Worst Sci-Fi living environments

[Fast]

So what is the worst science fiction setting to be forced to live in if you were an average citizen living there (no one important, but not a homeless person at the bottom of the social ladder).

This came about after playing some StarCraft and then watching some Star Wars and noting how much longer I'd live/notbeinfested living in the Star Wars world. Is StarCraft one of the worst places to try and survive or are there much worse places out there?

[king arthas]

So what is the worst science fiction setting to be forced to live in if you were an average citizen living there (no one important, but not a homeless person at the bottom of the social ladder).

This came about after playing some StarCraft and then watching some Star Wars and noting how much longer I'd live/notbeinfested living in the Star Wars world. Is StarCraft one of the worst places to try and survive or are there much worse places out there?

Oh Starcraft isn't that bad it just depends where you are. I guess the Imperium from Warhammer 40k would be worse. After that maybe the Interium Coalation of Governance from the Xeelee sequeence. It would also suck to be a random villager/peasant on a Go'uld world. Oh I just thought of the worst one it's I have no mouth and I must scream.

[Deadman25]

our planet during judgement day when skynet takes over. Everywhere destroyed like in terminator salvation.

[StupidMoniker]

There are much worse places out there. The inspiration for StarCraft for one (WH40K). Terminator, the Matrix, Battlestar Galactica, Fallout, pretty much any post-apocalyptic setting is going to be worse than StarCraft, simply because the StarCraft 'verse has whole planets where life is normal.

[mailedbypostman1]

The Mass Effect verse after the Red ending must be unpleasant.

[Cthulhu_of_R'yleh]

The Mass Effect verse after the Red ending must be unpleasant.

Any ending was unpleasant.

[mailedbypostman1]

Any ending was unpleasant.

Red most of all though.

[Cthulhu_of_R'yleh]

Red most of all though.

Definitely.

[Rhyvurg]

5th Element Earth. Piles of garbage in the space port, designated walls to stand against should the cops come to your door, said cops able to spy on you whenever they like, it sounds terrible.

[Cthulhu_of_R'yleh]

New York.

No matter what scenario it's in.. New York usually gets destroyed or attacked or whatever by the bad guys. Being an 'iconic' city does that.

[GrampaGen]

LV-246.

Overcrowded living spaces sitting on a nuclear reactor, hardly any difference between day and night with horrible stormy weather, and the only reason you're there is so you and your family can wander into a hillside full of parasite genital monsters that will make love to your face and impregnate your chest to create horrible bitey creatures with terrible interior decorating sensibilities, grabby hands, and volatile temperaments.

On top of that, there's the seventeen day response time in case anything goes wrong out there.

[Sharpandpointies]

SLA Industries.

Living on the planet of the RPG....

The average person toils all day and most of the night for SLA Industries for a salary meagre enough to afford them a shoebox apartment and food (they get entertainment for free, but it's all propaganda). SLA Industries is pretty much run by Satan (they don't say so, but the evidence is all there). Monsters of obscene description roaming the streets...who work for the corporation. The Corporation being able to do anything it wants to do to the people of the world. The world itself being full of vile creatures who don't work for the corporation, and who love to eat people, like rats the size of dogs swarming up from the sewers all the time to drag some down and consume them alive (the least of the problems). The firefights between said creatures, the SLA Security, and the monsters working for SLA Industries, that often catch civilians in the crossfire.

Did I mention the literally constant rain, the horrifying, lung-eating pollution, the filth of the city, and the general atmosphere of mistrust and paranoia?

The lack of green, anywhere (the entire world is one big sickening city) is also a factor.

And there's no way out. None. Because you've signed a contract.

[Omegalith]

Not all of Warhammer 40k is completely awful, there's some rather nice Agriculture Worlds with Genestealer Cults, holiday resort Paradise Worlds for the rich that are fronts for Slaaneshi Cults, or well-appointed colonies on Necron Tomb Worlds.

Eldar Craftworlds are pretty nice when they aren't being perpetually invaded or if you can avoid having your soul merged into a composite warrior-mind formed of everyone who's worn your battlesuit, then getting picked as the blood sacrifice to the God of Murder.

[nervmeister]

Not all of Warhammer 40k is completely awful, there's some rather nice Agriculture Worlds with Genestealer Cults, holiday resort Paradise Worlds for the rich that are fronts for Slaaneshi Cults, or well-appointed colonies on Necron Tomb Worlds.

Eldar Craftworlds are pretty nice when they aren't being perpetually invaded or if you can avoid having your soul merged into a composite warrior-mind formed of everyone who's worn your battlesuit, then getting picked as the blood sacrifice to the God of Murder.

Well, I'm sold. Looks like I'm moving there after all.

[nervmeister]

**double post**