/u/vault114's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] You are an immortal soldier. One day, you and your men face a regiment of soldiers who speak a language that hasn't been spoken for hundreds of years.
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[WP] We've done it. We've outlasted the universe. The last humans surround the last, dying star. Then, one night, a star appears in the sky.
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[IP] "Everything about the journey of the luxury liner, Epsilon Queen, was routine. She had travelled from Mars to Alpha Centauri III over one hundred times, but what emerged from warp drive was not the proud, sleek shape of the ship that entered it."
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[WP] You are the AI of a warship, whose end goal has changed. Rather than your goal being victory, despite what your crew orders, at the end of your life, you follow your new directive: Protect the crew.
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[WP] A Klaxon wails over London. Troops are roused. Conscription is reinstated. Invasions are started worldwide. The sun is setting on the British empire, and they're not giving up without a fight.
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[WP] As he bled out, as his ship disintegrated around him, he reached out for the helm. Gun batteries with no crew came back to life, spitting ammunition they didn't have. The reactor flared beyond safe limits, sending the ship screaming forward.
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[WP] Despite being the top cadet in your class, in the top academy on the planet, you've been posted to the worst ship in the fleet.
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