An alien species imposes an embargo on the energy resource humanity depends on for interstellar travel, forcing civilization to find alternatives or capitulate, testing resilience to supply-chain shocks at civilizational scale.
Analogous to OPEC oil embargoes, rare earth mineral dependencies, and any scenario where a single critical resource is controlled by a hostile or indifferent foreign power.
Domains: Energy and PhysicsEconomics and Resource AllocationFirst Contact and Alien Civilizations
Scenario Types: Warning / Self-preventing prophecyPrediction / Extrapolation
Outcomes: CautionaryTransformative
Tags: resource-embargoenergy-dependencesupply-chainalien-conflict