Nova bomb (Andromeda)
The Nova bomb is a type of weapon that features in the tv show Andromeda.
History
Despite possessing such weapons, it was known that the Systems Commonwealth never made use of such devices. High Guard ships of the line such as Glorious Heritage class heavy cruisers were capable of carrying upto forty such bombs. (Episode: An Affirming Flame) In the final days of the Commonwealth, the Andromeda Ascendant was ambushed by the Nietzscheans who went into a full scale uprising starting with forces from the Hephaistus system. The ships first officer Gaheris Rhade suggested to Captain Dylan Hunt to use Nova Bombs but he rejected his proposal. (Episode: Under the Night) During the fall of the Commonwealth, the High Guard personnel of Guard Station GS-92196 managed to gather at least twenty four warheads which they placed on Slipfighters. The commanding officer of the station later informed the crews children to wait until the High Guard returned and entrusted the safekeeping of the warheads to their descendants. (Episode: To Loose the Fateful Lightning)
When the Andromeda Ascendant was trapped for three hundred years in the effects of a black hole, Captain Hunt authorized nova deployment of forty Nova Bombs which reversed the singularity into a white hole. (Episode: An Affirming Flame) At least a further 24 Nova bombs were placed on Type 2 Arc Glide Slipfighters that remained in a hanger at Guard Station GS-92196 but the descendants of the original crew were unable to access them as they lacked the passwords to gain enter the hanger. When Captain Hunt arrived, the children gained access to the warheads and used one of them to destroy the Dyhedra system thus eliminating the entire Magog nest there. They further intended to use the Slipfighters to deploy Nova bombs in over two dozen systems used by the neighboring Nietzschean and Magog in order to eliminate their foes. (Episode: To Loose the Fateful Lightning)
Background
Constructed through a radioactive compound known as Voltarium that was hazardrous for Human health during prolonged exposure. (Episode: To Loose the Fateful Lightning) Weapons of mass destruction, Nova Bombs were considered strategic weapons only that were to be used in the most desperate of circumstances. (Episode: Under the Night) These weapons only possessed a singular purpose which was complete destruction and it was stated that was there only purpose. The sheer power of these weapons meant that the deployment of forty such bombs against a black hole was capable of reversing its effect and turning it into a white hole which was a miniature Big Bang. (Episode: An Affirming Flame)
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