WritingPrompts

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[EU] (Ender's Game) "No... How? I thought he was the one," said Graff, angrily. "I'm sorry, sir... we've lost. And they've already set a course for the Solar System." And so, the Fourth - and last - Invasion was on its way.	9
[WP] An alien species has quarantined the Solar System out of fear of our massive rate of technological development. We've finally cracked lightspeed travel and the first colony ship is about to exit the Solar System.	9
[WP] Overnight, all military conflicts cease and all nations strengthen the UN into a de facto world gov't. All citizens over 10 have their strategic capabilities tested. You're selected.	9
[WP] As the flames of WW3 rage on, the Eastern powers suddenly surrender. You're a high-ranking US military officer, and you receive a message from the Russians. Horrified, you say, "The war was nothing," as you drop your tablet. Everyone looks at it and the phrase it displays: "Look to the sky."	8
[WP] An alien race invades Earth. We fight them with all of our power and win. We wonder how we were capable of defeating an interstellar empire, when we realize the force they sent must have been just a tiny fraction of their military. This... was a test. This race... they are the Great Filter.	8
[WP] We never stumbled upon the Great Filter and we have established the human empire. Why didn't we? Because we are the Great Filter.	8
[WP] In 2021, contact is made with an alien species. Upon resolving all linguistic discrepancies, the aliens say, "Finally, after 20,000 years, we've finally found the homeworld of the great Human empire!"	8
[WP] An alien probe crashes on Earth. After a while, it broadcasts one message: "Each nation has ten days to choose its representatives and send them to Africa, where they will compete to find me. All losing and non-participating nations will be annihilated immediately, along with their people."	8
[WP] After a six million-year civil war that spanned one hundred million stars across humanity's empire, Michael and Gabriel, leaders of the central human government, prepare for the siege of Lucifer and the rebellion's last stronghold: Earth.	8
[WP] One hundred thousand years into the future, humanity built a hyper-prosperous civilization spread across one million stars. Crime is unheard of. You were cryo-frozen back in 2101 and are woken up in 102,000 AD. You then commit an unthinkable crime: you insult someone. You're sentenced to death.	7

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