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Literally the plot of ongoing sci-fi show The Expanse (can recommend).

by hypertele-Xii 4y ago

webdoodle 4y ago
Also the plot of Starship Troopers, though alien insects launched the meteor, not humans.
- avaldez_ 4y ago
  I've always thought the meteorite strike was a black flag operation from the Federation to justify war with the bugs because the bug's planet it's at the opposite side of the galaxy and the meteorite wasn't traveling at FTL.
loeg 4y ago
Well, not to spoil it, but not exactly. In the books and show, which are both fantastic, the characters flinging rocks are not other Earth nations; they live in spaceships / space stations / small moons beyond the asteroid belt, for the most part. The asteroid attacks on Earth are indiscriminate, not targeted.
- m4rtink 4y ago
  Also Earth and Mars are effectively in a Cold War in the series - with tons of sensors and massive arsenals of planetary defense interceptors (effectively massive cluster nukes with insanely hight acceleration boosters and a lot of delta-v). The antagonists actually need to use quite a lot of tricks to get anything through and indeed don't care what they hit and would likely not be able to target it so precisely anyway.
  - 0cf8612b2e1e 4y ago
    >… indeed don't care what they hit and would likely not be able to target it so precisely anyway. Well actually… The opener to that book begins with a mission to steal sensor camouflaging technology (to make the asteroids harder to detect). During the heist mission, the thieves use kinetic bombardment on a much smaller scale to take out the military personnel and eventually destroy the entire base. I believe the location and timing were so precise so as to hit a unit when they crossed over a hill. It was noted that these kinetic bombs had been released months prior.
calgarymicro 4y ago
The show is tragically no longer ongoing, but luckily the book series is complete so you can still find out how the story ends.

Literally the plot of ongoing sci-fi show The Expanse (can recommend).

webdoodle 4y ago

Also the plot of Starship Troopers, though alien insects launched the meteor, not humans.

avaldez_ 4y ago
I've always thought the meteorite strike was a black flag operation from the Federation to justify war with the bugs because the bug's planet it's at the opposite side of the galaxy and the meteorite wasn't traveling at FTL.

loeg 4y ago

Well, not to spoil it, but not exactly. In the books and show, which are both fantastic, the characters flinging rocks are not other Earth nations; they live in spaceships / space stations / small moons beyond the asteroid belt, for the most part. The asteroid attacks on Earth are indiscriminate, not targeted.

m4rtink 4y ago
Also Earth and Mars are effectively in a Cold War in the series - with tons of sensors and massive arsenals of planetary defense interceptors (effectively massive cluster nukes with insanely hight acceleration boosters and a lot of delta-v). The antagonists actually need to use quite a lot of tricks to get anything through and indeed don't care what they hit and would likely not be able to target it so precisely anyway.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 4y ago
  >… indeed don't care what they hit and would likely not be able to target it so precisely anyway. Well actually… The opener to that book begins with a mission to steal sensor camouflaging technology (to make the asteroids harder to detect). During the heist mission, the thieves use kinetic bombardment on a much smaller scale to take out the military personnel and eventually destroy the entire base. I believe the location and timing were so precise so as to hit a unit when they crossed over a hill. It was noted that these kinetic bombs had been released months prior.

calgarymicro 4y ago

The show is tragically no longer ongoing, but luckily the book series is complete so you can still find out how the story ends.