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I have come across a weapon by The Killing Star, which is called the Absorbic Bomb. Apparently, it reverses the formula E = mc^2, of how matter is converted to energy during standard nuclear blast...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

So it seems that the Nuclear Handgun, Powergun and Absorbic Bomb have all been busted, but this one might be more interesting, Larry Niven's Wunderland Treatymaker. Description of how the weapon (...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

So the Plasma Cannon proved to be a bust, now to the next weapon, what which is commonly associated with 'Exterminatus', the Atmospheric Incineration Torpedo. This bomb is far more powerful than a...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

In multiple sci-fi, Degenerate Matter is often used for a myriad of applications. Degenerate Matter consists of Neutronium, Quarkonium and other matter coming from dense stars. They have high stren...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

I came across this interesting weapon by H.G. Wells, from his novel, The World Set Free, about a special type of atomic bomb that will explode indefinitely. Here is a description on Wikipedia: ...

7 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

I was looking for special missiles that do more than just explode or release radiation, thus I looked at some of the harder Warhammer 40k weapons, until I came across the Hellfire Missile. To desc...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

As far as it is known, Relativistic Kill Vehicles are a common weapon in science fiction and are rendered as powerful as nukes just due to their kinetic energy alone, a finite mass being propelled ...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

So, I have been a bit disappointed with the answers on how to store degenerate matter from my previous thread, and now I'm even wondering whether one can produce it at all, without invoking unreali...

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In most future sci-fi settings, it is apparent that laser weapons (or as Star Wars likes to call it, blasters) and energy weapons in general would have replaced most standard ballistics for main in...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

A common weapon in science fiction is the Molecular Disrupting Beam, which disintegrates anything caught by the beam into basic atoms and molecules with no wound or gash, more as if a portion of th...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

The Dyson Swarm is common in sci fi as an energy source, and sometimes also as a powerful weapon. As it is commonly understood, it harnesses the energy of the sun, which stores a vast amount of ene...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

I came across the design of a nuclear pistol from a deviantart artist, shown here: I want to know if this can actually be built. My additions: The "egg" needs not be uranium, which has a huge ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

I have seen many people discuss in this community on how a plasma gun ought to be made. But only a few mention the Powergun from the Hammerverse. I ask if this design will work. Can the bullets ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

I have seen a variety of outer space megastructures across sci-fi and the minds of most astrologists, such as Bishop Rings, O'Neill Cylinders, Bernal Spheres, and much more. What most of these inte...

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