tales, More of humans being the cutest race in the galaxy, and exploiting the hell out of it, /tg/ asks how well Lex Luthor would do in anon's setting of choice, and /tg/ explains why people from capeshit are bullshit. Vedreg and I exchanged a glance that bypassed the social implants.There are going to be a lot of nervous species out there when your kind develop quantum communication, Vedreg opined. Jenkins and Charlotte got into a vicious argument about a protracted conflict in a dry, hot part of the world that had apparently only just started when they were abducted. At first I thought it had received some pleasant comments and then sank without a trace. This, and quarantine, both of which I found elsewhere, led me to HFY. Same, I reread the first two yesterday and saved the new installment for today but now it's gone Also, and I wish I had documented where it was: There's a missing quotation mark where a character says something then has a thought, then keeps speaking. No friggin way. It was, as far as I could track back, originally posted as two parts, the second of which I will post tomorrow. Prey is what introduced me to HFY and I have reread 1 and 2 this morning because God damn it is feels like my first girlfriend just texted me. Horses can carry more, Dogs can bite harder and scent better, most prey species worth hunting could crush an incautious hunter if they turned to fight, and any of the apex predators will happily eat human. I'm getting a 502 error, which might mean there are so many of us flocking to that page that it's overloading the server! Can you check the site for Pretty III? We appear to have crashed the web page! 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