Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:57 am
glassing planets doesn't necessarily have to mean glassing the entire planet, what if said ship fires missiles into critical areas, like population centres, ore mines(explosive probably), forests, or the like, then said ship would be able to use the planet to deprive it of resources, virtually the same as using heat(lasers or plasma) to manually glass the planet piece by piece.
Furthermore, I think that a few stray autocannon shots or something like a HVM or normal missile could do the same thing as a glassing by laser, as they get accelerated by the planets gravity pull, and that alone probably causes a huge impact crater, not to mention damage, dust, etc.
Furthermore, I think that a few stray autocannon shots or something like a HVM or normal missile could do the same thing as a glassing by laser, as they get accelerated by the planets gravity pull, and that alone probably causes a huge impact crater, not to mention damage, dust, etc.