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7/17/2025, 10:43:48 AM
>>531565880
>the fuck is this plasma beam shit
Glassing.
The term glassing, more formally known as plasma bombardment, is used to refer to the act by which the Covenant's ships bombard a planet from orbit by using heavy plasma weaponry. Human colonies destroyed by this process would come to be referred to as the "glasslands". Multiple worlds have fallen with this fate.
The alternate way to use this doctrine is for a last-ditch method or the best effective way to deal with a more dangerous threat such as The Flood. Due to imminent action required and should the Flood spread out of control, glassing is the only viable option.
The Covenant has been known to utilize two methods of glassing.
Orbital bombardment
Low-altitude bombardment
The impact of the plasma lance is similar to that of a nuclear detonation, though on a much different scale. When the plasma bolt impacts the surface, the magnetic field sustaining and guiding the plasma collapses, and, depending on how powerful the release of energy is, the initial zone of impact is obliterated instantly. The areas outside of the initial impact zone are affected by the heat wave generated by the blast; depending on the range, those closest outside of the blast zone are instantly killed by the intense heat. The topsoil in the impact zone and other surface geology become molten and are converted into a mineral called lechatelierite, which is similar to glass. The surrounding areas are blasted with intense heat and are burned. The blast is accompanied by intense radiation, measured in tens of millions of roentgens.
Subsequently, the atmosphere is saturated with millions of tons of ash, debris, and soot that are thrown up from the initial impact, blocking sunlight and dramatically lowering the amount of sunlight reaching the planets surface, subjecting it to an impact winter. As the ground zero area cools, the surface is covered by extensive areas of molten soil.
>the fuck is this plasma beam shit
Glassing.
The term glassing, more formally known as plasma bombardment, is used to refer to the act by which the Covenant's ships bombard a planet from orbit by using heavy plasma weaponry. Human colonies destroyed by this process would come to be referred to as the "glasslands". Multiple worlds have fallen with this fate.
The alternate way to use this doctrine is for a last-ditch method or the best effective way to deal with a more dangerous threat such as The Flood. Due to imminent action required and should the Flood spread out of control, glassing is the only viable option.
The Covenant has been known to utilize two methods of glassing.
Orbital bombardment
Low-altitude bombardment
The impact of the plasma lance is similar to that of a nuclear detonation, though on a much different scale. When the plasma bolt impacts the surface, the magnetic field sustaining and guiding the plasma collapses, and, depending on how powerful the release of energy is, the initial zone of impact is obliterated instantly. The areas outside of the initial impact zone are affected by the heat wave generated by the blast; depending on the range, those closest outside of the blast zone are instantly killed by the intense heat. The topsoil in the impact zone and other surface geology become molten and are converted into a mineral called lechatelierite, which is similar to glass. The surrounding areas are blasted with intense heat and are burned. The blast is accompanied by intense radiation, measured in tens of millions of roentgens.
Subsequently, the atmosphere is saturated with millions of tons of ash, debris, and soot that are thrown up from the initial impact, blocking sunlight and dramatically lowering the amount of sunlight reaching the planets surface, subjecting it to an impact winter. As the ground zero area cools, the surface is covered by extensive areas of molten soil.
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