Project STORM AXIS

was one of several last ditch weapons developed, and used in desperation by the UNSC in the closing days of the Great War. STORM AXIS was relatively simple, fitting high-thrust commercial nuclear thrusters to asteroids and throwing them at Covenant fleet elements, or Covenant settlements. At times considered by a tactical weapon in naval combat, and a vengeance weapon for use in the event that Earth fell, it performed with mixed results. However, considering how cheap these weapons were to build a field, in comparison to a warship, they continued to see use after the war as a strategic asset.