Weapon of coice for glassing a homeworld?

[Phoenix-D]

"There should be a difference between weapons which can destroy ships/bases with even thousands of ADUs, and weapons which can destroy planetary surfaces, with what? billions? trillions? of ADUs."

Why? These ships are heavily armored and shielded; planetary populations are *not*. The weapons in SE4 aren't exactly all featherweights either. CSM- nuclear warhead. Presumable a LARGE nuclear warhead. Anti-Proton Beam- When antimatter hits matter, e=mc^2; the beam might not even reach the ground, but it's going to do nasty things even before it gets there. Wave Motion Gun- directed fusion bomb essentially. Take all the power of a fusion bomb. Now point it at ONE point instead of speading out.

We aren't talking about destroying the planet, just killing off the population that lives there. Weapons that are designed to take out large warships will certainly take out cities. The biggest issue would be killing more spread out populations.

Phoenix-D