The Jesus Engineer:The Death Bringer

markus3
MemberOvomorphJune 21, 20122493 Views6 Replies
Idea for a Prometheus sequel ( based on a discarded Prometheus idea).
Jesus: the Death Bringer!
The Promethe-myth goes thus: Jesus was one of their own. 8 foot tall albino alien in Galilee wouldn't cause a stir would he?
"Hand me that hammer would you, Jesus."
"Get it yourself, human"
Then they crucify him (weird as the Deacon alien is seen to be crucified in the mural- imagine that running around Galilee)
But the fun starts if the jolly white giants get back to Earth. The sequel follows such an Engineer who we call "Jesus 2".
Let's assume for the moment that Earth has no defenses, communication or any other way of stopping the ship short of Earth (remember last time we saw these guys we probably thought the world was flat)
We don't even have suicidal pilots prepared to fly their ships into it. And it's too soon for the USS Enterprise.
Jesus 2 Engineer would come down to Earth and release the apulee black stuff and "engineer" our end. Jesus 2 Engineer would be the Second Coming Apocalypse.
Our only hope would be Lucifer Engineer (an Engineer peace protester who was shunned from the Engineer planet) who wants to go against the teachings of these "Gods" and give us a choice and a chance.
Lucifer Engineer shuns the ways of the Jesus 2 Engineer; self sacrifice, looking out for others, knowing your place etc, and wants to live for ever. For his sins he was banished to Hell.
Earth is Hell!
All you have to do to find Lucifer Engineer is look for the most successful (and tall) guy on the planet right now.
I imagine a big showdown between these two. The important thing is not to let the Jesus ship near our world. Take it out in orbit. Lucifer Engineer would have prepared for this.
Ironically in the end, we thank Lucifer Engineer (now revealed to us) by killing him because we're scared of him. The military budget quadruples overnight and we become Fortress Earth. Republican corporations running the planet stay in power for decades. Religion is outlawed for "getting it hopelessly wrong". It's all a bit grim in a 1970's sci-fi sort of way.