They Marked The Infants As 'Trash'—We Raised Them To Hunt The Hunters | HFY Stories

When humanity discovered a derelict ship full of children marked for extermination, they faced an impossible choice: follow the rules, or save lives the galaxy deemed worthless.

The Praeux Synarchy doesn't just hunt—they engineer their prey. They breed entire species for obedience, culling anyone who shows too much empathy, too much independence, too much *humanity*. Their discarded "failures" are melted down for feedstock, erased before they can even dream of resistance.

Captain Idris Valcourt found 312 of these condemned infants floating in the dark. Nhari children—designed to be perfect hunters, but flagged for destruction because their genes suggested they might care too much, bond too deeply, *refuse orders*.

The smart move? Walk away. The safe move? Report it and let the established powers handle it. The human move? Raise them anyway, and dare the galaxy's apex predators to do something about it.

Now those children are soldiers, strategists, and survivors who've learned something their creators never intended: *choice is more dangerous than any weapon*. And when humanity broadcasts the Synarchy's darkest secret to every corner of known space, the entire predator-prey hierarchy begins to crack.

This is the story of what happens when the "broken" refuse to stay discarded—and when humanity decides some lines are worth crossing, no matter the cost.

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0:00 Discovery of derelict Praeux freighter
1:28 Captain decides to board risky vessel
4:31 Marines enter frozen freighter hull
7:29 Finding cargo of doomed children
11:22 Crew debates rescuing Praeux property
13:23 Decision made to save the infants
17:38 First Nhari child successfully awakened
20:56 Nhari grow rapidly on K2
22:07 Violent incident reveals dangerous instincts
26:53 Offering Nhari choice of paths
30:22 Secret operations begin to leak
32:06 Jelathi envoy inspects the station
35:24 Talla discovers the hidden Nhari
39:18 Approving first combat field mission
41:09 Tense approach to Praeux platform
44:42 Kheris chooses mercy over instinct
46:00 Exactor Velith discovers the betrayal
48:20 Planning assault on Khasru world
51:11 Ember Phalanx prepares for battle
53:20 Final conversation before dangerous mission
55:29 Breaking into Khasru processing complex
57:47 Witnessing the Synarchy's culling machinery
1:00:32 Broadcasting truth as reinforcements arrive
1:03:37 Violent confrontation with Velith Ren
1:07:47 Desperate escape from doomed facility
1:15:07 Recovery and reflection after battle
1:17:41 Galactic politics begin shifting
1:18:42 Commitment to continue the fight

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