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Posted: 5/28/2021 7:46:16 AM EDT
So the Secretary General of the United Nations comes out in a worldwide press conference and says, "Remember those aliens we told you didn't exist? We've been talking to them since 1945. They're peaceful and will be colonizing Mars (or Venus, or some moon around a gas giant or Sedna, it doesn't matter which)."
How would you feel about a peaceful, but obviously superior alien race colonizing a planet or a moon (not ours) in our solar system? |
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Quoted: So the Secretary General of the United Nations comes out in a worldwide press conference and says, "Remember those aliens we told you didn't exist? We've been talking to them since 1945. They're peaceful and will be colonizing Mars (or Venus, or some moon around a gas giant or Sedna, it doesn't matter which)." How would you feel about a peaceful, but obviously superior alien race colonizing a planet or a moon (not ours) in our solar system? View Quote Can we send Nancy Pelosi with them? |
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I don't believe it matters how we feel about it the question is can we do anything about it.
That's probably a resounding no so I guess we take our feels and fuck right off. |
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Deal with it.
I would warn them about the chinese trying to eat them though. |
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With the world in the shape it's in today, I'd invite them to colonize Earth.
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The Secretary General of the UN is perhaps the last person I'd trust, so I'd be awfully skeptical. I'd bet the aliens would be here for one bad reason or another.
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Not much i can do about it one way or another so no fucks given.
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All These worlds are your own except Europa
Attempt no landing there |
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So , let's assume they are on Io. They made it here from another solar system so travelling to Earth is no big deal. A short commute.
Dey toook ur jerbs!!! |
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Honestly I'd be disappointed in our species for not getting our collective asses in gear to get out there as well.
Who am I kidding? I am disappointed. |
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Quoted: Our solar system is for terrans only. View Quote This. I'd be looking to join a group to exterminate them. Mars, whatever, all belongs to us. Peaceful now does not mean peaceful later and you'll have to prove to me they are "superior" by warfare. Also if they are abducting us and probing us, I'd like some payback. Chinese Communist Party and Aliens get the bullet. |
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I hope we have orbitally deployed powered armor before we have to face a situation like that.
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Does this happen before or after the UN nuked Deimos in response to the nuking of Phoebe?
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"All these worlds are yours except Europa
Attempt no landing there Use them together Use them in peace" |
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What kind of alien?
Vulcans? Romulans? Gammoreans? Zentradi? Slugs from the Puppet Masters? Pakleds? Yautja? Monoliths? Ewoks? Nordics? Grays? Reptilians? Protoss? Elowan? Velox? Kilrathi? Gorn? Triceratons? Gotta be more specific. |
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I would hope they were benign and not so intelligent that we couldn’t relate to them.
Then I would want off this planet. |
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has the potential to be the next cuban missile crisis
but my first reaction would be i dont believe anything coming form the UN, its probably another bullshit excuse to steal from the U.S. |
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The Secretary General of the UN only has the power that the security council grants him. Plus he has zero intelligence gathering capability. He relies on what the member nations feed him. He won’t be the one to spill the beans as he won’t know shit about it.
Now if the POTUS told us…. Well cool. |
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Quoted: What kind of alien? Vulcans? Romulans? Gammoreans? Zentradi? Slugs from the Puppet Masters? Pakleds? Yautja? Monoliths? Ewoks? Nordics? Grays? Reptilians? Protoss? Elowan? Velox? Kilrathi? Gorn? Triceratons? Gotta be more specific. View Quote If it's the Zentradi, then you will need a bigger planet! Also i claim 50' tall sexy green haired ace Quadrano pilot! Death by mega snu snu! |
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Do they believe in individual rights or are they collectivists?
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I'd question their "peaceful" claim.
If you have the tech to travel the distances involved, there are no doubt near infinite systems within their reach. Why move in to an already inhabited one? |
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Quoted: This. I'd be looking to join a group to exterminate them. Mars, whatever, all belongs to us. Peaceful now does not mean peaceful later and you'll have to prove to me they are "superior" by warfare. Also if they are abducting us and probing us, I'd like some payback. Chinese Communist Party and Aliens get the bullet. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Our solar system is for terrans only. This. I'd be looking to join a group to exterminate them. Mars, whatever, all belongs to us. Peaceful now does not mean peaceful later and you'll have to prove to me they are "superior" by warfare. Also if they are abducting us and probing us, I'd like some payback. Chinese Communist Party and Aliens get the bullet. Prove they are superior by warfare? If they can reach another solar system, they can destroy planets. The tech requires to do each is basically identical. In fact, destroying a planet in another system requires lower tech than sending a crew to one. |
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Could those of us who wanted out of global communism on earth (assuming that's the endgame here) go live on their planet as pioneer refugees?
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Its kind of like section 8 apartments going in next to my $500k house. I can bitch and moan about it, but not much else.
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Imagine if this happened, and they asked us to stay away and not contact them. People would lose their minds.
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Quoted: Prove they are superior by warfare? If they can reach another solar system, they can destroy planets. The tech requires to so each is basically identical. View Quote Not necessarily. The Road Not Taken by Harry Turtledove. Second link is a pdf to the short story. How they reach another system is the question. Far more likely to end up subservient to something like the Krolp as in Vilcabamba. Or just obliterated without even knowing why like The Killing Star. |
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Quoted: Prove they are superior by warfare? If they can reach another solar system, they can destroy planets. The tech requires to do each is basically identical. In fact, destroying a planet in another system requires lower tech than sending a crew to one. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Our solar system is for terrans only. This. I'd be looking to join a group to exterminate them. Mars, whatever, all belongs to us. Peaceful now does not mean peaceful later and you'll have to prove to me they are "superior" by warfare. Also if they are abducting us and probing us, I'd like some payback. Chinese Communist Party and Aliens get the bullet. Prove they are superior by warfare? If they can reach another solar system, they can destroy planets. The tech requires to do each is basically identical. In fact, destroying a planet in another system requires lower tech than sending a crew to one. This. Kinetic kill vehicle. |
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I'm not going for the " colorful beads in exchange for Manhattan " trick.
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