- PLUT0NIUM 235
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- Honorable Member
NOVA bombs are powerful, but they aren't 'planet destroyers' as such, sure they'll render the planet inhabitable but they won't do much to the actual planet. also they aren't anything to do with the forerunner, they are probably something like a three-stage nuclear weapon, where the nine nukes act as the first and second stage (fission - fusion) which is used to set of an almighty huge third fusion or fission stage. look up the tsar bomb, boosted fission weapons, etc. and you'll see what i mean, just on a much bigger scale. also the NOVA was a prototype, so there was only one as far as i have read.
NOVA bombs could have been game changers potentially, but simply up-arming their ships with many many more nukes would have changed the playing field as well, UNSC Everest had something like 105 shiva missiles, thats potentially a small covenant fleet right there, for that one cruiser.