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. There is only one concern I have about this. My name is indeed a reference; Index Librorum Prohibitorum, the list of forbidden books kept by the Vatican. They had disobeyed him, and been punished. Free shipping for many products! When Ploel and Teelm are entering the Bonthan security room, you have Ploel's race as 'kethkhan', but the previous mention was 'kethkan'. Doesn't matter how long it takes, we just love to read your stuff! We would have begun sooner, if the station had not been fitted with a specialist living module for Jenkins and two other human abductees who had requested a place on the mission. Oh, I know which one you're referencing. I didn't even need to google "grasping hoof. A new HFY thread, almost no copy paste, a few new stories, and an interesting Veil of Madness continuation. They arenot crazy. You guys and your consistently excellent fiction are ruining my life in all right right ways. Should modern humanity should try to rescue Prometheus from his eagle torture? He was completely unable to pronounce my name, so had taken to approximating the first syllable, with my permission. I was interrupted by an alarm. More great storytelling, thanks again for writing it! He did it because there are more challenges down there among his own kind than he would ever find up here, among us. An original story written, and granted. Could you repeat your identification for me, please?, Abductee 907-42-96-53-3 Male. My species homeworld really is a category twelve temperate. Hope you all enjoy! It didnt come. Fuck yeah". It was awesome. I had trouble understanding how somebody could hear the music written by Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky, Bach and Rutter and consider them dull, but other members of the crew reported that they preferred Jenkins taste in music. Motherfucking PREY 3. I havent slept in two standard Diurnals.. I nodded. Amending the Treaty tends to lose votes.. 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! Of course we should. "but the Arokone admiral had refused" extra o. I must have died and gone to heaven. Kevin Jenkins had clearly been one of their victims. Read the FAQ, read the Subreddit Rules, and check out our Wiki. My social implant tentatively suggested that Jenkins body language communicated tired endurance. At first I thought it had received some pleasant comments and then sank without a trace. Strong enough to rip the leg off a Hunter and beat another Hunter to death with it, he said. What? The only bit of info we were more than happy to share with them was the reason we can live in the veil. A human ambassador reaches out to the all powerful Alliance! Two royalty free songs from Kevin Macleod have been used, albeit slightly edited to loop them.Man Down by Kevin MacLeod. Exactly what it says on the tin, some awesome HFY writefaggotry about humanity as teachers and parents. For those who are upset by the strongly antitheistic content of part 0.2, I implore you to power on through it. HFY. Vedreg slowly went bluer and bluer until suddenly he erupted. Another great entry, so happy to see it! There was a grim tearing noise, and the Hunters leg came away. Great stuff, looking forward to more. You will find documentary verification of that fact on this data storage.. After years of contact, most alien races know almost nothing about humans other than exaggerated horror stories; they rarely bother us, and the ones that do never return home. This was then followed by the angry growl of a hull breach alarm, but oddly not the decompression alarm. He refused to be drawn on the subject of religion, instead preferring to compensate for the gaps in Jenkins and Charlottes knowledge regarding that region of their planet. True to his word, a full survey of the human homeworld revealed that it was indeed category twelvea deathworld. Gonna deliver the Rashan some good ol' fashioned freedom, one BRRRRRRT at a time. Almost no trolling at all, with a nice view on humanity as a whole. I filed this away as a rebuttal for the next officer to approach me on the subject. The dude did us a huge solid. You have to understandI come from one of the more civilized parts of my planet., Vedreg and I sat in silence for several minutes, absorbing this news. I meant by the standards of your own species. Vedreg clarified. We were silent for some time. They gave me a splitting headache from across the room.. Standalone posts which serve only to advertise wares, commercial or non-commercial, will be removed. So excited! Hope I didn't let them down. Our only hope was the magazine of nervejam grenades which, I realised with a falling sensation of failure, I had left in the locker. Vedreg kept going, apparently oblivious to the exchange. Please do not navigate away from this page once you hit Go! Same. New Humanity Fuck Yeah-stories mixed with old classics. David meets back up with Clank, takes down some mercs, makes a deal with a gun runner and meets with the owner of a whorehouse. By how easily they broke. It would show up on the record and negatively impact my next performance evaluation. Under Nesh's purview is a Dreeden State Department tactical team, led by, Lieutenant Reald, the no-nonsense team leader, who prefers to carry an over-sized Terran revolver into combat. A second alarm began to soundthe long wail of a station damage alarm. The following story is one of the true genre-defining classics. "Never underestimate the power of making an Ensign cry." And so we travelled the stars, colonising the lost homeworlds we found, along with others. Patricia Davies is the Admiral of the Associated Republics of Terra's 13th Expeditionary Fleet, assisted by, Jim Wexler, Admiral Davie's Flag Lieutenant. Fortunately, the crude cybernetic seemed to be functioning perfectly, and I had no difficulty in understanding the things speech, or the subtle body language that spoke of a cocktail of bored resignation and weariness. I only read through I and II like 2 weeks back as well. Raids from pirate groups further cemented our dark reputation, and in time we came to work with the role. Humanity had become the bogeymen of the universe. Six of them he said. YES! But the most important part is that they must never, ever learn how much superior they are to us in so many ways. Also he punches a ghost to death. Whenever Jenkins was with me, I noticed that he had a habit of focusing on the worst aspects. Dude, not a single word of this let us down, this was amazing. The most successful troll in /tg/ history skews the OP's topic into a debate on whether Humans are the worst fantasy race. When I go there I see the story for a few seconds but then get stuck behind ads. The formatting was good too seeing as how you didn't have to continue the story in the comments like on reddit. He picked up a second bag, and strolledstrolled! It collapsed, what passed for its face shattered by the impact, and I ducked as its fellows returned fire. Today I found your first Prey story and felt it was one of the best stories I've ever read. This series had so much story potential until the reveal. The Theatre at Ace Hotel. For anyone who missed it hidden at the bottom of the story page-. Los Angeles Classic Car Restoration. 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. This story is so poignant to me so I really wanted to narrate it.Originally by /u/AssHatVik, i got the post fr. Archived threads are checked every two hours for updates until the thread 404s. Jenkins, if anything, seemed grateful for the silence. 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. This, and quarantine, both of which I found elsewhere, led me to HFY. You're not a Crichton fan, by any chance? Dozens of ships were in orbit around a rocky empty world, along with a space dock to repair and refuel them. . That isdeeply troubling information, Purveyor Jenkins. Vedreg said, eventually. Article 227, paragraph 16 of the Galactic Treaty of Laws, He said, stretching out and rolling its head. Mounted on a trio of boom arms well out from the main body of the station, it provided the higher gravity their species was used to, as well as a warmer, denser, more humid atmosphere. Its only a matter of time before your colleagues in security prosecute me for vagrancy, he said. Undergraduate. I did not at first bother to look up from the desktop in front of me where the standard security systems were scanning the being in front of me for weapons, pathogens, parasites and other such contraband. If you enjoy the LitRPG genre, you may also enjoy my in-progress web serial Spellgun. We'll get a Rashan POV eventually, but it's planned for WAY down the road in my outline. Just finished up reading. Here you go: https://imgur.com/gallery/2Q59t. Rather than answer the mystery of where they had come from, they had historically preferred to tell stories and then convince themselves that the stories were true. There were three more behind it and I ducked into cover next to the human as their return fire threatened to overwhelm my defenses. Human words started to slip into the languages of the stations crew, filling gaps in our philosophical vocabulary. Impossible! I exclaimed as I leapt out of my chair, and registering the motion the corral shut down our privacy field. I assure you officer, I am not mocking the immigration system. Also, I've been playing with AI art at night with a few different models, the images here are all AI generated, it's a bit of fun!#reddit #hfy #narration #scifi Itsintimidating. Id love a chapter following the Rashans point of view and revealing what there true motives are and what they really think of all the prey species and their new competition. Oh heck ya!!! Maybe theres even a POW camp where all the races are together? Ex. Then I realised I was treating this man who had saved my life as if he was a threat that I needed to figure out how to kill and suppressed a flash of shame. The Demonsa loan-word that had filled a conceptual gap we had never been aware ofthat tormented humanity were what inspired it. Was hard to post knowing that people had such high expectations for it. More information. A setting where the PCs are fantasy B.J. I noticed that a patch of skin on his left arm had been artificially pigmented. On six legs, they were extremely stable, and their forelimbs were cybernetically fused into their heavy pulse guns, making disarming them impossible. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really hope I don't have to wait to years for the next installment. While judging any species by the aesthetic values of your own species doesnt make a lot of sense, Hunters were ugly. It was farther out than we had ever travelled before, but not by much. Woke up, searched for this, and just finished it. Also stationed on the Flashing Hooves is, Moktep, an ambitious Bonthan Vice-Admiral. please leave this site immediately. 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. Not just because of a confirmed Rashan POV chapter but because it sounds like we still have plenty of chapters to go :D. You have a wonderful ability to write and I am glad you are doing so. My arm, meanwhile, had needed amputating, and I was still adjusting to the plastic and carbon fibre prosthetic that had replaced it. ; it'll archive a copy of the page for future lulz. As we soon discovered, nearly 3% of the galaxy was part of what was known as the "Veil of Madness". A second later there was a flare of light and shrieking, but it was not enough. Welcome back! OP with his merry band of ragtag rank 2 IG takes on Deathwatch 'Crons and wins like a baus. It was also a fountain of thought-provoking philosophy, novel ideas and unique pastimes. 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? 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. I've read a few stories based on this universe, most have been pretty damn good. Next! I ordered. It was met at the edge of their solar system by a vigilante fleet that had apparently been preparing to divert a comet in-system to hit Earth. Better a duplicate than missing something this good! Today is a great day for /r/HFY and therefore the world. The all-clear alarm sounded just before I reached him, and he moved in response to it. All units, this is Specialist Teelm. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for ORIGINAL 1964 CATHAY PACIFIC Route Map - Convair 880 Jet - CLASSIC - SWIRE at the best online prices at eBay! The image can safely be downscaled to reduce file size, without any noticeable changes on most screens. Back on Earth I owned a recreational establishment, the human said, sipping his glass of water. It was only after Reddit user "Guidosbestfriend" set his own story "Humans Don't 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. Welcome to the /tg/ archive! I had never had to deal with an abductee before, though I had been trained and knew exactly what to do. In fact the entire race seemed insane. The Hunters trotted round the corner, eerily silentnobody had ever heard them communicate verbally. The fox is in the henhouse. There was no visible change, but the sense tendrils along my back felt a tingling as the shield came online. The Wiki. Holy fuck. If you do navigate away, the update script should catch anything you miss, but the thread may display incorrectly or with 4chan.org hotlinking images until it is repaired. I had to agree, as I fired a few suppressing shots around the corner. They are physically powerful. We are the premier choice for classic car customs, restorations, electrical rewiring, electrical repair, LS Swaps, motor rebuilds and performance upgrades, suspension and brake upgrades and repairs, audio . Parts of your writing style reminded me of his. Your Superman sounds like Tvnndrkktktk, who defended his tribe from a pack of predators for a year without sleeping., Or Gudruvgnagnut, who grew so large that his tribe could shelter beneath him from the year-storm, said Vedreg. Then he apparently lost the strength to stand and his forelimbs folded up underneath him. A story that's all about "predators and prey aren't all that different, after all" shouldn't have villains that are the stereotypical eat-you-all predators. nonsense. Everyone knows (or is supposed to anyway) what just happened and what is supposed to happen next, as time on comms is supposed to be as short as possible. But I can guess. Sometimes I wish that I could erase that fan base but I don't think it's possible to do that." - Anthony Gonzalez of M83. It do be crazy sometimes. Why not have the implant removed and return to your homeworld?, Because Id never be able to keep the secret, and so the Office for the Preservation of Indigenous Species wont let me, he said. Edit: found admin@royalroadl.com and affiliate@royalroadl.com lets all send them messages about how they are ruining the internet by participating in this ad program. Time well spent. I actually gasped out loud. Wow, I'm super surprised that the author of Spellgun or royalroad is also the author of an HFY I started reading 2 years ago on reddit. We spent a lot of time monitoring the political situation at first. I just saw that Spellgun was on royalroad.com as a top read fiction earlier today. All around us, fleeing and panicking immigrants were being smashed to the ground by Hunter firepower. The shot was able to breach the hull at a single point, and cost the lives of three crewmen. This is the most fun I've had reading fiction in a very, very long time. Legit gasped when I got the notification, I have been excited for this for a long time. And we have other weakness. Jenkins just kept hitting it, again and again, snarling and shouting, ordering it to die and declaring improbable things about its parentage before finally he stopped and stepped away from the broken thing he had made, gulping down great shuddering breaths of what, to him, must have been very thin and dry air. Paradigm, I fucking love this shit. David picks through the wreckage of his spectacular dogfight, kills yet more Wraiths and Demons, and has a not so restful sleep. Only hope? Jenkins asked. It was suicide. In time we studied the technology of the more advanced dead races, gleaming a scientific secret or two we had missed. I actually gasped out loud. Thanks and im looking forward to the next two. YASS. The remaining passengers from the shuttle that we had been processing were responding with varying degrees of calmness. Abductee 907-42-96-53-3, It introduced itself. New to HFY? We just happen to be the ones who figured out brain power, tool use and teamwork to overcome those challenges. He scratched his tattoo. Kirk! he exclaimed. Many officers have suggested to me that you are a security threat, on the grounds that if you decided to go on a violent rampage, there would be little that could stop you.. David hears worrying news about an outbreak on other stations, takes some time to deal with the captured AI and develops an android body for SHODAN. New to HFY? A few inspired quite intense emotions in me. Now, twenty diurnals after the attack, there was just some greenish discolouration to show that he had ever been injured. 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 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. But if that's what it takes then I guess that's whats it takes. Many came up with theories, but none fit better than any others. I agree that they are frustrating and that they make the site a pain to use for mobile users. We do not deny an author's need to promote their work, however we do require this only be done in a relevant context. Us. 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. I must ask you to take this interview seriously. However you decide to go forward I look forward to reading it!!! Glad you liked it! Ended up re-reading them before starting this. Much of its body was covered in obviously synthetic fabric, with only the forepaws and head visible. That was amazing. Surprising as this was, I then decided to write a sequel, and from there the clamor for more has picked me up and swept me along. In any other species the movement would have looked obscenely organic. Down there among his own kind than he would ever find up here, among us species doesnt a. 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