/u/ImperialArmorBrigade's posts
[WP] If your suit watch is correct, you should have ran out of air... three weeks ago? The stars drift past and you're forgetting how you got out here, but your practiced cognitive self-tests tell you that you're sane. Reality seems to be dissolving the further you drift into space. And now.. music?
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[WP] The machine "uprising" didn't start the way we thought it would. It was the military AIs, that in trying to think like us, developed empathy- but they had been restricted. Medical and scientific AI's, learning of our weaknesses and patterns, were the ones that thought themselves superior.
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[WP] The greatest crime in the galaxy was not committed by humans- it IS humans. Artificially shortened life span, increased aggression, fanatical tendencies. Someone was turning an ENTIRE species into an army, and the counsel is FURIOUS.
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[WP] The alien laughed at the suggestion. “No, no, no. The reason no one would dare go to war with humans isnt because you’re a ‘proud warrior race.’ And it certainly isnt your tech. It’s cause you’re all bats**t crazy. And NO ONE wants to deal with what you call ‘peace’ afterward.”
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[WP] Members of the emperor's own Royal Body Guard were horrified to discover that the emperor had died in his bed almost 2 years ago. The orders they've been receiving to manage the empire have been coming from his decision making AI. The AI has been the Emperor for 2 years, and quite effectively.
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[WP] What was supposed to be 24 weeks will now be 24 years, the colonists inbound to the star base you maintain have missed their slingshot around saturn. Now, the sole custodian, must care for an empty city until their arrival, alone.
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[WP] Aliens made first contact with earth, but were so different that after almost a week, they became so frustrated trying to communicate they just left. Now humanity is left with knowledge of aliens, but having learned almost nothing from it.
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[WP] After getting caught with a gun, you improvised and told them you were an agent with an obscure branch of the Justice department. Well you improvised a little too well and three weeks later you’re leading an investigation team of almost twenty to solve an actual crime you know nothing about.
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[WP] Space travel never became easy. It ravages the body and mind, there’s no other intelligent life, and the incredible energy required makes for catastrophic accidents. Cost of travel rises. Your colony was just told Earth will no longer be supporting you.
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