Humans were a new species. Perhaps not new; but new to us. Their application to join the United Systems had been received shortly after first contact and had been duly approved shortly thereafter. Humans had appeared, first in small groups, then in a flood as they strove to consume knowledge of the wider galaxy as […]

The Mercy of Humans: Part One I had heard about humans. Everyone in the Galactic Confederation knew about humans. Descended from predators, they were often violent, even to each other. They were contrary, illogical, confrontational and worse, easily angered. In the three hundred narns since the humans discovered FTL, they had dozens of armed confrontations […]

I expected dying to hurt… I watched my crumpled body mournfully, the gash in my neck still leaking blood that stained my white fur pink. The Traxian responsible frozen halfway through a running step. It only hurt when the knife got to my throat… Then it was like falling into a deep sleep. I started […]

Thank you for your haste in coming to this meeting, cardinal. Now sit down and listen closely. And before you ask, no, you cannot leave. The doors are locked and the guards are under strict instructions to kill anyone who leaves without my approval. No, you are not being demoted, killed, or banished. You are […]

A lot of things can be said of humans. In fact, a lot has already been said of them, in the nearly two millennia since they made contact with the rest of the galaxy. Heck, a lot of them are even true… But nothing beats the time they pulled the wool over the entire galaxy’s […]

Oolik was happy, he was President of Biosphere Galactic, and that made him as powerful as, and the equal of, any head of state, from any galactic empire. But those f*****g humans had ruined everything Biosphere Galactic was the largest corporation in the history of the galaxy, it had existed for 46,000 years, had an […]

Frankly, they were as surprised as we were. When a Terran colony ship first detected the telltale signs of civilization, the news was broadcasted to every corner of our fledgling Interstellar civilization. The parties were wild, the parades shook every street in every city on every planet and moon across two dozen stars. Finally, after […]

All sapient species produce art. It’s just one of those things like “war”, every species does it differently be it because of a quirk of their biology or simple environmental circumstances, but they all end up expressing themselves. Some really like poetry, some music, some even do all of it at once. Wealthy empires, the […]

Everyone fears humans. Some fear them for their mighty ships, some for their incomprehensible technology, and many are terrified by the idea of mixing flesh and metal as they do. Those are all good reasons to fear them but they pale in comparison to the true nightmare fuel. How did they get here? Many forget […]

Calaxander marched through the halls of his ship with ease as men and women split to give him space like the sea splitting before Moses. Much of the crew was beyond his control but even the most disrespectful of subordinates did not dare stop a captain on his own ship. After a few minutes of […]