A thought on killing planets

[Str8_Gain]

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Originally posted by apache:
With enough resources and raw power, any area can be terraformed to liveable conditions, especially if a dome can be constructed.

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Mabye a new planet modification facility for cleaning up fallout? Better yet, if you've got the Temporal tech tree, an enhanced Version that works much quicker (make it like Planet Utilization levels 10,11, and 12, with some level of Temporal Technology). You'd have to stay in the domes while the cleanup takes place, even if the atmosphere is breathable by your race (minus radioactive particles and other nasty stuff). This way, you can incinerate a planet if that's your style, but it costs a LOT in terms of research (to get the tech), time and resources to build these facilities, so it'd tend to discourage nuking planets to glass early on in the game.

[Spoo]

I'm thinking that maybe a planet itself should have hitpoints (perhaps hidden from the player) that are reduced everytime the planet is fired on. Then, after being glassed say 2 or 3 times, the planet will have sustained substansial damage and break-up (or explode, destroying the attcking ships). This value could be random and generally larger for huge worlds than tiny ones. It will also serve to create a deterent to attacking valuable worlds (unless you are of the philosophy, "If I can't have it, no one can!!").

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Assume you have a 1kg squirrel
E=mc^2
E=1kg(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
Fear the squirrel.

[Tomgs]

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Originally posted by Spoo:
(unless you are of the philosophy, "If I can't have it, no one can!!").

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You mean there is another philosophy?

I do think this is a good idea I think planets should have a chance to explode when the attack is carried out in that manner. You get a message: The crust of planet XXX was cracked by your latest attack and the molten core has broken through causing complete distruction of the planet and surrounding area. Your attacking fleet has been lost.

Then too you could try to make a self-destruct facility for planets . Only used by complete zenophobes that think that if an outsider gets to their planet it is unclean and must be cleansed with fire.

[This message has been edited by Tomgs (edited 30 January 2001).]

[Spoo]

"Planetary destruct initiated..." So good.

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Assume you have a 1kg squirrel
E=mc^2
E=1kg(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
Fear the squirrel.