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AlexanderHowl · 01-11-2019, 10:26 PM

So, there are a number of scenarios where alien invaders are just going to kick the stuffing out of the human species. At TL8, with minimal orbital infrastructure, there is nothing that prevents a TL10^ alien fleet from coming out of hyperspace, leisurely moving into GSO, and using orbital lasers to dismantle human society until humanity surrenders. At that point, the aliens would send down a token occupation force to oversee the surrender and leave a small flotilla behind to support it while they go somewhere else.

It becomes even worse if that hyperspace technology requires massive spacecraft (similar to W40K assumptions). If hyperdrives are SM 15+ components, the smallest spacecraft with them are going to be SM 14 (using the large component rules for the SM 15 hyperdrive and the SM 15 reactor). In that case, any resistance would be futile, as even a dozen 'raiders' would represent 12 million tons of spacecraft, and the main fleet may have been 240 million tons of spacecraft.

At that point, where do you start your campaign? Are your players part of the Resistence? Are your players opportunists who seek adventure among the stars? Are you players collaborators who welcome their new alien overlords?

01-11-2019, 10:26 PM	#1
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Alien Invasions So, there are a number of scenarios where alien invaders are just going to kick the stuffing out of the human species. At TL8, with minimal orbital infrastructure, there is nothing that prevents a TL10^ alien fleet from coming out of hyperspace, leisurely moving into GSO, and using orbital lasers to dismantle human society until humanity surrenders. At that point, the aliens would send down a token occupation force to oversee the surrender and leave a small flotilla behind to support it while they go somewhere else. It becomes even worse if that hyperspace technology requires massive spacecraft (similar to W40K assumptions). If hyperdrives are SM 15+ components, the smallest spacecraft with them are going to be SM 14 (using the large component rules for the SM 15 hyperdrive and the SM 15 reactor). In that case, any resistance would be futile, as even a dozen 'raiders' would represent 12 million tons of spacecraft, and the main fleet may have been 240 million tons of spacecraft. At that point, where do you start your campaign? Are your players part of the Resistence? Are your players opportunists who seek adventure among the stars? Are you players collaborators who welcome their new alien overlords?