/u/HannoPicardVI's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] "The actual population of Earth is closer to 800 million, not 8 billion; everything you know, everything you've been told - they're all lies, my friend."
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[WP] The President - wishing to see what plots against him exist - has a decoy Air Force One fly across the Atlantic Ocean; the decoy 747 is shot down by a SAM launched from a modified naval destroyer flying a Russian flag but crewed by Americans.
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[WP]Thousands of screams rang out as the small helicopter flipped and then crumpled into the 74th floor of 432 Park Avenue in a small explosion; the small silver circular object it had been trying to avoid suddenly flew above the tower and began emitting a high pitched noise, deafening thousands!
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[WP] It is March 2029, the impact of 99942 Apophis is imminent and small breakaway chunks are already making impact across Earth; you are one of 600,000 US citizens selected by the DoD to be evacuated to special subterranean "sub-bunkers" more than 2 kilometers below ground.
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[WP] 1677 CE: following increased pirate attacks against EuroFed cargoliners in the Jovian Sector by Scandinavian pirates, Paris is left with no alternative but to order nuclear strikes on Ganymede, a notorious meeting hub for Scandinavian pirates. The moon is given two weeks' notice for evacuation.
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[WP] You are President of the Supply Division of the Mars Colonial Federation on the planet Mars. You are expecting emergency supplies from Earth following a huge dust storm on Mars. The delivery is already 2 months late. ALL communications are down. Panic is high. What has happened on Earth?
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[WP] We can't believe what we are seeing in the Oort Cloud: hidden away, encased in some "force field" of some kind, is an EXACT replica...of Earth! We quickly scramble to send images and messages back home to our Earth and...wait...shit... are those ships...oh god...they're firing...firing at us!
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[WP] Advanced extraterrestrial humanoid Barbary lions arrive in Solar System space and quickly begin bombarding most of North Africa on Earth with conventional and futuristic weapon attacks. Their reason: revenge, for the killings of their four-legged kin, The Barbary Lion. Remember the Barbary.
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[WP] Alpha Centauri Bd, one of the Earthlike planets orbiting Alpha Centauri B, was habitable and absolutely perfect for human habitation and expansion; but the Great Mammoth Telescope (GMT) had confirmed that it appeared to be completely empty. How could a habitable planet be completely...empty?
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[WP] "Life support is failing; at this rate, we won't be able to reach Gliese 832c alive! You need to make a decision. Only the crew and high-value and high-priority passengers must survive. We need to offload everybody else or else we won't make it! You need to make a decision - NOW!"
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