[ProtectOurFreedom]

Wow, think about the minuscule odds of an interstellar object the size of an oven hitting a planet somewhere in the galaxy. Why (and how) did that little guy leave his own original solar system? Or are such objects birthed from dust in interstellar space? The stories that meteor could tell...if only he hadn’t smashed himself to smithereens.

[Deaf Smith]

It was the Arachnids (bugs) trying to send ranging rounds.

Once their spotter reports in, they will Fire For Effect with their heavy ordnance.

Their spotter had just flown past in that long object.

/s

[SunkenCiv]

Somethin' big blew up. Sidebar:

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The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: Flood, Fire, and Famine in the History of Civilization by Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith

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