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Post by lordroel on Jul 16, 2019 2:43:40 GMT
'US Military Gets Armed Flying Saucers'. Do we not have them in Area 51. |
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Post by stevep on Jul 16, 2019 9:45:19 GMT
'US Military Gets Armed Flying Saucers'.
You forgot to mention the aliens they came from was a nearly microscopic lifeform so the saucers are only a foot in diameter. 
Seriously it would depend on how easily they could use them and what capacities they had. I.e. inter-stellar travel or just interplanetary, what energy sources they have as well as what weapons and how easily they can be rearmed.
Plus of course what the Americans decide to do with them. - Oh s**t we're doomed!!   |
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 16, 2019 15:33:36 GMT
'US Military Gets Armed Flying Saucers'. Do we not have them in Area 51. Possibly, but odds are we'll never know for sure. For the sake of the scenario, though, the assumption is that said saucer-shaped UFOs suddenly pop into existence for the US government's use. Plus, even if they were capable of interstellar rather than "merely" interplanetary travel as stevep noted, maybe it'd be safer to start with exploring our own solar system before venturing out into the great, scarcely charted beyond. |
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Post by stevep on Jul 16, 2019 21:55:21 GMT
Do we not have them in Area 51. Possibly, but odds are we'll never know for sure. For the sake of the scenario, though, the assumption is that said saucer-shaped UFOs suddenly pop into existence for the US government's use. Plus, even if they were capable of interstellar rather than "merely" interplanetary travel as stevep noted, maybe it'd be safer to start with exploring our own solar system before venturing out into the great, scarcely charted beyond.
Very true both because there are a lot of resources that would revolutionise the economic and technological situation on Earth if someone had much easier access to space and because, unless their been literally magicked into existence or taken from a different universe the original owners are out there somewhere. Possibly even close in interstellar terms and their likely to be upset at the theft of their spaceships.
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 16, 2019 22:52:44 GMT
Possibly, but odds are we'll never know for sure. For the sake of the scenario, though, the assumption is that said saucer-shaped UFOs suddenly pop into existence for the US government's use. Plus, even if they were capable of interstellar rather than "merely" interplanetary travel as stevep noted, maybe it'd be safer to start with exploring our own solar system before venturing out into the great, scarcely charted beyond.
Very true both because there are a lot of resources that would revolutionise the economic and technological situation on Earth if someone had much easier access to space and because, unless their been literally magicked into existence or taken from a different universe the original owners are out there somewhere. Possibly even close in interstellar terms and their likely to be upset at the theft of their spaceships.
Good points. Due to the risk of the ships' (potential) owners tracking them down and finding other beings who have requisitioned them for their own purposes, maybe I should amend the scenario so that they just poof into existence (although they could still be based on designs created by an extraterrestrial civilization). At least, for the sake of avoiding needless complexity so that we can direct our focus at what the US government would do with their newfound UFOs. |
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Post by lordroel on Jul 17, 2019 4:00:31 GMT
At least, for the sake of avoiding needless complexity so that we can direct our focus at what the US government would do with their newfound UFOs. Same thing as they do now, keep it a secret from everybody. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 17, 2019 20:39:13 GMT
At least, for the sake of avoiding needless complexity so that we can direct our focus at what the US government would do with their newfound UFOs. Same thing as they do now, keep it a secret from everybody. Well, obviously; it goes without saying that they'll want no one else to know of their insane discovery. But what else might the government do with their newfound UFOs? |
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 18, 2019 23:02:03 GMT
‘US Suddenly Becomes Communist On January 1, 2019’. It may suffer economic decline in the long term, but it’s probably the most dangerous possible enemy you could have in the short one.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 19, 2019 7:06:05 GMT
‘US Suddenly Becomes Communist On January 1, 2019’. It may suffer economic decline in the long term, but it’s probably the most dangerous possible enemy you could have in the short one. True, not a enemy i would like to face in a war. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 19, 2019 14:28:16 GMT
‘US Suddenly Becomes Communist On January 1, 2019’. It may suffer economic decline in the long term, but it’s probably the most dangerous possible enemy you could have in the short one. True, not a enemy i would like to face in a war. Indeed. And in addition to its unmatched military might, a US that embraces communism would take a U-turn on civil liberties to the point of making Putinist Russia resemble a bastion of freedom. Even then, that ignores the world economy’s inevitable tumble as American capitalism dies a sudden, downright calamitous death. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 20, 2019 18:13:22 GMT
For a two-round scenario, ‘All Democratic Or Republican States Become Libertarian’. This would be too politically charged to belong in the ASB section, and even in Politics and Current Affairs it’d likely be a waste of space.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 20, 2019 18:15:15 GMT
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 20, 2019 18:22:16 GMT
Well, good that I put it in here rather than there, I guess. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jul 21, 2019 18:40:53 GMT
'1860s Union W/Modern Military Tactics And Technology'. Yeah, the Confederate States get stomped into the ground, with a far quicker and way more lopsided victory in favor of the abolitionist North.
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Post by lordroel on Jul 21, 2019 18:48:18 GMT
'1860s Union W/Modern Military Tactics And Technology'. Yeah, the Confederate States get stomped into the ground, with a far quicker and way more lopsided victory in favor of the abolitionist North. What if The US Civil War was fought with World War I weapons. |
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