Public opinion is modeled along multiple axes – the Servants’ alien worship and the Protectorate’s advocacy of negotiated surrender may largely align in terms of support or opposition to the aliens, but events that show the aliens can be defeated have the potential to convince followers of the Protectorate that resistance is a realistic choice. The Resistance works to form an alliance of nations to mount a coordinated defense Humanity First vows to exterminate the aliens alongside any who sympathize with them The Servants worship the aliens and believe they will solve all the troubles of the world The Protectorate advocates negotiated surrender as the only means to avoid annihilation The Academy hopes the alien arrival heralds the opportunity to form an interstellar alliance The Initiative seeks to profit from the chaos and destruction Project Exodus plans to build a massive starship and flee the Solar System Seek out like-minded populations and politicians and take actions to convert followers of opposing ideologies. With the aliens’ motives uncertain, factions emerge, driven by hope, fear, or greed. With Earth’s nations unable to unite to address the alien arrival, transnational groups of like-minded political, military, and scientific leaders develop covert channels to coordinate a response. Unknown to humanity, an alien force has arrived in the far reaches of the icy Kuiper Belt and has begun mining a dwarf planet to prepare for an invasion. An extraterrestrial probe is detected approaching Earth.
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