Doomsday Weapons

Doomsday Weapons (the article) deals with world-ending weapons and their adventure possibilities, and can form the basis for a rousing space-opera tale, or even a campaign.
== In the Article ==
* The System Silencer
* The System Shell
* The Infinite Mines
* The Madness Bomb
== Other Examples ==
=== Invasive Species ===
Some creatures and entities represent world-tier threats if they even land on an Earthlike planet. Insectoids can reproduce rapidly and cut through walls, Metamorphic Invaders and Blobs endlessly absorb biomass. These overwhelming forces should be showcased as a macro-scale bioweapon.
=== The Golden Ticket ===
Sometimes the McGuffin isn't a weapon at all, it's the danger of a single, powerful wish coming true. The Golden Ticket scenario is for more reality-bending, supernatural stories. Is the Cabal trying to open a gateway to countless gargoyles? Is the Cult of Apophis working to summon the Lord Beneath the Ice? This is a Golden Ticket story.
==Some Sci-Fi Examples==
Weapon 	Reference 	Description
Alien/primative pathogen 	Andromeda Strain (novel) 	While not exactly a weapon per say it shows that a War of the Worlds like ending is possible even if it was unintentional.
Alpha-Omega Bomb 	Beneath the Planet of the Apes 	Nuclear bomb with cobalt casing, will ignite atmosphere if detonated.This seems to be based on Edward Teller's early (and proven to be wrong) 1942 calculations that a nuclear bomb could ignite the atmosphere The 1945 paper "Ignition of the Atmosphere With Nuclear Bombs" which stated "It is shown that, whatever the temperature to which a section of the atmosphere may be heated, no self-propagating chain of nuclear reactions is likely to be started. The energy losses to radiation always overcompensate the gains due to the reactions."
Death Star 	Star Wars 	Based on the EU material this was powered by atomic energy. Has an intentional design flaw that that allows it to be blown up with one well placed shot.
Federation/Empire Starship	"A Taste of Armageddon"; "Mirror, Mirror"; "Obsession" Star Trek	Even the benevolent Federation had a General Order 24 (destroy all life on an entire planet) so of course the Empire had one. The methods were phasers, photon torpedos, and small amounts anti-matter( the later if you just wanted to blow off the planet's atmosphere)
Planet Killer 	"Doomsday Machine" Star Trek 	consumes planets for fuel breaking them up into rubble using an antiproton beam. Has a hull made out of neutronium. Can be rendered internt by a 7.835 megaton blast from inside it.
Relativistic Missle/Ship 	Real world physics 	There is no such thing as an unarmed spaceship. Per F=my*a 
with y=1/(1-\sqrt{v^2-c^2})any spaceship can become a deadly relativistic missile even at speeds of only 1/10 the speed of light.
Unknown Bioweapon 	I am Legend (novel) and all derivatives 	A bioweapon gets loose and ravages the human population. One man is immune and others have been changed.
==Notes==
==References==
*Pyramid 3/9: Space Opera
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