Kilo loads

Kilo loads

Union Military Term for a 1000 milligrams Anti-Matter Bombs.

180 Terajoules (7732.8 Kilotons of TNT )

Kilo Loads are the most common large caliber Translocator and can be found on all Union Fleet ships of Destroyer size and up.

Note: In enlisted terms: Kilo loads are referred to as Fire-Crackers. When an enlisted speaks of a Kilo-Load, it is a major screw-up caused by an officer. "He caused a Kilo-load of trouble." "That Petharian left a kilo-load in the head."

(Quantities measured in grams will be required to achieve destructive effect comparable with conventional nuclear weapons; one gram of antimatter annihilating with one gram of matter produces 180 terajoules, the equivalent of 42.96 kilotons of TNT (approximately three times the bomb dropped on Hiroshima )