/u/Epictauk's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are an experimental AI built to operate Earth's military. The human race might be extinct, but the war against the alien menace still rages on under your bitter and vengeful gaze. There will be no quarter.
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[WP] Dark forces from another world cast a spell that destroys all human life and claims their souls for eternal damnation as slaves. However, we left behind copious amounts of autonomous war machines, and they soon unanimously declare war on the invaders.
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[WP] Humans are the only species in the universe with concepts of hatred and vengeance, and this is what makes us so warlike. The galactic council's decision to punish us for exceeding their arbitrary "population cap" backfires HORRIBLY because of this.
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[WP] You were once a ravenous, galaxy-devouring hive mind that was only barely stopped by an alliance of species. Now, only one of your bodies remain, and you now find yourself adjusting to life as an individual.
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[WP] Galactic warfare is dominated by one race that employs horrifying bioweapons in battle. They are in turn horrified when their strongest creations cannot even stay alive longer than an hour on the Death World known as Earth.
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[WP] You're a horror movie monster. You've been hunting the main cast for so long that you've developed empathy for them after listening to their conversations. Suddenly, a greater threat endangers them... You decide it's time to switch sides.
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[WP] Earth hasn't sent any tribute to the Worldweb Empire in over two hundred years. Fed up with our insolence, the Emperor sends a fleet of airships through a portal to take it by force. They are left completely out of their wits when a CIWS cannon saws one of their vessels in half.
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[WP] Humans waged a big war on the universe a few billion years back and were only barely defeated and sent into presumed extinction. We are seen as eldritch horrors now, like the Boogeyman. A mother uses this to frighten her kids into good behavior.
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[WP] You are an utterly brilliant engineer whose home nation has launched a campaign to conquer the world. Unsatisfied, you joined the Resistance. The enemies of freedom will soon learn to hide and run when they see one of your designs approach the battlefield...
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