Humanity Is Superior: Difference between revisions

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Humanity, despite all our [[Puny Earthlings|weaknesses]] in comparison to most of the other alien races, have managed to [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|carve out]] or create an [[The Empire|interstellar empire]] usually with [[Earth Is the Center of the Universe|Earth as the capital]]. This can be in [[The Future]] or [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]], usually made possible by captured, recently discovered [[Imported Alien Phlebotinum|alien]] or Ancient [[Applied Phlebotinum|Phlebotinum]] and through [[Humans Are Special|sheer willpower or just simply being Human]], enforced with an offscreen [[Redshirt Army]] and [[Cool Ship]]s. If in the case of [[Evil Is Cool]], humankind is led by an [[Evil Overlord]], or some form of [[One World Order]] with [[Fantastic Racism|extraterrestrial or mutant racism or hatred]], and the higher echelons of these governments are [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|almost never seen]]. All aliens are portrayed by the government as [[Aliens and Monsters]] despite some of them having feelings too, or in the case of [[The Government|a nation]] or [[The Federation]], Humanity is [[During the War|at war]].

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Human(oids) are explicitly stated to be superior in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' due to their ability to access Spiral Energy, because their physical shape is the most efficient form for using it.

 

 

** Not only that, but humanity is also a ''very'' successful species throughout its history, building at least four "Great And Bountiful Human Empires" (the third of which spanned ''three galaxies''). Even in the 21st century, UNIT forces take it to the Tenth [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Sontaran]] Battle Fleet, cleaning their clocks in ground warfare, and by the 41st century they are going toe-to-toe with the resurrected ''[[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|Dalek Empire]]''.

** And wiping the floor with the Cybermen in the Cyberwars.

 

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* Generally, humans are the dominant race in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''. Guess that bonus feat really does help.

* In the ''[[Fading Suns]]'' RPG setting, humans have been expanding onto other planets and [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|conquering alien races]] for thousands of years with little trouble- until they meet [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|the Vau]]. Not so much expanding now, as the Vau aren't expanding or aggressive, but they could be called ultra-defensive.

** Be that as it may, the Space Marines and the [[Badass Normal|Imperial Guard]] [[The Determinator|aren't going to give up without a fight]].

** In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, humans have come to power over the galaxy once in history, when the "Emperor" led a Great Crusade with his primarchs and their super human space marines. One million planets are conquered (out of countless billions in the galaxy, granted, but still, a million is a lot), yay humans, and of course the Emperor's favored son starts a civil war. So once again, with the emperor out of commission the Imperium is slowly falling apart again (Go humans). However it is speculated that the emperor will rise one way or another in the near future.

***** Incorrect. Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook, page 122 "DARK AGE OF TECHNOLOGY: Mankind realises its destiny amongst the stars, colonising world after world at a rapacious pace. Warp space is tamed and the first alien races subjugated." All and all, humanity was at its peak. We even created new life (The Iron Men), a feat only the great old ones could match. The Eldar were an empire, but certainly not the sole power (Think the 40k empire of the Tau). Mankind didn't "merely" take the eldar scraps, they formed a federation of stars that was only toppled by our own creations. (Other sources used are the battlefleet gothic rulebook, Space Hulk, White Dwarf, and Galaxy in flames)

* ''Web and Starship'' is a 2–3 player board game where the players compete to form the largest empire. One species travels faster than light by using the Web, which allows near instantaneous travel between planets that are part of the Web, but to get to a new planet takes years. The second uses Starships, which get to new planets much quicker, but results in slower internal communication. In a three player game, the third species is humanity, who starts off with no means of traveling faster than light. But each of the first two races will be negotiating with the humans to get an advantage over the other race, and humans are capable of developing both Web ''and'' Starship, which makes it pretty easy for the humans to win if they do.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==