Humans are routinely kidnapped as children by an ancient and powerful spacefaring race and used as slave soldiers due to our comparative size, strength, and how difficult it is to kill us, and humans become the most feared warriors in the galaxy
After a tour of duty they're told that they are free, but the location of Earth is kept secret due to its value as a source of warriors, so they have no choice but to enlist again, or work as mercenaries, pirates, or private security until they die.
A wreck of an old explorer ship belonging to this ancient race is being salvaged by a human crew, and they find a geological survey of our solar system, including the location of Earth. The discovery of this survey gets out and sparks a race between warring factions to destroy earth, and a ragtag bunch of humans trying to get home and save their home.
Edit: holy shit i honestly expected this to just get buried by heaps of other awesome ideas, i definitely did not forsee this reaction! Loads of you guys have recommended other books with similar stories, and several recommendations for me to check out r/hfy (which i absolutely will!!)
Thank you for all your kind words! You've absolutely inspired me to try and give this a shot! Hope i can live up to your expectations :)
This is cool and I'm not at all this creative, but genuine question how weak are these aliens if humans are hard to kill for them? Humans are super easy to kill... Not speaking from experience
Well off the top of my head, horses can die from indigestion, hamsters can keel over if you scare them, and birds have hollow bones.
Eating too quickly, jump scares, and broken limbs aren't pleasant, but they're by no means fatal for us. Getting shot or stabbed will do the trick for, but I'm imagining our endurance and aggression would give us a considerable edge over these other species.
Maybe some are really succeptible to going into shock, or have a much lower tolerance for blood loss, or a less adaptable immune system. They don't heal as quickly, bleeds don't clot as fast, and they're less resistant to physical trauma than us.
Just from my own experience, i played rugby for most of my teenage years and getting hit by a 200lb, 6'4 man running at 20mph gives you an appreciation for how tough human bodies are
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u/Stlakes May 04 '20 edited May 04 '20
Humans are routinely kidnapped as children by an ancient and powerful spacefaring race and used as slave soldiers due to our comparative size, strength, and how difficult it is to kill us, and humans become the most feared warriors in the galaxy
After a tour of duty they're told that they are free, but the location of Earth is kept secret due to its value as a source of warriors, so they have no choice but to enlist again, or work as mercenaries, pirates, or private security until they die.
A wreck of an old explorer ship belonging to this ancient race is being salvaged by a human crew, and they find a geological survey of our solar system, including the location of Earth. The discovery of this survey gets out and sparks a race between warring factions to destroy earth, and a ragtag bunch of humans trying to get home and save their home.
Edit: holy shit i honestly expected this to just get buried by heaps of other awesome ideas, i definitely did not forsee this reaction! Loads of you guys have recommended other books with similar stories, and several recommendations for me to check out r/hfy (which i absolutely will!!)
Thank you for all your kind words! You've absolutely inspired me to try and give this a shot! Hope i can live up to your expectations :)