Planet cracker - Page 4

JHDude · 08-04-2010, 01:53 PM

Been a while since I last posted, but I've got a new thought problem for you guys.

I'm transcribing a TL12^ race into GURPS, and I'm trying to figure out the damage that their main planet-destroying weapon does. It's a spinally mounted conversion beam (as per ultra-tech), and it takes 4 of them constantly firing for 15 minutes to detonate an earth-sized planet (the beams tunnel through the planet and detonate the core).

So what I'd like to know is:
-How many dice of damage per second does this beam produce?
-How much energy will this beam consume?

Explanations using math and/or physics is welcome.
Thanks in advance!

08-04-2010, 01:53 PM	#1
JHDude Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: USA	Planet cracker Been a while since I last posted, but I've got a new thought problem for you guys. I'm transcribing a TL12^ race into GURPS, and I'm trying to figure out the damage that their main planet-destroying weapon does. It's a spinally mounted conversion beam (as per ultra-tech), and it takes 4 of them constantly firing for 15 minutes to detonate an earth-sized planet (the beams tunnel through the planet and detonate the core). So what I'd like to know is: -How many dice of damage per second does this beam produce? -How much energy will this beam consume? Explanations using math and/or physics is welcome. Thanks in advance!