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| Beetleboy | May 4 2016, 09:42 AM Post #1 |
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The Multiverse Expanded: Novae Terrae In the vast Multiverse, there is endless possibility, and incredible worlds that we cannot even begin to imagine. Worlds of endless oceans, of sapient creatures which can travel from universe to universe (but have not yet reached our own). Some have marine organisms on land, others are the home to new classes of animals that are completely alien to those on Earth. Still stranger worlds exist: 2-dimensional, 4-dimensional, and more. In some you can see sound, hear tastes, touch smells, and taste sounds. Worlds of colours that you will never even have imagined, of living heptadecagons (17-sided shapes), triskaidecagons (13-sided), and megagons (a million sided). There are organisms which can split themselves down into tiny atoms to escape predators, then reform when danger has passed, lifeforms which can be in 2 places at once, and even create illusions. Because the amount of alternative universes is infinite, it would be impossible to look at every one, so in the Multiverse project, we will look at but 6 universes. Now here is a 7th universe: Earth. Let us not forget our dear Earth, which we seem to try so hard to destroy, and we strive so valiantly to leave Earth and visit the rest of our solar system. But Earth is surely the most beautiful thing of all, because it is our home. It is all very well to talk of great multiverses and inconcievable other worlds, but Earth also fits into the rest of the Multiverse. Importance is perhaps in the eye of the beholder, and if that eye belonged to humans, Earth would be the most important. We belong here, so why shouldn't we be fascinated by it? We shall look at far-away universes and strange organisms, but it would be folly to forget Earth. So let us also delve into the future of our little blue planet, and see what Earth has in store for us . . . Death, as it turns out. Humans aren't too fond of going extinct, and if this was a natural phenomena that attempted to wipe us out, then perhaps we could have saved ourselves. We're like cockroaches, adaptable and near-unbeatable as a species, but our weapons are technology and brain power. However, the danger that we faced was not a natural one. It wasn't mass volcanic eruptions, or an asteroid strike. It didn't even come from within our own civilization: it was not war, or disease, or even science fiction-like robot uprisings. Our destruction came from outer space. We called them the Visitors. We don't know what they called themselves. They didn't seem to mean any harm at first, simply observing humans through probes. But eventually, human stupidity won out, and government sanctioned the Visitor's ships to be bombed. This only dented their numbers, but it was the beginning of the end for humanity. Perhaps the Visitors saw that the humans could potentially be a threat, or perhaps they disliked how they had destroyed their planet. Either way, Homo sapiens did not stand a chance, and humanity was crushed in the metal fist of the Visitors. Soon, the sapients moved on, bored with Earth, continuing on their travels through this universe, perhaps looking for another planet that was inhabited. And Earth was left to its own devices, and soon the beautiful natural machine that is evolution was working away, busy making a new set of creatures for its planet. Novae Terrae will be part of the Multiverse, but of course it makes far more sense to put it here. It will be set 70 million years in the future, and multiple cross-references will be made to the rest of the Multiverse. Contents Edited by Beetleboy, May 4 2016, 11:27 AM.
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| Finncredibad | May 10 2016, 06:09 PM Post #16 |
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Why not a giant space whale that falls from the sky and destroys the world? Not to self, make project about space whales falling from the sky. |
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| Beetleboy | May 11 2016, 09:18 AM Post #17 |
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Please do not clutter the topic with meaningless posts. Thank you.
I used an asteroid in this case because I wanted to be as accurate as possible. We already have cases of asteroid extinctions, so it is possible to fairly accurately guess what groups might go extinct. I chose to sacrifice originality for accuracy. |
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| Corecin | May 11 2016, 12:17 PM Post #18 |
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That was meant more as a joke, I use asteroids too man. It's not like I was personally insulting your project. |
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| Beetleboy | May 11 2016, 12:34 PM Post #19 |
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Oh, OK. I didn't think that you was insulting the project anyway, I just thought that you was giving constructive criticism. |
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