Ice Age - Survival After Impact
Impact.
That's what the survivors called the event that lead to the death of billions across the planet.
The year is 2020, and the world we knew no longer exists. It was a freak asteroid impact that sealed humanity's fate. Astronomers had been studying the skies for decades, looking for asteroids on the scale that could wipe out life, but they missed one. Then again, considering how little of space we actually know, maybe it shouldn't be a surprise. Either way, they missed it until it was too late, on a trajectory course with Earth that left little time for anything but trying to escape the impact zone. When it did, it triggered seismic activity that led to numerous repercussions.
Like the ash that fell from the sky when Yellowstone erupted.
Like the sun being blotted from the sky for a year.
Like vegetation all over the world dying off as their main source of food and energy was no longer around.
Like animals dying in droves as the world suddenly went from plentiful to meager.
Like people across the globe suddenly finding themselves scrambling for the basic necessities.
Like governments trying and failing to control a panicking populace as shortages became commonplace.
Like people dying as starvation set in and the once-bountiful agriculture we became so dependent on suddenly couldn't keep up with demand.
This... This is the world now. We are a dying species, humanity, since literally we cannot support the population we used to have. I'm not sure of the current state of the world, as technology collapsed when the governments fell. Communication is virtually non-existent in this time. All I know is that to survive, we need to get to one of the only places that is still accepting refugees. The shelter known as Haven. From what I heard when the last bit of communication fell, it was located in the mountains, and was one of the few places that the government had managed to set up to save something of the world before.
It's the last place that probably has food and shelter.
We are headed there, to try and survive. We probably aren't the only ones, but it sure feels that way sometimes. Everyone else seemed to be in a mad dash to reach somewhere safe and abandoned the cities to go south. We, unfortunately, were unable to do so and now are forced to trek across the frozen wastes that we now call home to reach Haven. The asteroid changed us though, since some of us can do things that no one else could do. We're just using those gifts to help us out along the way.
We're nearly there though. I know we can make it.
I just wish that it wasn't so cold...
Impact.
That's what the survivors called the event that lead to the death of billions across the planet.
The year is 2020, and the world we knew no longer exists. It was a freak asteroid impact that sealed humanity's fate. Astronomers had been studying the skies for decades, looking for asteroids on the scale that could wipe out life, but they missed one. Then again, considering how little of space we actually know, maybe it shouldn't be a surprise. Either way, they missed it until it was too late, on a trajectory course with Earth that left little time for anything but trying to escape the impact zone. When it did, it triggered seismic activity that led to numerous repercussions.
Like the ash that fell from the sky when Yellowstone erupted.
Like the sun being blotted from the sky for a year.
Like vegetation all over the world dying off as their main source of food and energy was no longer around.
Like animals dying in droves as the world suddenly went from plentiful to meager.
Like people across the globe suddenly finding themselves scrambling for the basic necessities.
Like governments trying and failing to control a panicking populace as shortages became commonplace.
Like people dying as starvation set in and the once-bountiful agriculture we became so dependent on suddenly couldn't keep up with demand.
This... This is the world now. We are a dying species, humanity, since literally we cannot support the population we used to have. I'm not sure of the current state of the world, as technology collapsed when the governments fell. Communication is virtually non-existent in this time. All I know is that to survive, we need to get to one of the only places that is still accepting refugees. The shelter known as Haven. From what I heard when the last bit of communication fell, it was located in the mountains, and was one of the few places that the government had managed to set up to save something of the world before.
It's the last place that probably has food and shelter.
We are headed there, to try and survive. We probably aren't the only ones, but it sure feels that way sometimes. Everyone else seemed to be in a mad dash to reach somewhere safe and abandoned the cities to go south. We, unfortunately, were unable to do so and now are forced to trek across the frozen wastes that we now call home to reach Haven. The asteroid changed us though, since some of us can do things that no one else could do. We're just using those gifts to help us out along the way.
We're nearly there though. I know we can make it.
I just wish that it wasn't so cold...
