[Loved Trope] Humans have something inherently interesting about them instead of being average or the "weak but populous" species.

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Also known as "humans are special", this trope is actually rarer than I expected it to be.

1) The humans in the Wake graphic novel series are the only species without telepathic powers, which means they're immune to psi abilities and are hard to detect.

2) In the Grand Central Arena books, while trying to achieve faster than light travel, the crew of a ship end up in the place where all the species of the universe meet. They pretty quickly realize how humans are way more willing to take risks compared to all the other species.

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It reminds of the Stargate Atlantis bottle episode where they're ambushed into a tribunal by a coalition of planets regarding their shenanigans in the Pegasus galaxy and its a lot of flashbacks including iirc Rodney detonating some ancient tech and obliterating a galaxy or something

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3/4 of a solar system and it was by mistake. Fun thing is that's only the second most destructive action accomplished by a human, Samantha Carter made a star explode on purpose.