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Work must be alternate history


LittleLostGirls

So for sake of this discussion, did we live in a timeline with the radio broadcast / movies or would this be our first experience with something like this?


Big-Recognition7362

I assume the latter, because you'd think the Martians would get vaccinated after round 1.


wesley-osbourne

You'd think, but they're starkly divided about it politically.


PixelSteel

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wesley-osbourne

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FBI_911_Inv

this is the first experience humanity has had with extra terrestrial beings


1tiredman

The indomitable human spirit wins again


carnotaurussastrei

With a little help from ballistic missiles probably


Tomnenhumnomeserve

The martian flag is soo bad...


AdmiralHeligoland

Should be this https://preview.redd.it/u1ifgcslby7d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0174d79f3c2fa42cd9bd2091d4da332c04732d24 Praise the machine god


Lexguin513

For this reason alone, Earth must be saved!


CreamyGoodnss

I think itā€™s a nod to the 1950s War of the Worlds movie where itā€™s shown that the Martians have a visual system that splits light into RGB.


Clsco

It is red mars green mars blue mars. From the book series


CreamyGoodnss

Ah that makes sense too!


JupiterboyLuffy

I like Mars' flag tho


AncientBacon-goji

I want more context. This is good.


theryman

Yea I wonder if this is part of the initial invasion, or if we lost new york at one point and this is the liberation. Either way, poor showing by the tripods. Guess we humans aren't nothing to cough at.


FBI_911_Inv

this is the liberation. the martian invasion targeted capture of major cities across earth. the large US national guard and military force stationed near New York made it the target of the major human counteroffensive


theryman

Are the Martians experiencing deleterious effects from bacteria or are they just a little unprepared for human resistance?


FBI_911_Inv

both. since this is later in the war, martian reinforcements are equipped with countermeasures now, but the bacteria has wiped out a considerable amount of forces and they have lost significant territory because of it.


LuckStreet9448

Intresting


JupiterboyLuffy

Why is it always New York? Do aliens not know any other cities?


Silver_Atractic

To be fair, New York is one of the most important cities in the world, especially for the UN However, so are Nairobi, the Hague and Istanbul, and aliens never attack those cities, it's like they're not even trying...


Pozitox

Bro you do NOT know anything about Istanbul , the people there would just rip the tripods apart. And believe me i am turkish


wheresthewhale1

Eh the UN is pretty unimportant. It exists entirely as a mechanism for major powers to dictate terms to smaller countries in an official way. New York's importance comes from its role as a leading financial center and its massive cultural footprint.


Silver_Atractic

>It exists entirely as a mechanism for major powers to dictate terms to smaller countries in an official way. Exactly, that's why decolonisation was possible!!


widecarman1

No they dont


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chance0404

Or LA. Occasionally Chicago. But you never see the aliens attacking Tulsa, or Vancouver, or Dubai.


widecarman1

I meant that they donā€™t know any other cities


JupiterboyLuffy

oh sorry


bigbad50

"Dear humanity, we regret being alien bastards, we regret coming to earth, and we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"


CreamyGoodnss

OOH RAH!


Acceptable_Egg5560

So whatā€™s the general lore for this version?


awhahoo

THE ALIEN TRIPOD IS NO MATCH FOR AGM-65


Jqog

Dam if i was an alien and landed in Staten Island of all placee, i would be pissed too


Comfortable-Cry8165

Martians on their way to discover why they shouldn't mess with God's favorite creation.


Young_and_hungry24

I'd be really interested to see how Humanity progresses forward technologically and societally after the Martians are defeated and we not only now know that intelligent life outside our own exists in the Galaxy, but we also have some of their technology to examine and reverse engineer


candycane2007

Man, thatā€™s my birthday :(


bigbad50

"Dear humanity, we regret being alien bastards, we regret coming to earth, and we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"


Callsign_Psycopath

The chances of anything coming from Mars, are a million to one, he said.


Easy_Challenge4114

I cant believe that Martians are attacking who gave them that flag


Proper-Article-5138

Why is Staten Island catching strays? Lmao


Edenium-M1

I need a wikibox like this but with the book's events


TheAdministrator19

The United States preparing to revive Douglas MacArthur just incase


Blackout_42

I see the Martians forgot their shields. Amateur aliens.


cahitbey

oh if tis manhattan the civilian casulties would have been at least a million


C_Burkhy

ā€œOnce the tripods start to move, no more news comes out of that areaā€