Suppose mankind comes in contact with a very dangerous species of space faring aliens

[tboo]

 

[Lithium381]

depends on if they want to simply destroy us or enslave us

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Conquest by an interstellar species is ludicrous. The costs are simply unbearable. Piracy by individuals or even clans would be a much more likely occurrence.

 

[JulesMaximus]

... Say the borg or the Combine, do you think there would traitors amongst humans who will sell us out of some kind of power? Think Dr. Breen. from Half Life 2 video game.

I would say there would.

The elites would sell us out, the common people, in the quest for a greater game in the scheme of things.

The Liberals will sell us out in the dumb hope of reforming the species. I would reclone those clowns just see to the look on their faces when they get assimilated by the borgs.

The right would clamor for the first strike, of course. :thumbsup:

P&N -> ATOT
-Schadenfroh (AT Mod)

I bet this spineless fuck was a retardican.

 

[Ruptga]

If I ran an expansionistic alien civilization I would scout thoroughly enough to know what kind of resistance to expect. Then I'd throw a few mile-wide asteroids at the planet. Bruce Willis would not be able to save you. Then I would either do something else interesting for a few decades or keep my invaders in hibernation, depending on how I get around the galaxy. After a few decades of a new ice age humanity would be fucked. No meaningful infrastructure would have survived; things like nuclear submarines would have broken down or run out of fuel by that point, all non-tropical cities would be covered in ice, and tropical cities would have died out due to the severe climate change lack of resources and refugees. Any resistance would be highly localized and domination would be easy.

Inciting treason is too complicated when you can just put the planet into an ice age or engineer a plague.

 

[lord_emperor]

I like the analogy of pouring gas on an anthill, that's about how it would go.

 

[qliveur]

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Yeah, why do people always think so highly of humanity? We just happen to be the smartest species around here, but thats it

To quote Neil deGrasse Tyson "When was the last time you talked to a worm?"
Thats about how aliens would see us, if they really had the technology to reach this far into space

 

[MovingTarget]

We'd be at the receiving end of a few mass drivers, then we'd be no more.

 

[3chordcharlie]

I am sure if they needed people to sell out the rest of us. Those people would be turned into attractions at alien zoo's or farmed for food.

We grow much too slowly to make a practical food source.

 

[Jeff7]

We grow much too slowly to make a practical food source.

Maybe the aliens have long lifespans, slow metabolisms, and are very patient.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Maybe the aliens have long lifespans, slow metabolisms, and are very patient.

Plus there are already 7 billion of us on earth, plus cows, pigs, chickens, etc. They won't have to wait at all.

 

[Jeff7]

Plus there are already 7 billion of us on earth, plus cows, pigs, chickens, etc. They won't have to wait at all.

Plus we're warm-blooded, with a star nearby - self-assembling, self-heating hot pockets'o'guts. Hell, we're even installing microwave emitters (2.4GHz wireless) all over the place.

 

[Bateluer]

If I ran an expansionistic alien civilization I would scout thoroughly enough to know what kind of resistance to expect. Then I'd throw a few mile-wide asteroids at the planet. Bruce Willis would not be able to save you. Then I would either do something else interesting for a few decades or keep my invaders in hibernation, depending on how I get around the galaxy. After a few decades of a new ice age humanity would be fucked. No meaningful infrastructure would have survived; things like nuclear submarines would have broken down or run out of fuel by that point, all non-tropical cities would be covered in ice, and tropical cities would have died out due to the severe climate change lack of resources and refugees. Any resistance would be highly localized and domination would be easy.

Inciting treason is too complicated when you can just put the planet into an ice age or engineer a plague.

A couple mile wide asteroids would also make the planet pretty much useless. Even if you wanted mineral resources, you just made mining conditions much more difficult and obliterated your slave labor force.

 

[Ruptga]

A couple mile wide asteroids would also make the planet pretty much useless. Even if you wanted mineral resources, you just made mining conditions much more difficult and obliterated your slave labor force.

You're assuming they like our current temperature. Even if they did though, such a species could simply wait for conquered planets to thaw out. Alternatively they could bring in giant mirrors to cook the planet up to whatever temperature they like. I'm thinking that a species with both interstellar travel and the structure/organization to support expansionism could pull off either of those.

Also, slave labor? That's more trouble than it's worth. Automation is so much more cost effective.

 

[slayer202]

Stupid thread.

there's no such thing as a stupid thread, just stupid people

 

[Ruptga]

there's no such thing as a stupid thread, just stupid people

I resemble that accusation!