Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-26380985-20200822183058/@comment-46053166-20200826110629

Ronchellster wrote:

I liked what you put there, but I think there was a communication problem.

I see, so you want a more peaceful approach, right?

Do the X-rays speak English? How long will it take to translate their language? Do they carry diseases that threaten humanity's survival? Cross-contamination is a thing, after all. And who is the person initiating first contact? Is the recipient a rational Lilim, a childish Titania, a scheming Demon, or a perpetually horny Hellhound? First impressions are important, because if the first thing the monsters do upon seeing these groups of strange humans, in an unknown metal structure, in a place not of their world and so follows a different set of unofficial rules, is to rape anyone on sight without making any meaningful contact, then it wouldn't be surprising that the next batch of humans will come with Glocks, MP5s and M203s to show them the nearest door to hell.

If meaningful contact is established, then the wisest thing the scientists can do is to apologize to the other side, pull off all assets, and close the damn research permanently. Refocus the resources back to doing something more productive, like fusion energy and weapon platforms, not tearing the multidimensional barriers a new asshole so they can learn what position they like the most.

And as you say, this is a Half-life Like WWYD scenario. In Half-life, the aliens come in, wreck the place, so does the military, so does the black ops, so does a Lovecraftian creature wearing human skin, which leads to a nuclear explosion, and a bigger and badder set of aliens to come in and set up shop. In short, even though the survivors do not have the metadata that we fandom users have, they are screwed regardless. So why not take down some of those aliens before biting the 9mm?