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== Description ([[Specifications]]) == | == Description ([[Specifications]]) == | ||
| − | As the name implies, this refers to devices able to destroy [[planet]]s. Even at [[TL 15]], such a device is not practical, though it primarily appears to be an issue of maximum achievable scale. | + | As the name implies, this refers to devices able to destroy [[planet]]s. Even at [[TL-15]], such a device is not practical, though it primarily appears to be an issue of maximum achievable scale. |
| − | There have been many design studies around weapons to either "detonate" a planetary core, or slowly ablate a planet away. Many of them have concluded that, if (as is often the case) the objective is to merely ruin a planet's biosphere or annihilate all [[ | + | There have been many design studies around weapons to either "detonate" a planetary core, or slowly ablate a planet away. Many of them have concluded that, if (as is often the case) the objective is to merely ruin a planet's biosphere or annihilate all [[sophont]]s on a planet's crust, this is far more readily achievable by other means, which do not qualify as "Planet-busters" because they leave the planet itself mostly intact. |
== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
| − | It is theorized that the [[Ancients]] may have extensively used these devices in the [[Final War]], turning may [[ | + | It is theorized that the [[Ancients]] may have extensively used these devices in the [[Final War]], turning may [[planet]]s into [[planetoid belt]]s. |
=== Technological Overview of Planet-busters === | === Technological Overview of Planet-busters === | ||
Revision as of 18:22, 5 June 2019
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- It is a WMD or Thunderball.
Description (Specifications)
As the name implies, this refers to devices able to destroy planets. Even at TL-15, such a device is not practical, though it primarily appears to be an issue of maximum achievable scale.
There have been many design studies around weapons to either "detonate" a planetary core, or slowly ablate a planet away. Many of them have concluded that, if (as is often the case) the objective is to merely ruin a planet's biosphere or annihilate all sophonts on a planet's crust, this is far more readily achievable by other means, which do not qualify as "Planet-busters" because they leave the planet itself mostly intact.
History & Background (Dossier)
It is theorized that the Ancients may have extensively used these devices in the Final War, turning may planets into planetoid belts.
Technological Overview of Planet-busters
No information yet available.
Technological Stages of Planet-busters
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science
- Author & Contributor: Adrian Tymes