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| − | The Meson Bomb is an experimental demolition warhead developed at the Hideki Institute in [[Vega]]. First devised as a large scale demolition bomb to destroy meteor and asteroid fields, it was first deployed to destroy the [[Knossos]] subspace portal in Gamma Draconis to prevent the Shivans from invading Capella. Up to 17 Meson bombs have been produced so far; three were used to destroy the Knossos subspace portal in Gamma Draconis and 14 more were retrofitted in decommissioned destroyers, [[GTD Bastion]] and [[GTD Nereid]] to collapse the nodes to [[Vega]] and [[Epsilon Pegasi]]. | + | The Meson Bomb is an experimental demolition warhead developed at the Hideki Institute in [[Vega]]. First devised as a large scale demolition bomb to destroy meteor and asteroid fields, it was first deployed to destroy the [[Knossos]] subspace portal in Gamma Draconis to prevent the Shivans from invading Capella. Up to 17 Meson bombs have been produced so far; three were used to destroy the Knossos subspace portal in Gamma Draconis and 14 more were retrofitted in decommissioned destroyers, [[GTD Bastion]] and [[GTD Nereid]] to collapse the nodes to [[Vega]] and [[Epsilon Pegasi]] from [[Capella]]. Its use as a demolition warhead was first demonstrated at the destruction of the Knossos subspace portal, where thereafter Allied Command commissioned its use in the Capella contingency plan for trapping the Shivans in that system. |
| − | The Hideki Institute was named after Hideki Yukawa, a leading Japanese theoretical physicist. | + | It's name refers to the Meson, which is a strongly interacting boson, which is a type of particle with an integer spin, which is a type of element that has a malformed number of neutrons in its nucleus. A Meson bomb's destructive force most likely comes from the separation of the two particles, one normal neutron and an anti-quark that a meson comprises of and the gluons that hold them. This, results in a quasi-fission effect, except releasing less heat energy and more kinetic energy. |
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| + | Its use as a tactical warhead is prohibited by its large size. | ||
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| + | The Hideki Institute was named after Hideki Yukawa, a leading Japanese theoretical physicist that won the Nobel Prize for his thoery on mesons. | ||
Revision as of 11:28, 29 September 2006
The Meson Bomb is an experimental demolition warhead developed at the Hideki Institute in Vega. First devised as a large scale demolition bomb to destroy meteor and asteroid fields, it was first deployed to destroy the Knossos subspace portal in Gamma Draconis to prevent the Shivans from invading Capella. Up to 17 Meson bombs have been produced so far; three were used to destroy the Knossos subspace portal in Gamma Draconis and 14 more were retrofitted in decommissioned destroyers, GTD Bastion and GTD Nereid to collapse the nodes to Vega and Epsilon Pegasi from Capella. Its use as a demolition warhead was first demonstrated at the destruction of the Knossos subspace portal, where thereafter Allied Command commissioned its use in the Capella contingency plan for trapping the Shivans in that system.
It's name refers to the Meson, which is a strongly interacting boson, which is a type of particle with an integer spin, which is a type of element that has a malformed number of neutrons in its nucleus. A Meson bomb's destructive force most likely comes from the separation of the two particles, one normal neutron and an anti-quark that a meson comprises of and the gluons that hold them. This, results in a quasi-fission effect, except releasing less heat energy and more kinetic energy.
Its use as a tactical warhead is prohibited by its large size.
The Hideki Institute was named after Hideki Yukawa, a leading Japanese theoretical physicist that won the Nobel Prize for his thoery on mesons.
