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=== ''PALISADE'' ===
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The stellar combustor that appears in ''[[PALISADE]]'' takes the form of a twirling, three-ringed space station that rotates around [[Palisade (planet)|Palisade]]'s sun.<ref name=":1">[[PALISADE 22: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 1]]</ref>
The stellar combustor that appears in ''[[PALISADE]]'' takes the form of a twirling, three-ringed space station orbiting [[Palisade (planet)|Palisade]]'s sun.<ref name=":1">[[PALISADE 22: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 1]]</ref>


Stargraves are military officials assigned by the Principality to the control and potential detonation of stellar combustors. [[Stargrave Elcessor]], the leader of the Principality's occupation of [[Palisade (planet)|Palisade]], is one such official: she has the ability to detonate its star should the planet be declared an "existential threat to the Principality".<ref>[[PALISADE 03: Today Is a Monday]]</ref>  
Stargraves are military officials assigned by the [[Divine Principality]] to the control and potential detonation of stellar combustors. [[Stargrave Elcessor]], the leader of the Principality's occupation of [[Palisade (planet)|Palisade]], is one such official: she has the ability to detonate its stellar combustor should the planet be declared an "existential threat to the Principality".<ref>[[PALISADE 03: Today Is a Monday]]</ref>  


Following [[the Authority]]'s discovery of the six factions comprising [[the Cause]], Elcessor arms her stellar combustor and threatens to blow up the Palisade system and [[Dossier (PALISADE)#Additional Notes|the 23 star systems nearest it]], unless the leaders of each faction surrender themselves to the [[Bilateral Intercession]] immediately. In response, [[Kalvin Brnine]], [[Phrygian]], and their crew member [[Routine Rennari]] go rogue and embark on a stealth mission with the aim of deactivating the stellar combustor and saving trillions of lives.<ref name=":1" />
Following [[the Authority]]'s uncovering of the six factions comprising [[the Cause]], Elcessor arms her stellar combustor and threatens to blow up the Palisade system and [[Dossier (PALISADE)#Additional Notes|the 23 star systems nearest it]] unless the leaders of each faction surrender themselves to the [[Bilateral Intercession]] immediately. In response, [[Kalvin Brnine]], [[Phrygian]], and their crew member [[Routine Rennari]] go rogue and embark on a stealth mission with the aim of deactivating the stellar combustor and saving trillions of lives.<ref name=":1" />


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Revision as of 11:25, 28 August 2023

A stellar combustor is a kind of bomb. They can be deployed in or near stars to cause massive explosions, potentially chain-reacting through other stars to cause incalculable destruction.

History and Use

COUNTER/Weight

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Both known uses of stellar combustors were against Rigour. Both attempts were, ultimately, failures.[1] The first use of a stellar combustor was when those fleeing Rigour detonated the combustors behind them in an attempt to keep the divine from following. This was partially successful, as it propelled their people farther into the Milky Way galaxy, though it destroyed many star systems in between. Rigour was, however, not stopped entirely, and generations later it would find its way to what had become the Autonomous Diaspora.[1]

The Autonomous Diaspora would again use stellar combustors, this time in an attempt to destroy Rigour entirely. The bomb was delivered in a suicide mission by the crew of the Wayfarer True, a group of Old Earth cultists. The ensuing explosions killed hundreds of billions, destroying many populated worlds.[2] This was ultimately only a temporary solution, as Rigour was not destroyed but simply shot across the galaxy to eventually land in the Golden Branch star system, where it remained dormant for centuries. Notably, the divine Independence was present in the Diaspora at the time of detonation, and witnessed the effects of the combustors.[1]

Twilight Mirage

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The Rapid Evening equips its Satellite observers with stellar combustors, to be deployed by Primaries against the threats they are monitoring if deemed necessary. The stellar combustor attached to Gray Gloaming's post is scuttled by Demani Dusk as part of their resignation from the Rapid Evening, despite the emergence of "Annihilation-Class" threats.[3] Similarly, Andara Aurora either refused or failed to use their stellar combustor against Independence when it passed through Benthos; although Independence was dangerous, destroying it with the bomb would have killed everyone else in the system.[4]

The Rapid Evening threatened to use a "limited range" stellar combustor during "Futura Free", which would have destroyed Volition as well as the rest of the Quire system.[5][6]

PALISADE

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The stellar combustor that appears in PALISADE takes the form of a twirling, three-ringed space station orbiting Palisade's sun.[7]

Stargraves are military officials assigned by the Divine Principality to the control and potential detonation of stellar combustors. Stargrave Elcessor, the leader of the Principality's occupation of Palisade, is one such official: she has the ability to detonate its stellar combustor should the planet be declared an "existential threat to the Principality".[8]

Following the Authority's uncovering of the six factions comprising the Cause, Elcessor arms her stellar combustor and threatens to blow up the Palisade system and the 23 star systems nearest it unless the leaders of each faction surrender themselves to the Bilateral Intercession immediately. In response, Kalvin Brnine, Phrygian, and their crew member Routine Rennari go rogue and embark on a stealth mission with the aim of deactivating the stellar combustor and saving trillions of lives.[7]

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