Weapon of coice for glassing a homeworld?

[Claymore 2002]

Hi all,

In early-mid game (low-tech start, high-tech cost) what is/are the weapons of choice for anihilating an opponents home world as quickly as possible.

I am not interested in capturing or saving anything. I want them to cease to exist.

This time, it is personal....

SMB

[sachmo]

Well, I found that two ships with planetary napalm can toast Norakians pretty well early in the game...ouch!

[PDF]

Well, in standard game nearly anything glasses a planet in 1, 2 turns max... This is quite ridiculous but that's it !
Put a pair of "large" bombs on a Lt Cruiser should be largely enough !

[Tenryu]

After you clear the area, just about anything that can whomp on planets works.

The AI is pretty stupid. I was once able to clear a home world early in a game with a single ES mounting a DUC 2 I think. Pretty lame, but you have to ATTACK several times in a row maybe over several turns.

A human player never would have let you get away with that.

[Atrocities]

Custom weapon: Transphasic Torpedo. One shot one kill. Very expesensive though. Only a Base ship can carry one. And one only. Its destroyed after use.

[mac5732]

For just one world any of the aforementioned weapons, for a system a Star Destroyer

just some ideas mac