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rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
Aliens are not coming to visit us, not in the next 100, 1000, or 10 000 years. It's just not likely. Why wouldn't they be here already?

Logical course of action is to determine how strong they are. They'll probably be weaker, because interstellar travel is hugely expensive, so make sure you threaten them to not grow or expand ever, if they do you kill them ASAP.

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rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
You can't cloak anything in space, anything warmer than background temperature (which it had to be to even be alive or active) will emit blackbody radiation. There's also the light from the sun that you have to either reflect or absorb (which raises the temperature).

So sorry, you can't hide in space. Now pretending to be an asteroid, that's something different. Of course, if you ever move enough, you'll get noticed as anomalous. Your Delta V change will get puzzled over. Though I dunno about this one, if the people doing the tracking aren't doing it with enough precision, you might get away with it.

All of this ignores that I'm fairly confident you're a little out of it. So just relax, aliens aren't here, or coming, or watching you. Find a new hobby, buddy.

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
Because they told me they weren't, duh.

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
If the aliens are social creatures that communicate with a language more extensive than 'bark bark', communication will be possible fairly easily.

How exactly an alien could get here without having either of those qualities is an interesting question, but one I don't think anyone is equipped to answer.

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