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7/28/2012 12:47:33 PM
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What Would Occur if a Super MAC Fired into the Planet?
Okay, we had the scene at the end of ONI: Sword Base, but that was likely a low-power shot.
If I recall correctly, a super MAC has a yield in the gigatons, though it may have been retconned. That's more than a hundred times the energy of the Tsar Bomba, which was already unimaginably powerful. I'm guessing it could potentially be more effective at glassing a planet than the covenant energy projectors, and possibly even causing earthquakes and tectonic disturbances(I am not a geologist).
[Edited on 07.28.2012 5:52 AM PDT]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] cameo_cream Look at the physics behind them. They would blow up the planet.[/quote] Nope, not even if they all fired at the same time. Not even close. In fact, 51.6 Gigatons of TNT=Around 2x10^20 Joules of energy per shot. 300 SMACs firing at once=6x10^22 Joules. Energy required to raise the temperature of water by 1C=10^24 Joules. So really, destroying a planet requires the planet to physically break apart beyond all gravitational control, resulting in significant thermal energy release. Really, if the energy was evenly distributed, it wouldn't even raise the average temperature of water by 1C. Hell, I believe the 65 million years ago Asteroid Impact is way more powerful than all the SMACs combined. It came at 96,000 Gigatons. 50x300 Gigatons is 1500 Gigatons. Nowhere near. [Edited on 07.30.2012 2:15 AM PDT]
