General R&D
Devastator Torpedothis weapon was developed during the last years of the Galactic Civil War by the Empire. Rolf Treidum and his fleet of ships patrolling the Kathol Outback used one of these weapons on the planet Danoor, after Waric Nane failed to keep the FarStar and her crew on the planet. The torpedo was launched at the planet, and created a blast radius of about 5 kilometers. Everything within the blast was obliterated. The only drawback to the use of the devastator torpedo is that its launching system takes several minutes to recharge between shots.
Comments
#12 3:32am 30/10/03
[quote]Since it was only used against a planet, what say it be invalid against ships? eg: have no effect against shielded ships? [/quote]
That is the only way I am going to approve it. And what kind of damage could this do against a Planetary Shield?
#11 10:46pm 29/10/03
yup, bad on you for R&D'ing something that already exists...
#10 5:21am 29/10/03
I have the Devestator Missile.
#9 4:47am 29/10/03
It sounds like an ICBM, only space-based... it would be easily shot down by a device like the Phalanx, and with moderate difficulty by a laser cannon gunner with a good eye.
I would also say one post to load, one to fire, since it would be a major device in ground engagements.
#8 10:55pm 28/10/03
Id say it would have an effect on ships, but thing is odds are this is a pretty large missle to have to be loaded in 7 min, so my guess is it would be pretty easy to shoot down...
#7 10:42pm 28/10/03
Ok, so this is like a nuke, but without the fallout. Mmm, fallout... *cough*
Since it was only used against a planet, what say it be invalid against ships? eg: have no effect against shielded ships?
#6 9:53pm 28/10/03
considering its power and reload rate, Id say its pretty fair myself...
A death star requires 2 posts to fire....
this requires about 7, at the most....
#5 5:40pm 28/10/03
Nifty nifty noo.
#4 9:53am 28/10/03
yup, for TNO only...
#3 9:30am 28/10/03
I'd assume this as an Imp only tech.
#2 10:43pm 27/10/03
all I found on the matter...
Danoor
this planet, located in the Nah'Malis System of the Kathol Outback, was colonized about 100 years before the Battle of Endor. The colonists were scientists who wanted to dedicate their research to studying the Kathol Rift. When word reached other planets in Kathol Sector of Danoor's natural beauty and resources, other groups established settlements there as well. Shortly before Emperor Palpatine created the New Order, a stray asteroid from the Duhrib Belt smashed into Danoor, killing much of its native population and destroying large areas of the settlements. Contact with Danoor was cut off for several years, as the Empire left the world to itself. Danoor is a temperate world of varying topography. Its day lasts 25 standard hours, and its year lasts 201 local days. The planet was ruled by a group of Ministers, each of which represented about half a million residents. It was the Minsters, searching for a way to pay for its operations, who invited many corporations to establish branches on Danoor. However, many of the Ministers made concessions in order to draw corporate leaders to Danoor, and so the corporations have an incredible amount of political sway. After Rolf Treidum and the Lialic II attacked the FarStar near Danoor, he then launched a devastator torpedo at the planet. Following the destruction of a huge area of the planet, the Ministers of Danoor told the New Republic to stay away and not bring any more war and destruction to their world.
#1 10:12pm 27/10/03
"Everything within the blast was obliterated."
Obliterated as in, a 5km radius of solid rock was liquified, or just life on the surface was burnt away?