Alien Invasion!

[Jarvitä]

Australia maybe?

Humans wouldn't be the only animal resisting our alien overlords down under

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[tl8]

Humans wouldn't be the only animal resisting our alien overlords down under

Drop Bears are worse, way worse

I have heard real horror stories from drop bears.

tblaxland would have a few stories as well

 

[tblaxland]

Surprising they didn't mention the King Brown. Not surprising that they forgot the one that many people overlook: the platypus (how could such a cute mammal be venomous, right?).

tblaxland would have a few stories as well

Yes, drop bears are better known in the northern parts. My childhood memories bear the scars of a rather nasty encounter with the gully bulls of the Snowy Mountain region.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand...

 

[Jarvitä]

Ha, drop bears are household pets compared to the wild haggis...

 

[Hartmann]

The big advantage of use asteroid bombing first is the use Nuclear missiles in big numbers to destroy it before impact like in the movie "deep impact".

After that humans can be more vulnerable a close range attack with space warships and missile bombing against strategical targets.

Another option is pact with some earth nations if they want to survive and invade another forcing them to be a colaboracionist , converting millions of humans in slaves, and exterminate them of all in the next 20-30 years in working camps

 

[kneejo]

what's with all the fear of alien invasion anyways.. the gods have been appearing in the skies for thousands of years. their leader Jehova made clear his purposes; follow him, or be vanquished.. They created us, they are coming back.. (they are living amongst us, already) The whole alien-crap is devised by Nazi's to organize fear and condition humans to prepare to attempt to destroy their Creator when He arrives.

oh, and they don't use spaceships.. they are spirits, who can change matter into anything they like by using their thoughts alone.. to us, it looks like anything they want us to see.

 

[adamb193]

But look how we would have appeared 300 years ago - 1709. Our fictive invaders wouldn't even pick up our first radio signals until they are 120 light years to us.

Sounds kind of like the Worldwar series, aliens sent a probe in the 1400's, and assumed that we would be basically the same technology when they arrived in 1943. Then they tried to fry our electronics with EMP. Interesting series since the invaders had the war technology of today.

 

[T.Neo]

Unless the alien bodyform of is completely alien, then their weapons would be adaptable to human use.

The alien bodyform would be completely alien. I'm suggesting that humans would be able to either use weapons with some discomfort, or somehow modify their ergonomics to suit the human bodyplan.

Unless the aliens differed dramatically in size and/or strength, but even still weapons could potentially be used in some way or form.

 

[Sky Captain]

Another option for aliens if they don`t want to engage in a war of extermination would be just to use threat of lethal force to get whatever they want from us (most likely a land where to build their settlements because otherwise there is no reason to be interested in this planet). I for one would`t even think about plotting an insurgency if I knew their orbiting spaceship has 100 GW laser or bunch kinetic impactors ready to fire. I`m even willing to bet that at least countries from western world could be reasoned with and if aliens don`t arrive here with weapons blazing perhaps would be quite willing to trade some land for advanced technology.

 

[Ghostrider]

Well, why not. We give them a piece of Sahara (with their tech they can probably make use of the place) and we get some nice toys. That wouldn't be an invasion, more like trade.

 

[T.Neo]

I for one would`t even think about plotting an insurgency if I knew their orbiting spaceship has 100 GW laser or bunch kinetic impactors ready to fire.

Yes. Because insurgents are such easy targets...

Considering "bargaining" and "trading of land for resources", there is a large communication barrier, and both sides could be suspicious of each other- I wouldn't be surprised if "western" nations were the least reasonable of the lot.

I think an equal possibility would be that the aliens either don't know about our existence, or think we are far less advanced then we really are. The huge generation ships may approach Earth, pleading for the rescue of their people...

 

[Hartmann]

The alien bodyform would be completely alien. I'm suggesting that humans would be able to either use weapons with some discomfort, or somehow modify their ergonomics to suit the human bodyplan.

Unless the aliens differed dramatically in size and/or strength, but even still weapons could potentially be used in some way or form.

It could be only for a short period of time , because the impossibility to obtain spare parts an ammo. and more with heavy weapons, perhaps impossible.

It´s like give a modern machine gun or a harpoon missile to a indian native of the amazonas, :lol:

 

[Ghostrider]

It´s like give a modern machine gun or a harpoon missile to a indian native of the amazonas, :lol:

Indian natives of the amazonas are gentle creatures who live more or less in good terms with nature. We, on the other hand, are Western Men: the most dangerous and vicious beasts one can have nightmares about. We have the scientific method which we gladly apply to massive *EXTERMINATION* of anyone who disagrees with us. We reverse-engineer toothpicks into flechette projectiles, mango fruits into cluster grenades and with absolutely roll with rocks. We also kill our enemies and then do not eat them.
Mostly.

 

[T.Neo]

It could be only for a short period of time , because the impossibility to obtain spare parts an ammo. and more with heavy weapons, perhaps impossible.

That's the beauty of it- aliens, attempting to weed out human survivors, will continue to produce ammunition and supplies, whereas human ammunition/weapons will no longer be produced.

It´s like give a modern machine gun or a harpoon missile to a indian native of the amazonas, :lol:

Well, that depends on the technological level of the weapons- if it's some sort of "input your psychic brainwaves waves and alien DNA pattern into the weapon to start the nanite reaction and fire a tesla beam" then no, using and understanding it will be virtually impossible. If their weapons are anything like ours (i.e. pull trigger, gun goes boom-boom), then yes, using and/or maintaining them should be somewhat possible.

 

[Brycesv1]

i prefer the push button, city disapears aproach. accomplishes more in less time

 

[Hielor]

i prefer the push button, city disapears aproach. accomplishes more in less time

Nuke 'em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

 

[Urwumpe]

Nuke 'em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Leaves just the problem that there is nothing left to be conquered...It is doubtful aliens will have far better resistance to ionizing radiation than humans.

 

[Andy44]

Again, the aliens can wait for the fallout to cool off. Especially if they use "cleaner" warheads and only high airbursts. Then they sit tight in their ship for a few years and wait.

The bigger problem isn't radiation, it's that humans are pretty hard to exterminate. Even in a full-scale nuclear war some people are expected to survive. And unlike many species humans live almost everywhere on the planet.

 

[Brycesv1]

i think at that point so few would be left alive and probably wouldnt know how to survive without advanced technology. i know ppl who actually think meat from the market didnt come from butchered animals

 

[Hielor]

i know ppl who actually think meat from the market didnt come from butchered animals

WHAT?! Meat comes from animals?!