Here's the strategy:
1) Use the superscience reactionless drives to get into the correct position and velocity with the rock. Bring several mass drivers, a big enough conveyor and chemical thrusters to get closer to the rock.
2) Hop to the universe with the earth you want to destroy.
3) Use the mass drivers to redirect the rock into the Earth.
4) Dismantle (or simply destroy) the mass drivers on the rock.
5) Hop back to the universe where the reactionless drives work and head to Earth to return to Earth.
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Originally Posted by fchase8
And even if they couldn't, Zoneminds are unusually well-equipped to deal with an apocalyptic asteroid strike. They don't need food, or even oxygen, to survive. They have facilities that are extremely well-defended.
And two of them are in space. Orbital and Luna would certainly survive any asteroid strike. Plus whatever's being built in Antarctica.
Oh, and the asteroid strike would kill all the humans, all the life, on Earth.
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That's not a flaw. The preservationist AIs (Berlin, Caracas) would probably blame Mexico City or Zaire for trying to destroy all life on Earth. Saner AIs would probably blame the space based AIs trying to eliminate the competition. Besides, I doubt that any of the AIs would seriously consider that a parallel Earth is responsible.