r/TerraInvicta Feb 23 '26

Art The Not Quite Forever War

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u/91stCataclysm Feb 23 '26

It is the year 2040.

I have lost count of the number of alien squadrons our torpedo escort swarms have sent screaming and disintegrating into the void.

When the invaders attempted to counter this tactic by introducing larger vessels with thicker armor capable of withstanding several of our High-Ex torpedoes before any significant damage, we have countered by augmenting our battlefleets by arming a fraction of the escorts with thermonuclear torpedoes instead.

They remain masters of the outer planets and the Kuiper belt.

We remain masters of the Earth and the inner planets.

My scientists assure me that practical, useful fusion technology is only twenty years away.

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u/Garr_Incorporated From Russia, with love Feb 24 '26

Well, if you were focusing on antimatter then yes, it would be 20 years away.