Planet Carver

The Planet Carvers were originally designed as non-military tools, intended to help with heavy duty mining operations. Using many of the same technologies as the Orbital Laser, the Carvers add into the mixture a fusion reactor which triggers a short-lived nuclear blast, whose energy is then focused down to the surface. The result, however, was deemed too destructive for civilian purposes, as many times the residual heat of the blast damaged beyond repair any machinery within a 50-mile radius around the target. Of course, this was good news for military commanders who requisitioned the technology and soon turned it into their most destructive weapon.
The Planet Carver is the next evolution of the Orbital Laser. Originally conceived as an air-to-surface mining tool, it was quickly co-opted by the military industrial complex and modified for use in orbital assault. As the Planet Carver was originally designed to bore through a planet’s crust, it is capable of delivering a much greater blast than the Orbital Laser and has only been estimated. The exact measurement of the Planet Carver’s strength is unverifiable, as all attempts at measurement have been incinerated in the blast.
Category:Beyond Earth
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