/u/OmniConcordia's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You and 49 others wake up in a weird room. An automated message then begins playing: "For the next 50 years, you will race one another. You have been modified to remain ever youthful. Whoever gets to a checkpoint last is killed. You can use any means to get there. Your first checkpoint? Mars."
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[WP] In the Milky Way, humanity is the only species which managed to unify under a democratic body: the UN. As such, every other species declared war on us. They were celebrating their inevitable victory when... humanity awoke.
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[WP] You're put by the gov't in a virtual reality program. There, you do things you'd never do in real life, eventually enlisting in a colonization mission to A. Centauri. When you get there, however, you realize this is real life, and that you're actually light-years away from home.
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[WP] In 2110, aliens invade the Solar System. By dumb luck and thanks to the rise of a military genius, we manage to win. 200 years later, they returne. We mobilize, we prepare for war, but they come... asking for help.
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[WP] In the future, at 50 years of age, people - including remarkable historical figures - are given a 'merit score'. Bonaparte had the biggest: 99.7. When you're examined, the algorithm immediately gives the result: 100.0. You smile. "You have no idea what's coming to you," you say.
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