Ruins

The devastation is almost total, but a few scattered records have survived. It seems that the people of … were obsessed with the idea that aliens were observing them. Frequent reports of Unidentified Flying Objects, animal mutilation, and abductions drove the planet into a frenzy. In reaction countless resources were poured into vast detection arrays, anti-spacecraft defenses, and underground shelters to protect the population.

More details have been assembled from the scattered records we have recovered. As an ever-increasing percentage of planetary resources were poured into anti-UFO measures without any noticeable success their economy and society began to collapse. Brownouts and food shortages were endemic, most fields of technology stagnated, and a deep sense of hopelessness prevailed at every level of society. Scattered references have been found to some kind of "ultimate shield", which become increasingly common as reports about the general situation on … get worse.

The discovery of a partially preserved databank in a hardened military bunker has revealed the sad fate of …. Faced with a general economic collapse which would have lead to the end of their anti-UFO measures, the rulers of … activated their "ultimate shield". However, this was not a shield to protect …, rather it was the complete nuclear annihilation of the population and infrastructure to ensure neither could be taken by alien invaders. This decision was apparently spurred on by the discovery of an "alien signal" coming from ….