/u/LuxDominus's posts
[WP] Ten years have passed since the immense starship departed Earth with an unknown destination. Many people aboard - incl. you - went in stasis, but many decided to stay awake. Some went mad. You're suddenly awaken. You're confused. Suddenly, a voice can be heard: "Today, it is finally revealed."
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[ WP ] An unknown starship brakes from lightspeed and lands near NYC. For one month, it remains passive, while humanity observes powerlessly. However, on the 34th day, an inscription appears on the hull: "SPQR: XII:XX"
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[WP] Humanity finds ancient records on Europa. After deciphering them, we learn about a very old and advanced alien civilization that wipes out all sapient species that have not achieved interstellar travel once every 500,000 years. They are one year away from Earth, and we barely landed on Mars.
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[WP] After a nuclear warhead is dropped just 100 km away from the Pyramids of Giza, they shed their outer layer and send filaments into space that assemble into a 500-km-wide torus. You are horrified to learn that it's a wormhole gate, and that it's opening up.
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[WP] An old paper signed by Da Vinci explaining the Theory of Relativity and the key to lightspeed travel is found hidden in Einstein's lair.
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[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.
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[WP] In the 2120s, the UN sends the first human expedition to Proxima Centauri b. After exploring the planet, an archaic-looking cryo-pod is found with a message on it in Italian: "Took you long enough". In the pod lays Leonardo Da Vinci.
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[WP] A fleet of spaceships enters the Solar System in 2093. Upon their arrival in Earth's orbit, they begin bombarding cities and deploying troops on the ground. After 9 hours, the UN considers capitulation, only for the aliens to stop their advance and leave the planet immediately.
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[EU] "So, they're finally back. After all these years... the cowards!" said Clementine, watching the real-time video feed showing a dozen starships, all branded with thw UN's logo, in Earth's orbit. In the corner of the screen, it read, "9:57 UTC, April 14, 2067."
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