P Bomb

P Bomb

Aka Parking Lot Bomb, aka Planetary Incendiary Device.

While other civilizations of similar Tech level could have similar weapons, it is the Terrans who have an unprecedented expertise and also willingness to use such weapons, P Bomb describes a class of weapon that is mobile and capable of destroying a planet of at least Earth size.

Freons relied on accelerating Asteroids and using them for orbital bombardment, but Terrans very first own weapon development after the ascent was the Robotic Planet Buster Bomb (RAID Program = Remote Automated Intelligent Destruction) based on Nuclear Fusion Bombs and later Antimatter bombs. Hundreds of bombs were needed per planet to cause crust destruction and actual eruption and destruction of the planet Today the UnUnited Stars Navyand Army) has a variety of Planet destroying weapons, chief among them of course Exa Load Translocator Cannons

PID-Mark 12
When Union Soldiers or Spacers talk about P Bombs they usually refer to the PID- Mark 12. The Planetary Incendiary Device manufactured by Dynamic Systems Inc. is a relative small device (20 x 20 x 8 meters and 45 tons) that starts a nuclear fire chain reaction by igniting common minerals like silicone, carbon. Once an atomic fire is started it accelerates and starts igniting higher elements. No conventional method of firefighting is successful as the fire consumes any material introduced and does not require oxygen (It burns oxygen as well) the result is a burning planet turned into a mini sun. Since there isn’t much material to burn such “ mini suns burn out fast and leave little “Cinder Balls” of dense matter, perfectly smooth like a big parking Lot (hence P Bomb). Force Fields and Energy syphoning can be used to combat and extinguish nuclear fires. Other P Bombs include the

PID Mark 21
(much faster process) able to destroy a planet sized object within 10 minutes

NAVINT PID X2
, a Satchel Charge that can be ignited and start a nuclear fire that will eventually consume the planet.

[[Category:P]]