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The ‘known space’ universe by Larry niven has humans at least as sort of equal. Lower than some life forms, but on par or higher than some.
I recommend starting with the ringworld series.
Warhammer 40k also has humans as a dominant species from what I’ve gathered. I’ve tried to get into the lore, but it’s massive amounts and no clear “start here” so Iv’e just picked up snippets.
Looks like I can pick up a Boxset at my “local” comic book store. So in gonna do that on the weekend.
Is this a prequel that relies on any sort of knowledge before going in?
Forexample; in the known space universe the “juggler of worlds” is set before the events of the ringworld series. But it relies on previous knowledge about races and spaces, for it to be enjoyable :)
His appearance on hot ones is one of the greats episodes they’ve had.
For anyone interested; the clickspring youtube channel has been trying to recreate the mechanism and goes into detail about the parts and how they might have been made. Super interesting https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZioPDnFPNsHnyxfygxA0to4RXv4_jDU2&si=xnyuUso0fsS7Y2s-
The problem as i see it is that there is definitely a female Breakdancer In Australia that is better. She just wanted a free vacation and pulled the right strings to get put on the team instead of someone with less connections and a better performance.
Like these girls in the bc one cypher in 2022 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aB3xIUFYH78&pp=ygURYXVzdHJhbGlhbiBiLWdpcmw%3D