Re: [Epic] Nukes in Epic universe

From: <oki_at_...>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 14:31:52 +0800

At 12:37 AM 1/16/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I had an odd question that I thought that I would post to the list.
>Both 40K and Epic exclude mention or use of nuclear weapons or other
>mass-destruction weapons (with the exception of Exterminatus). This
>makes sense on 40K's scale :) but what about Epic? If I had a large
>spaceship in orbit and detected an incoming armored column, I'd want to
>call in a nuclear strike. To quote Ripley, "I say we take off and nuke
>the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." So, why isn't
>this a part of Epic? There's the easy answer of "It would make the
>game boring", but Dirtside II apparently does it.

How do they do it ? I mean, a nuke (even a small one) will have a blast
radius (fireball effect, heat effect, radiation effect) of kilometres. I
doubt that Epic battles are fought over kilometres, maybe if we have 200 000
points :) And imagine a blast radius (super barrage template) of 100-200 cm
(min) with -10 modifier (only the Imperator would stand a chance). And not
to mention the EM wave which will short out all your electrical equipment.

Comparison against Titans fusion generator meltdown would not be a good one
- after all a nuke is meant to cause humongous damage, whereas the fusion
generator is meant more for generating energy. Just compare Chernobyl
disaster against Hiroshima explosion.

Regards
Oki
Received on Thu Jan 16 1997 - 06:31:52 UTC