Aliens with FTL travel but otherwise roughly the same level of military technology are invading the earth. You get to summon one political leader back from the dead to make humanity stand against the xenos and to smash the defeatists trying to defect to their side. Who is it?
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Winston Churchill
Muh Hamed (Prussian boys untie shit)
this guy right here.
>Aliens with FTL travel but otherwise roughly the same level of military technology
Doesn't make any sense. Might as well say that they're armed with swords and spears.
This. The guy's not the finest military mind out there but his oratorical skill, reputation for inspiring unity and ruthlessness make him a pretty solid choice.
They can travel FTL, but use firearms and whatnot like ours. What's not to understand?
>like ours
We don't have the FTL technology.
So not like ours. Maybe you meant the principle of using firearms and body arms, Not the technology level.
Their technology is at our level with the exception of having FTL travel.
>their technology is at our level except it's 1000 years more advanced and breaks universal laws
So like US military vs Roman empire except romans don't have airplanes but they have guns and bulletproof armors and tanks/bombs.
Why don't we just say that the alien species discovered an alien ship on their homeworld with technology that is completely resistant to reverse engineering.
Yes. It's clearly not a situation meant to be realistic, so don't over think it.
FDR was the leader of the Allies in real history of WWII, not pig Churchill.
This has nothing to do with Churchill's oratory skills, his ruthlessness, or his unyielding drive to win.
>his ruthlessness
Oh yes, lets starve the Indians who make our clothes, protects our empire with their soldiers, gives us food, tea.
That'll teach the germans.
Churchill decided that the food would be put to better use in other countries that needed it, and Bengal wasn't worth the risk of the transport ships being sunk.
That explanation doesn't make sense when foods already passthrough India from places like Australia.
>Belisarius
Just for shits and giggles. Atleast we die with the last roman in charge of things
Supplies from Australia did arrive in Bengal though.
Also, it's hard to blame it all on Churchill when there was plenty of incompetence all over the place; Bengal apparently didn't even have preparations for the famine despite prior warning.
How he did not protect Norway?
Bengals were shipping their quota of food to the motherland, as was taxed.
Blame the poor bengals about not saving up is kinda weird when they're supposed to only be left with current supply and the rest to be sent to British expeditions.
Attila or Genghis Khan.
Aliens would just crush chunk of their ship on Earth with FTL speed and it's gg for us
Hannibal Africanus.
BASIL THE ALIEN SLAYER
Let's hope them aliens got eyes.
>>their technology is at our level except it's 1000 years more advanced and breaks universal laws
No m8, our technology is 1000 years ahead. We're the anomaly, not them.
the novel where Aliens possess FTL but not military superiority is Out of the Dark by David Weber, where Aliens kinetic strike almost every city but discover while trying to deploy troops that American aircraft are advanced enough to outmaneuver their fighters and whatever remaining land forces vastly superior to their Alien light vehicles which are roughly equivalent to a LAV 25
basically, you can't expect an invading alien to outmaneuver or outperform a similar technology rival without having the benefits of logistics and home-terrain
Real Life is not working on Drifters logic. Famous historical figures will not be suddenly super effective against sci fi/fantasy thing when summoned from past.
I'm really confused why people think bringing anyone not versed in modern warfare is a good idea
If they have FTL they can just wipe us out with relativistic weapons, we haven't really got a chance. That's why I'm going with a guy good at making and keeping peace, Lester Pearson.
King David or his son.