Here we go again, but it is fun to muse such things…
Take a seriously large alien ship with a compliment of smaller craft, same ship enters the solar system, makes for Earth as a last resort as they have no where else to go and can't go any further, partial control allows for a limited orbit, the aliens make the best of it by transferring and evacuating as many as possible…then the main ship's orbit fails…it breaks into the atmosphere and eventually ground fall…ship go boom, big bada boom.
Ok the fun part is what next?
When did this event take place? Today, tomorrow, yesterday…which yesterday?
Aliens, alien flora, alien fauna, alien tech…all fun stuff to consider.
Not the overlords of bad science fiction, rather consider a super freighter (ship) adrift for years finally making land fall by wrecking into a rocky shore of a truly remote island with stone age tribes. The remaining crew, their stuff, their knowledge….
I am more inclined to consider the short and long term results of the little things that come with the big ones.
The alien rats, cockroaches, mice, fleas, ticks, silverfish, flies, etc. that go along with the freighting effort.
The mold, mildew, fungus, slime, spores, etc. that creep and grow in those dark recesses of the damp areas of the ship.
The crew, the crew's pets, the crew's food, and what ever else is alive will want to survive in some manner…especially the stuff without intelligence.
The when is tonight at midnight…projected planet fall is expected in the next week to 10 days.
Ships have been seen leaving the main ship, landing in remote areas, and then returning to the main ship. The main ship is assuredly damaged and is apparently failing to maintain orbit…and it is big…at least 5 miles long.
Other small "pods" have been seen ejecting towards Earth, again in remote areas, without any real control and it is assumed these are escape craft.
…now the fun begins…
(really fun if you start the game as the aliens making planet fall…armed with enough knowledge of Earth from transmissions that the planet is peopled with a lower tech race, an aggressive people who can be expected to shoot first…)
I would like to canvas for 3 alien races.
1st is the primary and highest order (think human compared to the rest of flora/fauna on Earth)
2nd is a partner species to the first with equal rights but perhaps slightly limited potential due physical rather than social issues (like needing to breath water around air breathers or the like)
3rd is an uplifted or a new species that has limited desire for more status than it has for developmental reasons rather than social, opportunity exists but desire to understand or expend may not be (think chimp compared to man with a science fiction nudge…prefers forest because it feels right and the thought of all tech makes life uneasy)
But that is not to say that the aliens are humanoid, mammalian, or the like.
What are your first thoughts of what would be interesting (as the aliens on today's Earth) and some of the whys?
Pics that show some nature of your choices would be fun even if it is a starting reference (pic of cuttle fish to start the image and then incorporate it into a semi-humanoid, but we can relate to the cuttle fish starter..)
Well?
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