Earth is dead! It's finished! Everything is done for! The plants, the animals, us, everything!— Delonda Clark
"Earth is Dead" is the name typically given to the news that the Yellowstone mega-volcano had erupted on Earth, destroying the industry and ecology of the planet. It comes from the broadcast of net streamer Delonda Clark who was live during the first few hours of the eruption. As this news spread panic spread with it, triggering action in every star nation it reached.
International Responses
Liberty Security Corporation
Upon hearing of the eruption,
Bradley Patterson liquidated his wealth and bought up colonization equipment that had fallen in value, knowing that they would become prohibitively expensive once people realized the Sol system no longer had the carrying capacity for its remaining population. Establishing the
Liberty Security Corporation, Patterson filled his colony ships with mercenaries, artists, and bureaucrats and left to make his name in the stars.
Albion
Eiennohana
On Eiennohana shinto priests determined that kami of Earth had been angered by the lack of veneration by humans. A period of high investment in temples and artwork followed as practitioners attempted to appease the kami and yokai that lived with them.
Sperare
Ulvastea
Brahmaputra Prime
Bhramaputrans took the Yellowstone eruption as a sign that man's karma was coming due, with more disasters predicted to occur in the future.
Manchuko
Frisia
Frisians cared little for the death of far off kingdoms. In time, all things die.
Deseret
On Deseret, support grew to explore nearby star systems and learn what had happened with the branches of the human family. Many wondered if the events foretold in Revelations were at last coming true.
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