If Hostile Alien/Extraterestrial exist. Are We Ready to defend ourselves?

Originally posted by StarCraft2
Lets say alien life form wanted resources from earth, are we ready to defend our planet earth and save human race?

(topic inspired by independence day and starcraft)

Discuss this.

Hellz yes we is. What do you think the military has been reverse engineering their technology for? pfft

Besides, if hollywood has taught us anything...,just because Aliens are uber smart, there is always one simple thing they tend to overlook..,like door knobs or bacteria. We're good man, don't worry bout aliens.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, the system that Bicarnok refers to is largely a driving force behind that change, individual bankers perhaps not. But the ability to produce for international markets, and generate capital for worthy endeavors is a huge, huge, huge part of the advancements we humans experienced over the last 100s of years.

Yep, the race to get rich is the engine for development.

If you were to invade the earth and enslave people, they would revolt and show little moral. If you kill them all you have to do the work yourself and have no savages to worship you.

But if you bring in a monatary system which, in a short ammount of time, makes the inhabitants addicted to money. The carrot and stick approach. They are too preocuppied with looking after their own interests, ie running the race to get rich, they won´t notice who is behind the system and how corrupt it is, after all you have to have lots of people on the bottom of the see saw to keep the few at the top.

And you can bet the inventors of the system are sitting on the top🙂

The question would be, what would aliens want from us or the planet?
Ok it´s a nice place,, for us. But Aliens would be different and might not appreciate beaches and cocktails like most of us do.

Originally posted by Bicnarok
The question would be, what would aliens want from us or the planet?
Ok it´s a nice place,, for us. But Aliens would be different and might not appreciate beaches and cocktails like most of us do.

If hardcore anime pornography has taught me anything it's that aliens want to have sex with us. That's probably why they manipulated our culture to be so sexualized.

Originally posted by StarCraft2
Lets say alien life form wanted resources from earth, are we ready to defend our planet earth and save human race?

(topic inspired by independence day and starcraft)

Discuss this.

If the alien race made it here from their home world, we would be absolutely screwed. The technology required to travel between the stars could place then a million years ahead of us.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
If hardcore anime pornography has taught me anything it's that aliens want to have sex with us. That's probably why they manipulated our culture to be so sexualized.

Well, Captain Kirk has been doing it for years - I am ready to offer my services! Alien babes - line up outside - I am ready to give my all for my country - indeed - for my world!

Let my just get my 'light sabre' ready...

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
If the alien race made it here from their home world, we would be absolutely screwed. The technology required to travel between the stars could place then a million years ahead of us.

Even if they weren't a million years ahead of us the speed they would (probably) be traveling at as they approached would make it so that they could fire a few small missiles and kill us all.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Even if they weren't a million years ahead of us the speed they would (probably) be traveling at as they approached would make it so that they could fire a few small missiles and kill us all.

Very true... They would not even need a warhead; just mass.

They've already infiltrated us, don't you know that? We're already doomed.

Just be very polite and volunteer to be a really good pet.

I've got me boomstick, cuz I'm an American, hyuk, hyuk.
But will bullets ever be obsolete?

Any alien race with the technology to travel interstellar distances also likely has the technology to utterly shit-stomp our military without a fight.

Orbital bombardment ftw. There'd be nothing we could do about it. Which is why you should pray that the aliens either have benevolent enemies (or at least enemies who's interests coincide with ours) or a kind of Fifth Column within their society that's willing to help us.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Any alien race with the technology to travel interstellar distances also likely has the technology to utterly shit-stomp our military without a fight.

Orbital bombardment ftw. There'd be nothing we could do about it.

50 years till we have Gundams. 😛

I hope its the green alien babes from Star Trek that invade.

MORE SNOO SNOO!

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
If hardcore anime pornography has taught me anything it's that aliens want to have sex with us. That's probably why they manipulated our culture to be so sexualized.

ROFL

Originally posted by LLLLLink
50 years till we have Gundams. 😛

rofl
we might have a chance.

Originally posted by StarCraft2
where is this quote coming from?
looked at pages 1-4 cant see it

Go the Shakya's post and click the work "POST" right above the quote. It will take you automatically to my post.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Go the Shakya's post and click the work "POST" right above the quote. It will take you automatically to my post.

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Um... exactly the same as a normal cannon?

Incorrect.

Interstellar matter, stellar bodies (stars, planets, black holes, etc.) (even if minute), would influence both the trajectory and "relative velocity" of each object. Think of all of that as "wind resistance."

The object with the greater momentum would be able to go further in "space."

Work Cited

Newton's First Law of Motion.

😛

In other words, inimalist was right by hinting at a distance difference.

Even if fired directly at a planet, the faster object would still travel farther: it would make a deeper crater....well, that assumes friction doesn't burn up the object, even faster. (atmosphere-less).

Originally posted by LLLLLink
I've got me boomstick, cuz I'm an American, hyuk, hyuk.
But will bullets ever be obsolete?

No.

In fact, ultimately a bullet possesses far more destructive capability than a laser ever can.

If you put enough joules into the laser and fire it several times in a row over a few microseconds, its going to put a bullet to shame.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
No.

In fact, ultimately a bullet possesses far more destructive capability than a laser ever can.

Are you referring to mass being converted into energy in a perfect "annihilation" scenario?

I think you may be right as a laser that's too large will destroy itself...in fact, there's a threshold for the size of a laser can make (size = how much energy the laser puts out).

I'd have to look at the numbers, though...as you may be able to produce a laser that puts out more energy, per second, than the energy produced by converting a bullet's mass entirely into energy.

Well...if you have a large supply of energy, you could technically fire a really really really tiny laser for a long time and eventually surpass a mass to energy conversation of a bullet.

Since when do people fire bullets capable of undergoing total conversion into energy? Even antimatter gives you a mixed bag.