The apocalypse is coming! What form will it take and how will you survive the catastrophe? Read the scenarios and vote on how you would survive!
You wake one morning this spring. It’s cool, but not cold. That ideal temperature in which you’re comfortable in long pajama bottoms and no shirt. You slide your feet into a pair of slippers and throw a robe on as you step outside to breathe in the fresh air, fragrant with the smell of fresh spring flowers and a little dew. You step forward on your front walk and notice that while the day is clear, it’s not as bright as it should be for a spring morning. You look up and a large round object dominates the sky. It’s neither the sun nor the moon and it clearly looks man made. You rub the sleep out of your eyes. You know what it is you’ve just gazed upon, you just can’t believe it. Your hands fall to your sides and you look up once more, this time with clear eyes and a sense of wonder and dread. For you are staring at the Death Star in all its glory.
You begin to realize that you are not alone. Your neighbors have gathered on the street like a scene right out of Independence Day. You hear the small child next door ask his mommy why the moon is so big and you respond instinctually, “That’s no moon. That’s a space station.”
Immediately you start to play out the scenarios, the Death Star has at least a million personnel on board, and that’s if this is the first one. If this is the second Death Star, fully completed, that number will be even larger. There are approximately seven to nine thousand TIE fighters on board along with tens of thousands of support craft, including several Star Destroyers. The Death Star is armed with strong defense shields and thousands of turbo lasers, Ion cannons, and laser canons. And it has a laser that can destroy planets! The Imperials could either invade and conquer Earth or simply destroy it.
Don’t panic, you think, the Death Star can be destroyed. It has weaknesses. Yeah, you’ll just need a starship and flying lessons first.
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” You mumble as you turn your back on the mechanical marvel and slowly trudge back to your house.
How do you survive?
1. Crack open a bottle of whiskey, a six pack of beer, pop on the original trilogy and pray for a painless end to it all.
2. Your friend is a member of the Star Wars fan club the 501st Legion. They dress as stormtroopers for fun. Run over to his house and beg and plead for him to let you wear his extra biker scout armor. Maybe you guys can blend in like Luke and Han Solo did.
3. Send a message to Sir Richard Branson that reads: “Sir Richard Branson: Years ago, you circumnavigated the globe in a balloon; now I beg you to help us in our struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present this request to you in person; but the ash spewed into the air by the volcano in Iceland has grounded all flights to England. I’ve placed information vital to the survival of the Earth into the memory of this R2 unit looking flash drive. Your Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo will know how to retrieve it. This is our most desperate hour. Help us, Sir Richard Branson; you’re our only hope.”
4. Find the biggest rocks and sticks you can. Start fashioning crude traps out of twigs, logs, and boulders. If the Ewoks could defeat the Empire with basic weapons, so can you! May the Force be with you.
it would really seem like choice 2 would be the best thing to go for if the stormtroopers… storm Earth, It worked for just about everyone else that dressed up as a stormtrooper!
However, it all falls apart when Earth mysteriously has no worth to the Empire, or worse, is where Leia lied about a rebel base being hidden… and they decide to level the superlazer on us… at wich case 1 or 3 are more likely.