Two Worlds Scenario

In 1492 Christopher Colombus sails west, and simply vannishes. Europe after a while moves on thinking the madman Colombus just sailed off the edge of the world. Even Portugese ships that sail to far to the west mysteriously disappear.

In the year 1580 a huge armada of ships appear from over the Western horizon. They are at least 100 years more advanced (early eighteenth technology) and are crewed by a people that while not human hold some resemblance of humanity to them.

The crews of the ships are of a different human species, more advanced than the humanity as we know it. They have rudimentary psychic powers and are intent on crushing all who stand before them, especially what they view as human vermin with their pathetic concepts of love, art and culture.

How do the Monarchs of Europe react to this first onslaught against the human realms???

So what am I looking for:

- Ideas on a different humanesque society without familial attachments, love, art or culture. All energy is directed towards more important tasks!
- What would the likely response be of a 1580's Europe (keep in mind they do not have the American colonies)
- How would the small outposts on the African coast fare?


Once I have worked out the timeline to a sufficent degree I will post it here and move onto the next era of what I hope will become a fascinating new world.
 
How is technology, society, cooperation and organisation possible without familial attachments, love, art or culture? Where does this rudimentary psychic power come from? ASB please.
 

Hendryk

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In the year 1580 a huge armada of ships appear from over the Western horizon. They are at least 100 years more advanced (early eighteenth technology) and are crewed by a people that while not human hold some resemblance of humanity to them.

The crews of the ships are of a different human species, more advanced than the humanity as we know it. They have rudimentary psychic powers and are intent on crushing all who stand before them, especially what they view as human vermin with their pathetic concepts of love, art and culture.
You're welcome to flesh out this scenario, but please do so in the ASB forum, where AH speculation involving paranormal/supernatural/historically implausible elements is supposed to go.

I suggest you PM a moderator and ask him to move your thread.
 
"...without familial attachments..."

So who takes care of the babies? Without family, their early development would make them non-functional.

"...pathetic concepts of love, art and culture."

So why is this new species past stone-age level technology? :confused:

As for the ships: both the Spanish and English Armadas are nothing to sneeze at. A couple hundred armed vessels total.... despite their superior technology, the invaders are going to be given a run for their money.
 
It is concievable that:
a- The young are simply allowed to stay around and fight over scraps of food, and are physically and psycologically programmed to simply stick with the tribe and be defended by them as a collective group.
b- The species could be androgenous
c- The species could be experimenters, but in such a way that art would not develop, and nothing like what we would call a culture.

There would be downsides to some of these, though.
 
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