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Nuclear War

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	The nightmare of the [[Cold War]]. One way or another (international relations entering a death spiral, a rabid hawk in the wrong place in the wrong time, some crazed nutter with an apocalyptic vision gets hold of the Big Red Button, an "Oops" scenario when warning systems give a false positive an attack which convinces the guys in charge to "retaliate", Terrorists give a push when the world's balanced on a knife edge) the missiles start flying. Cities around the world disappear under mushroom clouds, killing tens of millions at a minimum from the blasts itself. Millions more die from wounds and radiation soon after, and more die from fallout, disease, starvation and the breakdown of social order and services. Those that remain will inhabit a shattered poisoned world of ruins and chaos as bands of people seek to claim what they can by force.		The nightmare of the [[Cold War]]. One way or another (international relations entering a death spiral, a rabid hawk in the wrong place in the wrong time, some crazed nutter with an apocalyptic vision gets hold of the Big Red Button, an "Oops" scenario when warning systems give a false positive an attack which convinces the guys in charge to "retaliate", Terrorists give a push when the world's balanced on a knife edge) the missiles start flying. Cities around the world disappear under mushroom clouds, killing tens of millions at a minimum from the blasts itself. Millions more die from wounds and radiation soon after, and more die from fallout, disease, starvation and the breakdown of social order and services. Those that remain will inhabit a shattered poisoned world of ruins and chaos as bands of people seek to claim what they can by force.

	Nuclear War is a very human disaster and one made with deliberate intent. An asteroid is simply moving it it's orbit as it has done so for billions of years and just happens to be moving towards another celestial body one day. A virus simply bumps into cells and injects it's RNA into them if they're the right type. Co2 Emissions are a byproduct of human civilization and opposition to reducing them is motivated by economic incentive. But the development of a massive nuclear arsenal is deliberately developing the capacity humans to kill other humans ''en ~~mass~~'' and our species has gotten frighteningly good at the murder trade.		Nuclear War is a very human disaster and one made with deliberate intent. An asteroid is simply moving it it's orbit as it has done so for billions of years and just happens to be moving towards another celestial body one day. A virus simply bumps into cells and injects it's RNA into them if they're the right type. Co2 Emissions are a byproduct of human civilization and opposition to reducing them is motivated by economic incentive. But the development of a massive nuclear arsenal is deliberately developing the capacity humans to kill other humans ''en masse'' and our species has gotten frighteningly good at the murder trade.
	====Examples====		====Examples====
	* [[Fallout]]		* [[Fallout]]

1d4chan>Gilten: /* Alien Invasion */

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Alien Invasion

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	=== Alien Invasion ===		=== Alien Invasion ===
			[[File:The War of the Worlds by Henrique Alvim Corrêa 15.jpg\|right\|250px]]
	There are at least a hundred billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy and two hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe. The Raw Materials of life as we know it are common and life got started fairly early in earth's geological history. It's a safe bet that on some distant planet life emerged and would evolve, possibly into other beings at least as smart as us and possibly with a head start of thousands to millions of years. Similarly from the physics we know, movement from star system to star system is definitely possible if you have the patience. We can only hope that such civilizations are nice guys, because if not we are in trouble. Because if said aliens have the technology to reach us from their side of the galaxy before we do, they very likely have technology that can send us back into the Stone Age as well.		There are at least a hundred billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy and two hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe. The Raw Materials of life as we know it are common and life got started fairly early in earth's geological history. It's a safe bet that on some distant planet life emerged and would evolve, possibly into other beings at least as smart as us and possibly with a head start of thousands to millions of years. Similarly from the physics we know, movement from star system to star system is definitely possible if you have the patience. We can only hope that such civilizations are nice guys, because if not we are in trouble. Because if said aliens have the technology to reach us from their side of the galaxy before we do, they very likely have technology that can send us back into the Stone Age as well.

1d4chan>A Walrus: /* Examples */

2023-02-02T16:22:28Z

Examples

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	Over the years, there has been a lot of different takes on alien invasions. Tripedal fighting machines to flying saucers, subtle infiltration, creatures which hijack our bodies/replace us with duplicates, hordes of bugs, fleets in orbit, legions of alien soldiers, self replicating robots and more. The consequences there-of also vary. Some aliens might try to strip mine the earth, others might enslave humanity, put mankind into reserves, assimilate us or turn earth into a nature preserve. Or if you're really creative, the Aliens could have much more esoteric motives, ranging from wishing to have diplomatic relations with cows, to turning humans into drugs. Or maybe the Aliens are just so beyond our experience that their motives are incomprehensible to us. You can do a lot with alien invasions and the aftermath there-of.		Over the years, there has been a lot of different takes on alien invasions. Tripedal fighting machines to flying saucers, subtle infiltration, creatures which hijack our bodies/replace us with duplicates, hordes of bugs, fleets in orbit, legions of alien soldiers, self replicating robots and more. The consequences there-of also vary. Some aliens might try to strip mine the earth, others might enslave humanity, put mankind into reserves, assimilate us or turn earth into a nature preserve. Or if you're really creative, the Aliens could have much more esoteric motives, ranging from wishing to have diplomatic relations with cows, to turning humans into drugs. Or maybe the Aliens are just so beyond our experience that their motives are incomprehensible to us. You can do a lot with alien invasions and the aftermath there-of.
	====Examples====		====Examples====
			* The War of the Worlds
	* Resistance		* Resistance
	* Muv Luv, especially the spin-off 'The Day After'		* Muv Luv, especially the spin-off 'The Day After'

1d4chan>A Walrus: /* After the Aftermath */

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After the Aftermath

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	=== After the Aftermath ===		=== After the Aftermath ===
	The Apocalypse happened between 20 years to maybe a couple centuries ago. If nothing else, a generation has grown up in this marred world. Memories of the old world have faded, as have much of it's knowledge, but are still present. A few areas have stabilized and there are trade towns, homsteads and enclaves (religious, political ethnic, military, etc). Scavenged stuff is still a big deal, but people increasingly are making new things bodged together from junk and there might be a degree of localized recovery in areas. Even so whatever surviving Authorities have stumbled along their own courses, for example if two groups of US Army troops survived in Oregon and Tennessee, they'd probably have radically different ideas and not respect each other's authority if they met. There are a few peaceful areas, but other areas are torn up in war. Moreover this would not be a smattering of desperate folk clubbing each other for cans of dog-food but battle hardened hosts of warriors who've learned to survive in this hostile age.		The Apocalypse happened between 20 years to maybe a couple centuries ago. If nothing else, a generation has grown up in this marred world. Memories of the old world have faded, as have much of it's knowledge, but are still present. A few areas have stabilized and there are trade towns, homsteads, towns which survived the end and enclaves that have consolidated under some cause (religious, political, ethnic, military, etc). Scavenged stuff is still a big deal, but people increasingly are making new things bodged together from junk and there might be a degree of localized recovery in areas. Even so whatever surviving Authorities have stumbled along their own courses, for example if two groups of US Army troops survived in Oregon and Tennessee, they'd probably have radically different ideas and not respect each other's authority if they met. There are a few peaceful areas, but other areas are torn up in war. Moreover this would not be a smattering of desperate folk clubbing each other for cans of dog-food but battle hardened hosts of warriors who've learned to survive in this hostile age.
	====Examples====		====Examples====
	*[[Fallout]]		*[[Fallout]]

1d4chan>A Walrus: /* After the Aftermath */

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After the Aftermath

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	=== After the Aftermath ===		=== After the Aftermath ===
	The Apocalypse happened between 20 years to maybe a couple centuries ago. If nothing else, a generation has grown up in this marred world. Memories of the old world have faded, as have much of it's knowledge, but are still present. A few areas have stabilized and there are trade towns. Scavenged stuff is still a big deal, but people increasingly are making new things bodged together from junk and there might be a degree of localized recovery in areas. Even so whatever surviving Authorities have stumbled along their own courses, for example if two groups of US Army troops survived in Oregon and Tennessee, they'd probably have radically different ideas and not respect each other's authority if they met. There are a few peaceful areas, but other areas are torn up in war. Moreover this would not be a smattering of desperate folk clubbing each other for cans of dog-food but battle hardened hosts of warriors who've learned to survive in this hostile age.		The Apocalypse happened between 20 years to maybe a couple centuries ago. If nothing else, a generation has grown up in this marred world. Memories of the old world have faded, as have much of it's knowledge, but are still present. A few areas have stabilized and there are trade towns, homsteads and enclaves (religious, political ethnic, military, etc). Scavenged stuff is still a big deal, but people increasingly are making new things bodged together from junk and there might be a degree of localized recovery in areas. Even so whatever surviving Authorities have stumbled along their own courses, for example if two groups of US Army troops survived in Oregon and Tennessee, they'd probably have radically different ideas and not respect each other's authority if they met. There are a few peaceful areas, but other areas are torn up in war. Moreover this would not be a smattering of desperate folk clubbing each other for cans of dog-food but battle hardened hosts of warriors who've learned to survive in this hostile age.
	====Examples====		====Examples====
	*[[Fallout]]		*[[Fallout]]

1d4chan>A Walrus: /* Global Warming (and environmental devastation in general) */

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Global Warming (and environmental devastation in general)

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	Human industries continue to pump Carbon Dioxide into the air resulting in a Greenhouse Effect. Temperatures rise considerably and sea levels rise. Low lying regions are flooded, weather patterns are changed. Millions are displaced and what was prime farmland dries out and dry areas are washed away. Violent Storms become more frequent. Civil and political unrest mounts while governments are strained. Wars break out as groups fight for what they can get their hands on. Those that survive find a ravaged world deeply changed by the byproducts Mankind's activity and avarice.		Human industries continue to pump Carbon Dioxide into the air resulting in a Greenhouse Effect. Temperatures rise considerably and sea levels rise. Low lying regions are flooded, weather patterns are changed. Millions are displaced and what was prime farmland dries out and dry areas are washed away. Violent Storms become more frequent. Civil and political unrest mounts while governments are strained. Wars break out as groups fight for what they can get their hands on. Those that survive find a ravaged world deeply changed by the byproducts Mankind's activity and avarice.

	First of all, worries about Climate Change are plentiful today just as Nuclear War was in the 1950s. Moreover this is something which is harder to deal with. Nobody sane wants a nuclear war, but the solution boils down to simply not starting one and negotiating things out with other people who don't want to die. When it comes to Co2 Emissions, we're doing it constantly and it's hard to stop this because it is a big systemic thing with a lot of powerful people and organizations in place which profit from it.		First of all, worries about Climate Change are plentiful today just as Nuclear War was in the 1950s. Moreover this is something which is harder to deal with. Nobody sane wants a nuclear war, but the solution boils down to simply not starting one and negotiating things out with other people who despite their differneces with you also don't want to die. When it comes to Co2 Emissions, we're doing it constantly and it's hard to stop this because it is a big systemic thing with a lot of powerful people and organizations in place which profit from it.

	Bear in mind, some forms of climate change, including devastating kinds, have nothing to do with human intervention; the mini-Ice Age caused by a big rock smacking into Earth can be thought of as the Dinosaurs' own apocalypse. Particularly nasty supervolcanic eruptions have been known to cause ecological devastation well beyond the original point of eruption, such as the Volcanic Winter of 536 that devastated crops and possibly lead to the outbreak of the Plague of Justinian as a result of malnutrition. The eruption of Krakatoa, the second deadliest in recorded history, created worldwide acid rain in addition to global cooling.		Bear in mind, some forms of climate change, including devastating kinds, have nothing to do with human intervention; the mini-Ice Age caused by a big rock smacking into Earth can be thought of as the Dinosaurs' own apocalypse. Particularly nasty supervolcanic eruptions have been known to cause ecological devastation well beyond the original point of eruption, such as the Volcanic Winter of 536 that devastated crops and possibly lead to the outbreak of the Plague of Justinian as a result of malnutrition. The eruption of Krakatoa, the second deadliest in recorded history, created worldwide acid rain in addition to global cooling.

1d4chan>A Walrus: /* Examples */

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Examples

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	* Visionaries: This short-lived 80s cartoon is set place on an alien world that enjoyed an incredibly advanced sci-fi culture, with [[robot]]s and hovercars and peace and plenty... then the three suns aligned and magic returned, disrupting all electronic technology and plunging the world back into the dark ages.		* Visionaries: This short-lived 80s cartoon is set place on an alien world that enjoyed an incredibly advanced sci-fi culture, with [[robot]]s and hovercars and peace and plenty... then the three suns aligned and magic returned, disrupting all electronic technology and plunging the world back into the dark ages.
	* [[Earthdawn]]: A rare fantasy post-apocalyptic setting, Earthdawn is set in a fantastical world after the magic level piqued, forcing the sapient races to retreat to fortified bunkers to evade the endless legions of [[daemon]]s that this brought forth; the present day is set generations later, after magic dwindles enough that it's safe to emerge and try to rebuild civilization.		* [[Earthdawn]]: A rare fantasy post-apocalyptic setting, Earthdawn is set in a fantastical world after the magic level piqued, forcing the sapient races to retreat to fortified bunkers to evade the endless legions of [[daemon]]s that this brought forth; the present day is set generations later, after magic dwindles enough that it's safe to emerge and try to rebuild civilization.
			* Gravity Falls
	* [[Dead Reign]]: Whilst many people in-universe believe the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] was caused by some kind of plague, the mystical attributes of the [[zombie]]s (they literally feed on psychic energy) suggest a more... "nonstandard" origin, and there ''is'' at least one demon cult running around claiming to be the true origin behind the Wave.		* [[Dead Reign]]: Whilst many people in-universe believe the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] was caused by some kind of plague, the mystical attributes of the [[zombie]]s (they literally feed on psychic energy) suggest a more... "nonstandard" origin, and there ''is'' at least one demon cult running around claiming to be the true origin behind the Wave.
	* Death Stranding: The world of the dead has crossed over with the world of the living, resulting in all kinds of anomolies such as; rain that rapidly ages everything it touches, ghosts and ghost-monster amalgamations that nuke the surrounding area if they manage to eat you, and [[what\|using the afterlife as infinite-bandwidth internet.]]		* Death Stranding: The world of the dead has crossed over with the world of the living, resulting in all kinds of anomolies such as; rain that rapidly ages everything it touches, ghosts and ghost-monster amalgamations that nuke the surrounding area if they manage to eat you, and [[what\|using the afterlife as infinite-bandwidth internet.]]

1d4chan>A Walrus: /* Alien Invasion */

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Alien Invasion

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	* Resistance		* Resistance
	* Muv Luv, especially the spin-off 'The Day After'		* Muv Luv, especially the spin-off 'The Day After'
			* Independence Day

	=== Asteroid ===		=== Asteroid ===