The Worst Species In The Galaxy (The Complete Story) | HFY | A short Sci-Fi Story 

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"we are not trapped here with you, you're trapped here with us." - Humans

The funny thing is is that we're not apex predators, or carnivorous - we're pursuit/endurance hunters and omnivorous. It's why I love these 'humans are space orcs' stories. We may not be all that fierce, but that doesn't mean we wouldn't be terrifying from an outside perspective. Plus, I'm Australian. Apparently that skews one's perspective about scary creatures.

Men this story is a riot….”unfortunately for them humans don’t need complex mathematics to work out a hunting problem they do that kind of thing instinctively” oh my god I almost died 😂

First impression: Well, that's just a Xenomorph. After the twist: Well played.

As a navy vet, i love this story. If there is a mariner in trouble, you stop what you are doing, and you go, and help them. end of story. There was this one time we were doing a replenishment at sea with one of our fleet's cruisers and a refueling ship. this involves all three ships moving in very tight formation and exact speeds while transfer thousands of gallons of fuel, along with food and weapon transfers being carried out by ziplines and helicopters. this all leaves the ships incredibly vulnerable; one well placed attack, and we lose three ships and crews. as such, we are nowhere near land masses, fishing areas, or traffic lanes when we do this. so imagine how surprised we were when one of our helicopters reported smoke on the horizon. the snoopy team gets dispatched by helicopter to see what's going on. they found a large disabled trawler, the crew scrambling on deck to flag down the helicopter. three of them jumped in the water. the rescue swimmer went in after them, and brought them into the helicopter. as this was happening, the helicopter was relaying it all back to our ships. we immediately broke formation -- like, took axes to the fuel transfer lines immediately -- and within minutes this trawler had two US navy ships, and one USNS supply ship circling them, with teams in helicopters and RHIBs rendering aid. They had been adrift and disabled for several days following an engine fire that also destroyed their radio. We gave them medical aid, and ferried all but a handful of them to the nearest port, with the rest (their captain included) choosing to stay on the ship and await a tow into port. we provided them with supplies for the next few days (they had run out of fresh water) and communications, as well as having contacted their company to let them know we found their guys, they were safe, and they were waiting for a tug. now, i can no longer find the news story about this, but the one i found about year after it happened didn't even mention my ship. it just said that the cruiser that was with us did everything. so i can only imagine my government didn't want people to know my ship was there for whatever reason (don't ask. i don't know. seriously, they never tell us what the hell we're doing. most of the time it's just "go to this random spot and do circles"). but despite that, and the vulnerable condition of our ships at the time, we still dropped everything to come help our fellow mariners. i would hope that is always the norm with sailors, be they on water or in the oceans of the skies.

"The first rule of space tavle kids, is always check out distress beacons, 9 times out of 10 it's a ship full of dead aliens and a bunch of free sh*t, 1 out of 10 times it's a deadly trap, but i'm willing to roll those dice" - Smartest human in all of existence, Rick Sanchez I live by those words when playing space games

Having red or listened to a lot of HFY This one is especially good because it takes some weird turns and avoids a lot of the common tropes in the genre. The fact that it isn't human-centric, the fact that another species is worse but it isn't this big bad, It's all just very good and refreshing.

"what did they eat?" Hahahaha, that was a good punch line if I ever saw one.

16:48 mf really used the steam notification sound, had me checking my messages.

The second hand power Fantasy feeling I get from this is incredible. To be from a world considered extremely hostile and to be considered incredibly dangerous physically and mentally. And then to be set lose on a weak little villian population. Man that's every teenagers dream in a new coat of paint. We all day dreamed about combat at some point

I have to admit,I love a universe where humans are the most physically powerful species

Stat'staan survivor: "In space, no one can hear you scream."

Oh man, the sound effects are making me twitch to keep checking my phone. Law of the Sea. You dont leave a sailor stranded, regardless of anything else. The sea is doing everything it can to kill you at a moments notice, you dont need to make it easier to do. Even more true in space.

Let his fruit punch ferment a little too long... That is a great one.

A real gem of a story, and so worth listening to! Thankyou for this!!

Excellent story and writing. It has the feel of mid -1950s stories from Astounding Stories Science Fiction.

This got way scarier than it was meant to! I was listening to it while showering in the middle of the night, and during the search for the doctor, I had my eyes closed while washing my hair, and my cat woke up and started playing, making weird creepy sounds right outside the door! And she banged loudly into a door literally right as the captain opened the hatch and saw the second creature!

The description of Video games had me laughing. Great little story and well narrated however that is done. Makes me want to write a short story.

The Statston morality description is the best description for lawful evil in D&D I've ever heard.

It's like their species is trying to be a hive mind despite them not having that kind of capabilities.

Just because one masters the concept of combat doesnt mean they like it or want it! Those who understand will go a mile around conflict but if they are pressed into it they will strike to end it. But they will not be happy about having to go that route. God bless all!! Ssg H.

that's the quirk of our evolution, we gained intelligence first and then became an apex species second. this is why we are so efficient in applying our might

There's a famous essay that explains the most dangerous person to work with is the stupid. The most stupid person is one that values groupthink.

Those xenos were lucky it was a civilian human trading ship and not a military vessel...

This was really funny. I was able to guess they had encountered humans; and when it was revealed, the story became even more humorous.

As someone else said, this thing was an absolute riot! Straight to my top ten scifi shorts I've ever heard!

I love everything of it and like my *Human* Mandalorian Roleplay Character love to say "Its no cannibalism if they not Humans."

It's nice hearing a truly alien story.

Humans are always going to be the last men standing. Mainly because our allies are an alternative food source.

One of the better HFY offerings.

Man, this is my first story from his channel and i was a little thrown off by the AI voice but therrs so much i love about this story. It breaks a lot of common tropes from stoeies like this. Its not just human focused, it explains things really well like and makes call backs to previous notes in tbe story that fit well together like the ship dismantling and why the humans couldn't leave. Its also just funny and has a great story and message. Looking forward to more!

What a great story!!! I was actually laughing at the end with the empty space suit practical joke! And also the not so subtle hint on what the humans ate during all that time. Brilliant story!

I've been on a marathon of these stories and i have to say, this is definitely one of the better ones. Interesting, funny, and a power fantasy without being too cringy. Well done

I think it's a "Alien Xenomorph" story

A very refreshing and fun story to listen to! "What did they eat?" 😂 A perfect ending! Thank you very much!

Human No.1 4 day's in on the Stat'staan ship: so how's it taste? Human No.2: like chicken.

This was awesome, I've been listening to HFY stories for a few weeks now and I believe this is one of the best I've heard.

A Total Blast! Most entertaining thing I’ve listened to in a month of Sundays!

That's a great short story! I love how it went from a suspense mystery to a horror story to a comedy to a heartwarming ending.

I love this story. My favorite part was the bit about the video game 🤣🤣🤣 eat fruit like a normal person 🤣🤣🤣

Plot twist: There was 35 Humans. One stayed behind because they killed his wife and daughter.

Good story, kudos to the author.

Damn this a good story. And i feel like its realistic without being cliche. I liked it.

this was an fantastic HFY story on so many levels

This story was such a surprise! I had no idea right up until the end. What a great story!

Roh damn this was hilarious and marvelously narrated. Big up for the numerous birdy references. Happy new year !

This is my favorite HFY story yet

This was a great listen. Sounds like a random encouter straight out of Stellaris 😂

This was so entertaining loved it from beginning to end, now it’s time for some southern fried chicken, lol.

Very enjoyable. Especially loved the ending

This one earned my sub, good story!

Humans ate xeno- steak. I am sure!

That was truly one of the best shorts I've listened to. Very well done.

What did they eat? Humans: FEAST UPON OUR ENEMIES

You have the best voice of all the narrator's I've heard

This would make a good movie.

This story was just what the dr. ordered. Deep fried funny.😂 thanks for that! 🤝

Great story, love the narrator, great script .

That bit at 16:50 had me wondering who was sending me a message and hearing it again made realise it was the video and not Steam.

This is the best scifi story i have listened to so far. All the rest have been horribly ai narrated repetitive and yea over exaggeratedly repetitive. This was damn near perfection. The joking nature was refreshingly human lol i need more from this story teller.

Great story, great narrator, great artwork.

That was a really good story. Thanks!

Listening to this for Stellaris inspiration.

Omg this is great stuff. The final polish is again fantastic

The ship looks like an Eagle from the sci-fi show space 1999

Just found this type of story line ! It’s great !

Another great story to listen to. Truly im enjoying binge listening to the series. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

This was great, and humorous too.

You're doing a great job. Keep it up. This is the way

That was brilliant. Loved the story.

First thought... Humans, when i read the title.

Excellent story. Thanks so much for posting.

Fantastic! Cheers.

I openly laughed out loud at Boss level battle... kill kill kill

I mean it was obvious from the beginning that humans will be in the story directly not just like a random mention in the beginning but... yeah, I like this author quite a bit.

I really really liked this! To more of these!

What an awesome story - I loved it!

Damn, this is funny and horrifying. Making humans turn into some kind of cosmic alien for the sake of survival. A monster lurking under your bed.

I loved the first story except that humans seemed a bit too technologically advanced for having "poor FTL" and a galaxy without carnivores seems highly unlikely....but reading this, I actually got to love the idea of a galaxy full of "dumb" herbis, with a few exceptions (basically any species that understands humor).

Very good story with a Great ending.

I loved this story ❤❤❤

Sounds like they're trying to play a little game of "Alien" like from the '79 movie.

Fun listen! Thanks

- Venting - Picking off crewmates Yeah, we humans are Impostors. Damn good ones too. This is basically a practical application of Amogus. 🤣

Got to love when youtube give you non-visual content. I mean that in a good way, shows that writing stories isn't a lost art, we need more of us (i am writer, though have hit sort of huge case of the infamous block).

This is absolutely amazing story. The narration is great, plot simply fantastic, details thoughtful and author knowledge leads to amazing details...I absolutely loved it!

What a great story. I really enjoyed it.

Great story!

Wonderful!

This was great! Laughed so much.

Man im crying due to all the laughter 🤣

16:47 you legit threw me off with the "Steam notification" sound effect. :P

Fantastic!

Great story

this was a good series and story thanks

... "Civilizad species aren´t meant to be predators, that is not how the galaxy is supposed to work". "Being and Apex predator IS antithetical to social structures necessary for the development of interstellar flight technology". True, business are usual, humans are not going to make it. Nothing to worry about, the universe is safe.

That was excellent.

those steam messages got me XD

Alien isolation: revenge of the humans Also did anyone else imagine the beep from the alien isolation motion tracker when the scanner went off?