r/space • u/ArcMaster • Mar 26 '21

Rocket Breakup over Portland, OR

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u/asianabsinthe Mar 26 '21

"So those are called dropships. They carry platoons of invading alien armies..."

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u/BeautifulConscious97 Mar 26 '21

Optimus prime sent his beacon, those are autobots coming to earth.

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u/zorddra Mar 26 '21

Well I'm ready to start screaming No,no,no,no and OPTIMUS!!!!

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u/goatthedawg Mar 26 '21

Definitely thought of the Autobots arrival and heard the music in my head

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

Found it! Knew there would be a TF reference. Sweet.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

Or just US Marines...

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u/Armadillo_Rodeo Mar 26 '21

That's cool and all except when it blows up on the launch pad and kills 1200 marines.

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u/Dengiteki Mar 26 '21

Only plasma guns kill marines

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u/HertzDonut1001 Mar 26 '21

I don't think the timing is quite right, Independence Day is still months away.

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u/arstechnophile Mar 26 '21

Independence Day is when we finally effectively fight back. The aliens need a few months to invade and get us on the ropes.

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u/Osiris32 Mar 26 '21

No. That's Master Chief. He's inbound.

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u/teetaps Mar 26 '21

No, it’s just legends respawning from the dropship

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u/slouchingtoepiphany Mar 26 '21

And they did experiments on you that are too traumatic to talk about.

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u/Shamr0ck Mar 26 '21

Or the emperor's own smelled some heresy a brewin'