Timeline for Is there a way to create a bomb to destroy a star?
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| Mar 7, 2017 at 14:09 | comment | added | frarugi87 | I know, I know, necroposting bla bla... Anyway this reminded me this xkcd what-if: use the star power to destroy a planet | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 21:57 | comment | added | Erty Seidohl | That is to say that I love @Mego's answer and just wanted to add on to it for non-Dyson-Sphere capable civs :) | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 21:56 | comment | added | Erty Seidohl | True! But it also requires you to be a Kardashev Level II civilization. If you're unable to build a Dyson sphere (and quickly!), tug-boating a moon into place is a pretty good way to kill a planet fast. | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 21:47 | comment | added | user14624 | @Erty The Dyson sphere approach has the additional benefit of getting all the star's energy for yourself. It hurts your enemy, and greatly benefits you. Any remnants living on ships/stations that didn't die from the star effectively going out won't be in a position to fight back. | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 21:43 | comment | added | Erty Seidohl | Fair enough! I guess to counter that I would say that you should just defend the object really well. If you play it right you could freeze their planet and destroy their fleet. | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 20:25 | comment | added | Marsh | @Erty The down side of such an approach is that a smaller object would be easier for the target civilization to remove or destroy. Or worse, they could repurpose it to their benefit, such as a giant solar collector to power local interstellar travel. | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 19:00 | comment | added | Erty Seidohl | To do this on a budget, just position an opaque object between the sun and their planet to achieve the same effect at much less of the cost. i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--nclxN-mG--/… | |
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| Feb 17, 2016 at 6:48 | history | answered | user14624 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
