The Visitor

The Visitor is a large extraterrestrial spacecraft occupying Earth orbit and regularly circumnavigating the globe. After its arrival in 2017, the Visitor destroyed electrical power around the world and caused the rapid decline and self-desctuction of human civilization.

Description

[[File:Visitor-photo-01.jpg |250px|thumb|right|Only known photograph of the Visitor, taken by mechanical camera in 2017. Grainy reproductions were distributed widely and are valued by cultists.]] The alien vessel known as the Visitor is a large triangular-shaped craft approximately 93 miles wide and six miles tall. It appears to be made from a dull, dark-grey metal. There are no visible windows, joins, centers of control, communication arrays, or means of propulsion. The Visitor orbits at the lower edge of the mesosphere, about 31 miles above Earth. It takes three days to circle the world, generally moving from North America down to Africa and then back up again through Asia in a steady pattern. As it orbits, the Visitor emits strange energies that interfere with the operation of electronics. Anything with wires will be shorted out when the Visitor gets within 5,000 miles. Even simple flashlights fail when the Visitor comes back into range. It is also believed the energies emitted by the Visitor affect local weather patterns as the arrival of the Visitor is usually preceded and followed by severe thunderstorms.