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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (16 children)

A theory I've been writing into a fiction for a while is that Earth is just the oldest planet with life on it and Humans are the most technologically advanced species in the universe. The reason nobody has contacted us is because the rest of the universe is still basically in the caveman stage. Of course, my story is set like 1000 years in the future, after we have FTL spacecraft and start finding alien life on other worlds to know this. Also: Things don't turn out well for the aliens.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Sounds like a good story. A lot of SF has a forerunner civilization concept, but I can only think of a couple that present anything about their early stages.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Hopefully I actually finish something other than a bunch of worldbuilding that ultimately doesn't have any stories set in it...

[–] AngryCommieKender 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

One of my DMs ran a campaign in his world, specifically to have a story because he had been world building for 6 years at that point. Might be something to consider, obviously you'd probably need a system other than D&D, but there are loads of Sci Fi systems out there that could probably be adapted to your world.

That's also how the first Dragonlance novels were written.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

My setting would be perfect for Shadowrun. And it's been about 6 years... Hmmm...

[–] AngryCommieKender 1 points 22 hours ago

There ya go. Go recruit some ~~Ghostwriters~~ Players!

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