Forum Game: Alien Apocalypse (thanks to Falling Skies)

[Failhorse]

So Falling Skies aired yesterday. Had me thinking a bit. What would I do if aliens did invade and I survived. This isn't a review of the show. Love it or hate it, good sci-fi is hard to come by. And in this day and age their can't be a full logic stream involved. For instance, if an alien race did decide to invade Earth and irradiate most of the indigenous population. They'd never put boots on the ground. Interstellar travel and you'd need mechs? No. You'd bombard from space. A lot simpler and less resource intensive. Also why even bother? Any resource on Earth can be found elsewhere, and probably easier to get than a planet with 7+ billion people on it. But let's assume they were sick of watching old transmissions of Jersey Shore and decided to put us out of our own misery. A more logical stance would be a greater conflict we humans were unaware of. And the Earth makes a good base of operations. Or they were fearful of who we act, and wanted to prevent future issues. Or maybe they just like child slaves. Who knows.

So the premise of this game. You start where ever you currently live. What would you do, how would you get there, and how would you survive?
Following the Falling Skies premise:
The military is gone, as well as 90% of the world population. Electronic devices are dead. Any car post fuel injection/computers no longer work. There is no electricity and the aliens have placed resources in places they think the remaining humans will go to get supplies. You should be more fearful of other survivors. Many don't know how to survive w/o modern day technology. Some are OK, others are looking for "easy" supplies.

My plan:
Essentially I'm screwed to begin with. I live 10 minutes west of downtown Chicago. Considering Downtown is a soft target. There aren't a ton of people there, and a lake a few miles to the east. Any attack on the city would probably be closer to my front door step. IE during the cold war days I lived within 300 yards of a projected Soviet nuclear strike. A bomb dropped on the city itself would go mostly into the lake. 10 miles in and you get the city plus most of the suburbs.

I also have a family to contend with. No mean of communication I'd probably hunker down for a bit. No sense in trying to escape to somewhere when everyone else would be trying to do the same thing. Being in a big group of survivors has its benefits. But I think there are far to many downsides. Most would be useless and just hold others back. Biding my time, I'd probably live a bit longer. Survive off whatever leftovers were in my neighborhood. If scavenging for supplies I'd first hit restaurants. Grocery stores would be cleared out, and trapped most likely. I'd search for as much salt as possible. Any caught food could be cured and kept for later. Would also be a good trading tool if I ran into anyone else in the future. There's an army reserve base near me. I don't think it'd be a huge target. It's not an army base in the traditional sense. Probably 9 buildings. They store an maintain military vehicles. I'm sure if safe, there would be something useful there.

Upon moving I'd first travel about 20 miles west. This would probably take 2 or 3 days to be safe. If it seemed remotely save, and possible. I'd search for either dirt bikes or ATVs. Can move quicker and carry more supplies. From there up to northern Wisconsin. I have a nice cottage in the middle of nowhere. There's a lake with fish, deer, and it's already been sorta turned into a zombie apocalypse safehouse. Assuming anyone else in my family, or friends, survived. They'd probably also be trying to make it there.

[The 12th Doctor]

Interesting premise. Sure, I'll bite.

My plan:
It depends on whether I am seeing my family (for about a week every 3 months or so) or if I'm in "civilization" as we know it. I'm not in downtown St. Louis, but I'm near a few areas that, well, you wouldn't want to be out during the night. I don't even want to think about what sort of chaos would happen right outside my doorstep if society crumbled. Even if 1/10 of the population is all that remains, that's still a lot of very scared people out there who would not hesitate to kill me if they thought it would help them or their families be even the slightest bit less afraid.

A direct attack on the city would definitely focus on the downtown area. Not mostly for casualty reasons, but because of the bridges that span the river. STL is a major crossing of the Mississippi river and destroying the bridges would be a significant blow to the logistics of the area. Still, even if I turned and fled west as soon as the attack started, I doubt I would make it to the outskirts before they caught up with me. I'll admit, my chances would be much greater if the attack occurred while I was visiting family.

My family lives in a very rural area of the southern US. Extremely rural. Like, population 280 kind of rural. I know my fair share of farmers, as well as how to grow my own vegetables. I never was good at it, mostly because I hated working outside, but I remember how. And I'm fairly sure we've still got the equipment that we used to grow them, as well as some seeds out in our shed. My uncle has got an ATV, while my immediate family has horses, so local transit should be a breeze.

We've already got a year's supply of hay for the horses, as well as a cleared plot that we used to grow our vegetables in. We know our neighbors pretty well, and to be honest, they would go huddle in the church. In all likelihood, we would join them.

Really, it all comes down to the timing whether or not I survive. T_T

[Echoplex]

From there up to northern Wisconsin. I have a nice cottage in the middle of nowhere. There's a lake with fish, deer, and it's already been sorta turned into a zombie apocalypse safehouse. Assuming anyone else in my family, or friends, survived. They'd probably also be trying to make it there.

oh yeah ya wanna head up nort der for sure

[Guy]

Well I would think I would be kinda screwed... I live in Houston, Texas.
Massive trade port, massive refineries and chemical plants, the one of the most advanced medical centers in the whole country, NASA... the list goes on my friend... I would more and likely die from the massive bombing of the area.

Houston when aliens attack:

[Jake]

On first contact which assuming is away from my present location in the non-disclosed southern united states, I would quietly murder all of my panicking neighbors and dry as much of their meat as I can carry. I don't really want to discuss what weapons training I've had but I'm more than confident that any opposition that myself or my roommate run into while we make our way into the deeper forest will be quickly dispatched and their food and munitions will be assimilated into our reserves. I currently (in all seriousness) have enough food and water for 4 weeks of siege so that if travel is impossible for any reason we will have some time to procure additional materials.
tl:dr If you're in the southern US and you think there's going to be an apocalypse, you should pm me so I don't murder you for your meat and the supplies you have in your home.