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Fiction: an exoplanet research company stumbles upon ruins of an ancient alien civilization, investigates it with profit and power in mind, then accidentally re

Fiction: an exoplanet research company stumbles upon ruins of an ancient alien civilization, investigates it with profit and power in mind, then accidentally releases some ancient evil that plunges galaxy into war. Reality: an exoplanet development company stumbles upon ruins of an ancient alien civilization, and quickly paves it over before anyone else notices, because there's nothing worse for a real estate developer than having to wait for a green light from archaeologists.

elcritch 2y ago
Plus a strip mall with Waffle Houses and 7-11’s would be the universes best defense anyways!
Kostchei 2y ago
twist, 30 years later the aliens tunnel up from under the concrete
- tecleandor 2y ago
  Building a mall on an alien burial ground site. What could possibly go wrong.
CobrastanJorji 2y ago
Ah, you want to the Murderbot Diaries. It's got both of those two things in spades.
- jofer 2y ago
  ^ This x1000. Everyone should read those! And the world needs more murderbot. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure." “I was having an emotion, and I hate that.” “I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other.”
  - CobrastanJorji 2y ago
    More fictional, tortured, powerful robots freed of their Asimovian restraints should opt to fuck off and watch soap operas instead of choosing to take revenge on the humans who so wronged them.
no_wizard 2y ago
>an exoplanet research company stumbles upon ruins of an ancient alien civilization, investigates it with profit and power in mind, then accidentally releases some ancient evil that plunges galaxy into war The Protheans warned us. Thats all I'm gonna say on the matter.
- TeMPOraL 2y ago
  I was thinking more of the Shadows of Z'ha'dum - a planet whose name actually sounds like the name of some foreign mall. "Let's all go to Z'ha'dum after school! cheering".

elcritch 2y ago

Plus a strip mall with Waffle Houses and 7-11’s would be the universes best defense anyways!

Kostchei 2y ago

twist, 30 years later the aliens tunnel up from under the concrete

tecleandor 2y ago
Building a mall on an alien burial ground site. What could possibly go wrong.

CobrastanJorji 2y ago

Ah, you want to the Murderbot Diaries. It's got both of those two things in spades.

jofer 2y ago
^ This x1000. Everyone should read those! And the world needs more murderbot. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure." “I was having an emotion, and I hate that.” “I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without the other.”
- CobrastanJorji 2y ago
  More fictional, tortured, powerful robots freed of their Asimovian restraints should opt to fuck off and watch soap operas instead of choosing to take revenge on the humans who so wronged them.

no_wizard 2y ago

>an exoplanet research company stumbles upon ruins of an ancient alien civilization, investigates it with profit and power in mind, then accidentally releases some ancient evil that plunges galaxy into war The Protheans warned us. Thats all I'm gonna say on the matter.

TeMPOraL 2y ago
I was thinking more of the Shadows of Z'ha'dum - a planet whose name actually sounds like the name of some foreign mall. "Let's all go to Z'ha'dum after school! cheering".