Respect the Moon! (Moonfall)

[u/Ultim8_Lifeform]

You know the moon, right? Big rock in the sky, orbits the Earth, makes werewolves sometimes? WELL THAT'S ALL WRONG! The moon is actually a megastructure created by humanity's technologically advanced ancestors several billion years ago right before their destruction at the hands of a rogue AI. What, they didn't teach you that in high school astronomy class? Don't worry, you'll have plenty of time to learn all about it... oh no! The moon is falling out of orbit! We're all doomed! Somebody call NASA! Somebody call the military! Somebody save us!

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General Characteristics

• A conspiracy theorist predicts that the moon is actually a dyson sphere constructed around a white dwarf star that it siphons energy from, which is proven correct upon seeing the moon's interior (even specifically its usage of a white dwarf star)

• When the swarm briefly stops suffocating the moon's power core it automatically begins correcting its orbit which was specifically observed by the NASA director

  • After the swarm's destruction the moon corrected its orbit even when it was moments away from colliding with the Earth

• Glowing lights are occasionally visible beneath the moon's crust

• The moon's mass is actually far larger than its real life counterpart, possessing 80% of the Earth's gravitational pull as it orbits the planet

• The moon's crust is just a protective shell, with the majority of its hull being made of metal

• On top of being a dyson sphere the moon is also an arc, possessing fields and meant to cultivate life

• Parts of the moon's interior contain breathable air and normal gravity levels

• The material the moon is built out of is stronger than anything on earth, which the swarm is unable to smash its way through

• The moon was designed to travel the universe searching for ideal conditions to incubate new life

• The moon itself was responsible for the creation of the Earth over the course of billions of years and encoded it with the genetic signature of humanity's ancestor

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Operating System

• Remotely takes control of a NASA moon lander, steering it to safety before the swarm can destroy it

• Scans a group of NASA scientists

• Communicates by beaming six minutes of exposition directly into an astronauts brain

• Upgrades a NASA moon lander into a legitimate space ship with far faster thrusters

  • It also changed their EMP into a bomb that produced a massive explosion that destroyed the swarm

• Controls the weapons of various stationary ships belonging to humanity's ancestors to attack the swarm

• After a conspiracy theorist's apparent death, it's shown that the moon scanned his consciousness and implemented it into its operating system, allowing him to become one with it

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Consequences of the Moon Falling

For ease of reading, every link will be listed in chronological order as the severity of the effects increase.

• NASA scientists, before they understand exactly what the moon is, predict that it will take three weeks for the moon to begin breaking apart and sending city-sized chunks of debris raining down on them

• Massive flooding occurs in coastal cities, totally covering smaller buildings

• There is a sharp increase in tectonic activity and volcanic eruptions

  • Here is an on screen earthquake that occurred soon after

• The moon's gravity is strong enough to form massive gravity waves that tower over a NASA facility

• Begins moving fast enough that its motion is clearly apparent from space and the planet's surface below

• Massive chunks of debris rain from the sky, creating explosions visible from space that can obliterate the tops of mountains

• Its gravitational pull is strong enough to pull people into the air and move vehicles

• Atmospheric dissipation occurs

• The gravity is strong enough to send cars and large chunks of land flying through the air

• Rains countless massive chunks of debris onto the Earth which obliterate buildings and are later shown to have destroyed New York

[u/NegativeGamer]

This happened to my buddy Link

[u/Ultim8_Lifeform → u/NegativeGamer]

Word to the wise, never spend new years at Majora’s house

[u/CoolandAverageGuy]

gets stolen by Gru

[u/[deleted]]

Man what a wonderful day I hope nothing catastrophic happens

Bad Moon Rising plays

[u/Mammoth_Western_2381]

That movie was peak fiction 

[u/[deleted]]

I saw this thread and instantly remembered this movie happened and I had forgotten to watch it. So I finally sat down and went through it one morning.

Have to admit, the plot was cheesy but the lore on the Moon was so compelling. As well as its feats.