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A call to arms against the True Slavers of New Eden
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Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#61 - 2012-12-22 18:40:35 UTC
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Natalcya Katla wrote:
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
I know that living in nullsec means I miss some things that go on with the lesser pilots and their squabbles, but when were three regions glassed?

In YC 37.


Uh-huh. Which regions?


Stain. Esoteria. Paragon Soul.

Pay attention.


See, I've been to those regions, and I've seen some vibrant planets. There is no way they were glassed. Glassing a planet refers to trinitite, a glass that is formed in the aftermath of a nuclear detonation. It also infers that the whole of the planet has been rendered uninhabitable by such an action. Simple bombardment, which is what occurred in YC37 was not glassing. No planet has ever been glassed. Not even Starkman Prime, which, while bombarded heavily, was not subject to total nuclear destruction.

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.
Katrina Oniseki
Oniseki-Raata Internal Watch
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#62 - 2012-12-22 19:08:03 UTC
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Tiberious Thessalonia wrote:
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Natalcya Katla wrote:
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
I know that living in nullsec means I miss some things that go on with the lesser pilots and their squabbles, but when were three regions glassed?

In YC 37.


Uh-huh. Which regions?


Stain. Esoteria. Paragon Soul.

Pay attention.


See, I've been to those regions, and I've seen some vibrant planets. There is no way they were glassed. Glassing a planet refers to trinitite, a glass that is formed in the aftermath of a nuclear detonation. It also infers that the whole of the planet has been rendered uninhabitable by such an action. Simple bombardment, which is what occurred in YC37 was not glassing. No planet has ever been glassed. Not even Starkman Prime, which, while bombarded heavily, was not subject to total nuclear destruction.


Worth noting that nuclear weapons are by far not the only way to glass a planet.

Katrina Oniseki
Diana Kim
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#63 - 2012-12-22 19:14:43 UTC
Indeed, you just need high enough temperature, that can be achieved, for example, by energy weapons.

Honored are the dead, for their legacy guides us.

In memory of Tibus Heth, Caldari State Executor YC110-115, Hero and Patriot.
Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#64 - 2012-12-22 19:32:54 UTC
Both of you are correct. However, thermonuclear weapons are by far the most efficient. High energy weapons are subject to thermal bloom as they pass through the atmosphere and will not glass a large area, rather only a small point where the weapon hits.

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.
Katrina Oniseki
Oniseki-Raata Internal Watch
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#65 - 2012-12-23 00:03:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Katrina Oniseki
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Both of you are correct. However, thermonuclear weapons are by far the most efficient. High energy weapons are subject to thermal bloom as they pass through the atmosphere and will not glass a large area, rather only a small point where the weapon hits.


Actually, no.

Matter-Antimatter annihilation weapons are much much more efficient than relatively primitive nuclear fission or fusion.

Katrina Oniseki
Alizabeth Vea
Doomheim
#66 - 2012-12-23 00:09:01 UTC
Katrina Oniseki wrote:
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Both of you are correct. However, thermonuclear weapons are by far the most efficient. High energy weapons are subject to thermal bloom as they pass through the atmosphere and will not glass a large area, rather only a small point where the weapon hits.


Actually, no.

Matter-Antimatter annihilation weapons are much much more efficient than relatively primitive nuclear fission or fusion.


I feel rather stupid for forgetting that. I blame the inordinate amount of alcohol I have had today. All of it sweet and fruity with little umbrellas in the glass.

Retainer of Lady Newelle and House Sarum.

"Those who step into the light shall be redeemed, the sins of their past cleansed, so that they may know salvation." -Empress Jamyl Sarum I

Virtue. Valor. Victory.
Katrina Oniseki
Oniseki-Raata Internal Watch
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#67 - 2012-12-23 00:10:18 UTC
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Katrina Oniseki wrote:
Alizabeth Vea wrote:
Both of you are correct. However, thermonuclear weapons are by far the most efficient. High energy weapons are subject to thermal bloom as they pass through the atmosphere and will not glass a large area, rather only a small point where the weapon hits.


Actually, no.

Matter-Antimatter annihilation weapons are much much more efficient than relatively primitive nuclear fission or fusion.


I feel rather stupid for forgetting that. I blame the inordinate amount of alcohol I have had today. All of it sweet and fruity with little umbrellas in the glass.


It's okay. Take some time and snacks to get it out of your system.

Katrina Oniseki