Clonus Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 A gigantic alien spaceship cruises up to Earth, shines a bright light down at some major city and it and surrounding farmland disappears, leaving a gigantic divot. Your character is recruited to be part of the expedition of heroes to pursue the abductor. They approach the ship and find it rather undefended, since it's almost all cargo capacity. No shrink rays. You confront the alien in control of the ship and with your hands ominously flexing and/or glowing they explain that Earth is about to be attacked by a starfaring entity that is going to consume the minds of everything smarter than a gerbil. Since they have never found a way to slay the Entity, it is their practice to rescue a representative sample of the more intelligent life forms and transplant them onto a biologically compatible world which has already been depopulated so that they may continue on to their "proper destiny". What would your character do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 So, most of the human race should be fine, then. Sorry, I had to go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Tuff-Man would try to explain that people have to find their OWN destiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Invite all the world governments to my super group so they can spent points on my base. Kindly request the well meaning aliens put that city back. Use the points donated to build a portal generator to move the earth to another dimension because any reality with a sentient devouring unstoppable Entity isn't a reality where a sentient people should linger. Then, once that is a secured option, assemble a strike force to take on the Entity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyAppleseed098 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 BB would find the closest meeting ground and call for a peace treaty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted March 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Tuff-Man would try to explain that people have to find their OWN destiny "And is the destiny you wish to find, your entire species starving to death in a vegetative state?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 You confront the alien in control of the ship and they explain that Earth is about to be attacked by a starfaring entity that is going to consume the minds of everything smarter than a gerbil. ShadoWraith wonders if the Entity is some kind of giant space gerbil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 "And is the destiny you wish to find, your entire species starving to death in a vegetative state?" Well, it isn't like we were going to let them do it with out a fight. But, some of my characters could see the point, in not wanting interstellars flying around deciding who lives and dies. Especially ones, they have no idea if they had put in much effort to stop the reason for which. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Badger- probably will give them a rant on their "cowardice" for apparently making no effort to take on the entity. Start going to the supervillains (the others would probably cover the superheroes, and Badger is the team's reformed villain, mostly). Reminding how they are screwed if this thing comes. (he'd likely figure the villains would help give a different perspective on the thing, especially with self-preservation at stake for them-at least those without immediate starfaring capabilities. Frosty Bob- Well, probably damage their ship. His thinking would be to make them have to take responsibility for this, and help find a way to stop the entity (if they wish to maintain their own existence). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 A gigantic alien spaceship cruises up to Earth, shines a bright light down at some major city and it and surrounding farmland disappears, leaving a gigantic divot. Your character is recruited to be part of the expedition of heroes to pursue the abductor. They approach the ship and find it rather undefended, since it's almost all cargo capacity. No shrink rays. You confront the alien in control of the ship and with your hands ominously flexing and/or glowing they explain that Earth is about to be attacked by a starfaring entity that is going to consume the minds of everything smarter than a gerbil. Since they have never found a way to slay the Entity, it is their practice to rescue a representative sample of the more intelligent life forms and transplant them onto a biologically compatible world which has already been depopulated so that they may continue on to their "proper destiny". Bolo's just a simple crimefighter, not a cosmic-level hero. "Okay, so you haven't been able to slay the entity. How about just stopping it from going anywhere? Or redirecting it, blinding it and sending it into deep space? Dumping it in a pocket dimension where there are no minds to consume? Altering its perception so it thinks rocks have minds? Shrinking it so it thinks insects have huge minds, then sticking it an ant farm? Let's try thinking outside the box." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Well, it isn't like we were going to let them do it with out a fight. But, some of my characters could see the point, in not wanting interstellars flying around deciding who lives and dies. Especially ones, they have no idea if they had put in much effort to stop the reason for which. amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Do they offer any evidence for the existence of this cosmic threat? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary asks why we should believe people who swiped a major city and environs, and who only offered this fantastic excuse once they'd been caught up to and stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Victory Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 I'm with Lucius, gonna need some proof. Then we'll figure something out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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