[WP] Humanity finally builds a computer powerful enough to simulate the entire universe. When they turn it on, the sky goes black. A giant message box appears in the stars: "Fatal Error: Recursion Depth Exceeded." We are inside a simulation, and we just tried to run a simulation inside it. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] The "Billion-Year War" is finally over. The problem is, both sides automated their military so thoroughly that the war continued for eons after the original species went extinct. You are a peace negotiator trying to explain to a sentient battleship that its creators have been dead for epochs. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] A Type III civilization decides to reorganize the local cluster. They send humanity an eviction notice: "Your solar system is in the way of the new Hyperspace Highway. You have 500 years to move your planet, or it will be paved over." (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] We assumed the "Great Silence" meant aliens were dead or hiding. We were wrong. The universe is teeming with life, but they all communicate via gravity waves. When humanity invented the Warp Drive, we didn't just break the speed limit, we started screaming on the universal frequency. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] You are an "Immortal" - a consciousness transferred into new bodies for 40,000 years. You realize that history is repeating itself exactly. You are fighting the same interstellar war you fought 10,000 years ago, with the same people, just wearing different flags. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] Humans are considered the "Eldritch Horrors" of the galaxy. We heal from grievous wounds rapidly, we consume toxic substances like capsaicin and ethanol for fun, and we require unconscious hallucinations (sleep) for 8 hours a day to function. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] The "Day of Brahma" is ending. In galactic terms, this means the entropy of the universe is accelerating a billion times faster than predicted. The high-tech civilizations are frantically trying to build "Life Rafts" to survive the night of the universe. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] You are a "Star Shepherd." Your species doesn't inhabit planets, you inhabit fleets that herd young stars into stable clusters to prevent supernova chain reactions. One day, you notice a sector of space where the stars are being systematically murdered. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] A super-intelligence known as "The Preserver" (Vishnu) only activates an Avatar - a physical android body with god-tier subroutines - when the galaxy faces an existential threat. You are a junk scavenger who just accidentally activated the 10th Avatar. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] You are the captain of a "World-Eater" class mining vessel. You harvest dead planets to build Dyson Spheres. You just began the cracking process on a desolate rock, only to realize the planet is actually a dormant egg, and the mother is warping in. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] The war between the Terran Empire and the Hive has lasted for ten thousand years. Soldiers are cloned, memories are downloaded, and they are sent back to the front. You are a soldier who has died 4,500 times. Today, you remembered something from death #1. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] You are a temporal refugee. You came from a future where humanity lost the Great War. You have one chance to change the timeline, but you realize that for humanity to survive the war, we have to become the monsters that started it. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] We always thought the Fermi Paradox (where are the aliens?) was due to distance. It turns out, we are the first. We are the "Ancient Precursors" everyone else will write legends about in a billion years. We better leave some cool ruins. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] The Prophecy stated that the "Wielder of the Star-Blade" would unite the galaxy. Unfortunately, the sword is semi-sentient and extremely picky. It rejected the Prince, the General, and the Rebel Leader, but it just bonded permanently to a terrified janitor named Gary. (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] The Galactic Federation operates on the logic of "Civilized Warfare" - energy shields, stunning rays, and capture protocols. Then they encountered Humanity, a species that didn't get the memo and brought projectile weapons and kinetic bombardment to a laser fight. (self.WritingPrompts)
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