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Dumpshock Forums _ Shadowrun _ [News] Meteorite hits Norway

Posted by: JongWK Jun 10 2006, 03:20 AM

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1346411.ece (story, pic)

http://www.astro.uio.no/ita/nyheter/ildkule06/ildkule06.html (maps, charts, pics, etc)

I just *know* we can make a few good plots with this.

Posted by: Fix-it Jun 10 2006, 03:31 AM

Dificulty: No aliens.

Posted by: Herald of Verjigorm Jun 10 2006, 05:10 AM

Bah, anyone can introduce carrot related super-aliens.

Testing of a corporate "hot landing" drop pod.

Lifeboat scale escape pod from an orbital research facility (if you want to toss in something like the carrot related aliens).

Actually organic, someone finally got that orbital juggernaught to crash back to earth, and he's hungry. (or worse, she's pregnant with a larger breed of them)

Posted by: SL James Jun 10 2006, 06:02 AM

I'm disappointed that this didn't involve mass casualties.

Posted by: emo samurai Jun 10 2006, 07:15 AM

Dude, did it just hit in the middle of nowhere or something?

Posted by: Witness Jun 10 2006, 09:03 AM

Guess it must have done.
I find it simply incredible that this didn't make the headlines. More World Cup bollocks than you can shake a stick at here in the UK, but "Giant Meteorite Hits Norway With Force Of Atomic Bomb"? No.
*sigh*

Posted by: Austere Emancipator Jun 10 2006, 10:26 AM

If the map in the first story is accurate, then it definitely counts as Middle of Nowhere. There are more notable mountains in that area than there are towns with population < 200, and zero population "centers" of more than 200 people.

Posted by: nezumi Jun 10 2006, 01:22 PM

QUOTE (Austere Emancipator)

If the map in the first story is accurate, then it definitely counts as Middle of Nowhere.

No no, you misread it. MIddle of NORWAY. Although they do mean almost the same thing.

Posted by: JongWK Jun 10 2006, 03:12 PM

QUOTE (SL James @ Jun 10 2006, 03:02 AM)

I'm disappointed that this didn't involve mass casualties.

That's the problem when it hits in the middle of ~~nowhere~~ Norway.

Had this thing hit somewhere in the US or Southern Europe... ouch.

Posted by: JongWK Jun 10 2006, 03:13 PM

QUOTE (Witness)

*insert conspiracy theory here*

Posted by: Witness Jun 11 2006, 12:44 AM

*inserts*

The USA/UCAS government desperately needs to bring a large extraterrestrial body down to earth, in order to study its remains as soon as possible. They send a small probe capable of redirecting it (to a minor degree), and cut a deal with the Norwegian government to crash it into the middle of Norwegian nowhere- where nobody will care about it and it won't make any headlines- so that they can then move in and examine it at leisure.

Meh. That's the best I can manage with this much beer inside me.

Posted by: Fix-it Jun 11 2006, 07:28 AM

pretty good, actually. but I'd do someone more... ominous.

Saeder Krupp.

Lofwyr and his sneaky little plans.

Posted by: SL James Jun 11 2006, 08:33 AM

We need more beer over here for Witness. He's a drunk savant.

Posted by: Witness Jun 11 2006, 06:16 PM

Too kind. Unfortunately right now I am feeling more like a car crash victim. *groan*

Posted by: SL James Jun 11 2006, 11:19 PM

Try more beer.