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 […]
Every Species is fascinated by something. Some really like studying things, the abasks for example like computers so much that some of their basic mechanical calculators literally predate their first cities. Others are particularly skilled at governing, the emperatian for one have essentially cut the bureaucracy of the entire galactic community in half since they […]
Humanity defied categorization. They were frail until they weren’t. Weak until they decided not to be. Prey that mingled with the predators of their world and predators who championed the cause of those who would be their prey off-world. All other ‘enlightened’ species would seek out unenlightened races and uplift them if they saw the […]
Don’t touch the dead. From the depths of the dwarven strongholds to the peaks where the dragons slumber all follow the rule. Do not touch dead humans.
Editor’s note: If you want to listen to the audio version of this story (performed by the late Lance Reddick), be sure to scroll to the bottom of this post. The Universe is a big place. Insanely big, really. We all know it, intellectually at least, if perhaps not with the same bone-deep certainty with […]
Every civilization that wishes to survive has to follow one rule: stay quiet. Stay in your system, improve your technology and do everything you can to not attract attention. If you need to expand then do so slowly and with specialized FTL engines so no one can scan for your movements. They will know if […]
The human ambassador slowly stood to his feet, all eyes of the Galactic Union representatives turning their gaze upon him, all the media drones from the various news outlets focused in on his face. There were bags under his eyes and he kept a hand on the table in front of him as if worried […]
Humans always asked the dumbest questions. Why are people looking at me like I’m crazy? Because you’re eating enough capsaicin to kill a small town you f***ing freak Why did you refuse our mining permit? Because sending a star supernova to make the resources “easier to collect” doesn’t meet a single legal safety requirement for […]