User blog comment:Drgyen/Alien invasion/@comment-422690-20110801190505/@comment-422690-20110802194307

If the Chimera lose Earth, they'll come back. They'll know that they failed, thanks to the hivemind. Humanity will likely rally around Capelli and Malikov as leaders, but after the two die, there;ll be a power void, unless they set up some sort of hereditary succession where Jack Capelli takes over once Joseph dies. The survivors will likely form a militrary-based society, much as is seen in Starship Troopers (the novel), but less extensive. Of course, it's infinately more likely that we will be wiped out due to infighting over the scant available resources. The Chimera have been terraforming (not the right word, thanks to etymology reasons, but still...) Earth, so a large part of the planet would be covered in ice and therefore unsuitable for agriculture. We would likely turn to cannibalism, since there is no other available source of protein; the Chimeran meat is infected, and it's been implied that the Chimera have killed off all other livestock. Humanity was screwed once the Chimera won. If there is a second invasion, it'd be over in seconds (Yay pun!) thanks to the few humans left. Humanity, and Earth itself, won't be able to get its s--t together enough to survive. We'll have to settle for being a long and bloody conquest in whatever history recordings the Chimera keep.