An Advanced Civilization has been discovered?

[Miles000]

Also, assuming there are higher lifeforms out there, why would they make contact with this planet and its sorry state unless they needed a resource of some sort, its not like we are going to culturly advance them or anything, at best we'd be a sort of National Geographic Wild, Space Edition that they can observe us and our habits from a safe distance without us knowing much if at all about our observers. They're probably watching right now. In fact, I know they are. Everytime firefox freezes its my little slice of reality being observed, so appently I'm interesting...?

I actually believe that, if advanced aliens exist, we have been part of one of their documentaries for some time now. Studying the rise and fall of the empire known as man.

All the UFO sightings are just UAV cameras with learner operators failing their exams. Sort of like when learner drivers are in the wrong lane so to speak.

If I don't post again. You know why.

 

[Efrate]

Well if they need another species, to replace a degrading RNA strand or some such, I would consider that a resource. The inhabitants are still a resource in the definition of something they need that there is a limited or otherwise hard to get amount of whatever said resource is. Especially if they need to assimilate ever 500 years or so and time is crunching down, as opposed to just blatently taking whatever it is they need.

"Empowering culture" seems an odd choice of words, but as an author, one knows ones own story best. Survival is a motive, how that is achieved you know, but if it is to survive they must use us in some capacity, a few points.

Why us? Why do they have a process and cannot just take, and if they have similar attributes to us in many ways, is it just to foster a Caligula-like decadence of lifestyle or something more primal than that. Just questions to ask oneself, hope you know the answers.

 

[manaman]

Every always makes their advanced civilizations as liberal as they can. I think we have proved that power does not always fall into the hands of those that are "enlightened." Not that we can even be sure we have the right idea about what enlightened really means. I think it would be fun to encounter a rave with a touch of genocide, or extreme eugenics in its recent past, or present.

 

[Jonluw]

A thread titled 'What are you wearing' gets 9 pages of responses and this gets a grand total of 0 responses? Are you serious? Not a single intelligent thought? I guess I'll go make a new thread entitled 'What tastes better, lighter fluid or Turpentine?'.

That's the way the forums work.

If you want to get replies, you need to make a forum game and post it in the off-topic section.
That, or some thread about a controversial topic that everyone but a few users agree on.

OT: If aliens came to earth, I'm sort of skeptical as to what technology we could gain from them, seeing how their technology was developed on a different planet. It's not like an internal combustion engine would work on Mars, for example.

I think any technology they would give us would be related to space travel, which admittedly is pretty awesome.

 

[captaincabbage]

A thread titled 'What are you wearing' gets 9 pages of responses and this gets a grand total of 0 responses? Are you serious? Not a single intelligent thought? I guess I'll go make a new thread entitled 'What tastes better, lighter fluid or Turpentine?'.

I'm sorry, but I just can't be on Escapist all the time, I've got important things to do, like read books and recite poetry, maybe write an algorithm or two to pass the time.

Anyway, I do reckon that the universe is so large that somewhere, out there, there is actually a race of Vortigaunts.
If they were sufficiently powerful enough to actually find/get to us, I reckon they would have developed some way to warp through time and space without destroying it, allowing instant transmission from one place to another.

Either that, or they put themselves in some kind of cryogenic sleep and the ship that gets here is the last of it's kind, the rest of the race dieing off eons ago.

 

[Sarge034]

Well for starters they would probably bring a secular governing body, as I cant see a race advancing to the point of interstellar travel without it.

Or maybe some unified religious belief.

But yes I think they would have to have some kind of advanced understanding of the universes true functioning that would benefit us more greatly than any one technological advancement.

Spoiler: This bout sum your post up?

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OT- I would expect to be destroyed, or to be incorporated into their civilization. Let's face it. If they got to that point they are either the conquers of the galaxy or a race of truly benevolent beings. Wanna flip a coin?

 

[IBlackKiteI]

Wanna make aliens seem really advanced?
How about something outlandish, like they can create or somehow get inside alternate dimensions or something, like their capabilities extend far beyond the known world. Maybe they can bring people back from the dead or suddenly kill someone anywhere in reality (or otherwise) without ever touching them?

 

[gideonkain]

A story is more about a person than the place their in.
Make sure you got that squared away first.

 

[Ledan]

Unified time managment. Do you think they would be using an irregular calendar that makes no sense? Nope, they would have made something smarter......
Furthermore though, you can't assume that they are better in every way. They probably still have conflict, wars, crime etc. They aren't all knowing, and much of what we hope that they will be able to do they will reply with "oh.... sure it works, but is such a hassle/ too dangerous/ we have something better". Like flying cars or jetpacks.

 

[Miles000]

Well for starters they would probably bring a secular governing body, as I cant see a race advancing to the point of interstellar travel without it.

Or maybe some unified religious belief.

But yes I think they would have to have some kind of advanced understanding of the universes true functioning that would benefit us more greatly than any one technological advancement.

Spoiler: This bout sum your post up?

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OT- I would expect to be destroyed, or to be incorporated into their civilization. Let's face it. If they got to that point they are either the conquers of the galaxy or a race of truly benevolent beings. Wanna flip a coin?

Yes actually.....

Now I'm even more depressed about it. I always considered the Covenant the ultimate fail of unified religion.
Then I realized it's sort of what I asked for. Next plan. No religion.

If they are anything like humans, then we're screwed anyway.

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[Farseer Lolotea]

If there are advanced extraterrestrial sapients out there, I suspect that they're watching humanity the way we'd watch a particularly sordid reality show.

 

[angry_flashlight]

I suppose robotic manual labour so that the aliens themselves can devote their time to more "meaningful" pursuits to make the most of their time so their minds/schedules are not weighed down by manual labour (assuming that the basic alien is on average more intelligent than humans, which sadly doesn't seem to be very difficult).

Some form of communication that allows all members/people/citizens/division to be alerted at the same time in real time regardless of distance. Think like an emergency TV bulletin psychically beamed into your skull, but less invasive to personal privacy. Not like a text/telephone message, but a sense-able (sp?) message sent to your brain perhaps by some sort of transmitter chip. Used for urgent national/planetary/Imperial matters in emergencies. (Empire now at war with x group, nukes inbound- head to shelters, leader(s) is/are dead, etc.)

War machines (assuming there are some and not just an orbital strike) should be fast, deadly, extremely mobile, and have some advanced protection methods (holographic camo and/or decoys). Specialization may take place if the culture is militaristic (assuming they don't just have 12 BFG9000's strapped to them) or be more all purpose if they are more peaceful in nature as I don't see a peaceful species spending a lot of resources to build 6 different war machines when they could just make 1 super machine instead.

Just a few ideas.

 

[Floominoo]

If super powerful Aliens visit this planet there is only one thing I am worried about, that happens to be if their greeting is a ***** slap across the face and to get one back because... let's face it, there isn't anyone in this world brave enough to ***** slap an Alien who could be wearing some form of shield that could melt your hand off.

 

[Accountfailed]

A thread titled 'What are you wearing' gets 9 pages of responses and this gets a grand total of 0 responses? Are you serious? Not a single intelligent thought? I guess I'll go make a new thread entitled 'What tastes better, lighter fluid or Turpentine?'.

That's because you made a misleading title to a bullshit question. In these cases most forumgoers are too busy with thoughts of your bloody and gruesome death to actually post a response.

also, if you need ideas for your book, try;

Spoiler

 

[Jewrean]

"Empowering culture" seems an odd choice of words, but as an author, one knows ones own story best. Survival is a motive, how that is achieved you know, but if it is to survive they must use us in some capacity, a few points.

Why us? Why do they have a process and cannot just take, and if they have similar attributes to us in many ways, is it just to foster a Caligula-like decadence of lifestyle or something more primal than that. Just questions to ask oneself, hope you know the answers.

I'll put it this way. Their unified religion dictates a mission for the entire species similar to the Crusades where something extremely valuable (ie: allows entrance into their version of heaven) must be obtained by scouring the universe for what is required. This isn't like say 'Halo' where they are searching for the divine rings. They are searching for specific 'beings' which will allow their unified peoples to ascend as one into heaven. The way they achieve this is by conquering entire species of people and testing for their eligibility.

The story is from one of the invaders point of view. And humanity IS conquered and brought back to their home-world where they forced to assimilate.

Also, they don't just come for us. Many other species (in the hundreds) have already been assimilated into their collective making their system of planets extremely expansive.

That's because you made a misleading title to a bullshit question. In these cases most forumgoers are too busy with thoughts of your bloody and gruesome death to actually post a response.

also, if you need ideas for your book, try;

Spoiler

1) Don't turn this into a troll war. Use common decency. Try and be social in a positive way kid. Oh and yes I can call you a kid if you act like one.
2) It wasn't a misleading title. Most forum threads are 'what-if' scenarios so why should this be any different? Were you expecting me to post pictures of a Laboratory discovered on Mars? No! You would have seen that on the news already and so would have everyone else if that was the case.
3) I have plenty of imagination which is why I'm writing the book. I haven't told you much about it so you can't really judge whether I have enough 'Imagination' or not seeming as you haven't read it yet. No one likes a smart arse.
4) I was interested in other people's opinions. That's the point of a forum is it not? Clearly you have issues with this. Don't reply to me. I won't read it.

 

[Trolldor]

A thread titled 'What are you wearing' gets 9 pages of responses and this gets a grand total of 0 responses? Are you serious? Not a single intelligent thought? I guess I'll go make a new thread entitled 'What tastes better, lighter fluid or Turpentine?'.

That would be because this is not an intelligent topic.

For starters, if an alien landed on Earth why in the name of Joe Pesci do you think it would be at all comprehensible technologically?
For a species that could travel near or at the speed of light, there would be so many better things to do than visit Earth.

 

[IBlackKiteI]

I'll put it this way. Their unified religion dictates a mission for the entire species similar to the Crusades where something extremely valuable (ie: allows entrance into their version of heaven) must be obtained by scouring the universe for what is required. This isn't like say 'Halo' where they are searching for the divine rings. They are searching for specific 'beings' which will allow their unified peoples to ascend as one into heaven. The way they achieve this is by conquering entire species of people and testing for their eligibility.

The story is from one of the invaders point of view. And humanity IS conquered and brought back to their home-world where they forced to assimilate.

Also, they don't just come for us. Many other species (in the hundreds) have already been assimilated into their collective making their system of planets extremely expansive.

Soooo they're an Evil Empire of sorts with a major religious motive?
But wouldn't there be the issue of some not believing that their Crusade is the real reason for the oppression and assimilation of many different peoples all over the galaxy?

Anyway thats just another thing to consider.
With a goal like that within an advanced race theres obviously going to be the ocassional non believer, and I'm sure the subjugated people themselves won't exactly care too much for the goals of their new masters which they can't even comprehend.
So there would most likely need to be an immensely strong and all knowing government to keep everyone in check.

And what are the advanced races military capabilities? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Is conquering a planet a matter of hours or years? Do they fight directly or do they have immensely powerful killing machines do it for them?
If they attempt to assimilate other species instead of exterminating them they'd likely need some sort of shock and awe way of forcing their enemies into submission as quickly as possible.

Also this sounds a bit similar to an idea of my own, though the whole religious concept was forgotten and abandoned very long ago and the master assimilatory race keeps doing what it does because its just what they now do.

Anyways, just some stuff to consider, and it sounds like a cool concept.

 

[FeanortheBrave]

A pretty fascinating idea actually hehe . Though I'm sure, like as in all religious conflicts that have -ever- taken place, there is an underlying, true, motive to it all.


Also, I don't really think the whole 'total secularism+liberalism=progress' thing is truly applicable, as there are quite a few cases in history that sort of prove that wrong.