15 Terrifying Planet Destroying Weapons in Fiction

[@austink4712]

Forgot the literal namesake of halo: the Halo array that wiped out all neurological connections in the galaxy. Also, the little doctor from enders game. A beam that suspends molecular cohesion and turns everything to dust. The dield that is produced also expands and creates more fields as it comes in contact with more matter, making its range theoretically infinite.

[@bobjohnson113]

The fact that you mentioned Titan A.E. won me over. Hardly anyone I know, even sci-fi fans know about that movie. Maybe add the leviathan from destiny 2 in a future list.

[@r.connor9280]

greetings from planet bob

[@JohnDerbyshire-ns2up]

Titan A.E. Was such a banger i havnt been able to find it on any streaming services or anywhere for years

[@shadyone6620]

Leviathan is not anti-planet weapon, it's harvester. The Almighty, however, is.

[@harryguidotti3815]

I miss Titan A.E.

[@ChaosUnleashed265]

I love that movie.

[@kirill1052]

Xeelee Sequence: this is a standart issue infantry rifle

[@mervinreyes3008]

also xeelee takes billions of years and one of the biggest structures in all of sci-fi just to do what just one rick can do in an afternoon.

[@azagorod8479]

​@@mervinreyes3008That's how absurb the Xeelee is.

[@sspillager12]

we need to see Xeelee stuff more

[@sniperfuazo6495]

@@mervinreyes3008 you mean making giant halo that the size of several hundred galaxy with mass of countless ones? and only purpose is to jump to other universe?

[@azagorod8479]

@@sspillager12 Sadly only few.

[@Taeolas]

A good list so far and I love that you included the Dredj/Titan AE. One more that I see someone else mention was the series "Lexx". The Lexx itself is a living weapon capable of destroying planets by itself. The series also has Mantrid Drones which are basically a von Neuman machine swarm that are capable of tearing apart planets and even stars to construct more Mantrid Drones. They destroyed their universe forcing Lexx to escape to the Dark Universe.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

I would love to see a part 2 of this series of videos. Humanity's fixation on planet destroying weapons in science fiction, like its appetite for post apocalyptic fiction. seems to be an integral aspect of our collective psychology that extends across borders and cultures.

[@burstcity3832]

Indeed! That is very true, and, most interesting.

[@rodan9773]

I hope The Dregi are on here after all one blast from their Space Station Weapons Platform Destroyed Earth. Respect and i love that Scary Top 10 Spaceship video keep up the epic work.

[@deancole2530]

wormhole/blackhole weapon from farscape

[@jamesgraham7903]

Vorlon planet killer did not destabilize a planet's core. That's what the Shadow death cloud did. Vorlon planet killers broke up a planet into an asteroid field.

[@Brochnick]

Yes to part(s) 2 & 3! Blackstone fortresses & planet killer (40k), sun crusher (star wars). Darth Nihilus could also apply, i suppose, seeing as he could drain all life from a planet single handedly. And the celestial orrary(sp?) of course, considering one could obliterate the entire galaxy with nothing more than a series of finger taps... good thing the necrons aren't into wanton destruction.

[@danielhaire6677]

Other options: 1) Independence Day Franchise - Alien weapons technology - Commonly referred to as the City Destroyer, it's an energy beam that hypercharges matter to its energy storage limits and then overloads it. Turning the target matter into a WMD-level explosion. Novelizations pointed out that this tech had no known upper limit to the size of matter it could affect, thereby making it a threat to planets as well. 2) Wing Commander - Behemoth and Tembler bombs. The Behemoth was a massive warship designed to operate fairly similarly to the Death Star in function against planets. The tembler bomb was equivalent to the 40K Tectonic Cyclone Torpedoes with one major advantage. Where as the 40K variant is carried only by warships, the Tembler bomb is fighter or bomber deployable.

[@spanishpizza2190]

The fact you didnt mention the celestial orary for the nercons is disappointing as that would best all weapons on the list

[@verios44]

Imagine the necron equivalent of an orange cat gets into the orary's cintrol room and starts to mash buttons ...

[@reginaldojunior6580]

Please make a part 2

[@assassin2552]

Can’t forget about the atmospheric deprivation device from the Homeworld series.

[@mikewhitaker2880]

surprised the little dr device from "Ender's Game" did not make the list... other than that, nice list

[@congnghequansuvn474]

You're missing a lot of things, especially Star Trek, like the Kremlin's time ship, the species 8472 bio ship, the Genesis torpedoes, and that time when a guy made multiple stars go supernova. Also you're missing the Cyclonic torpedoes from WH 40k, MK9 Gatebuster MIRV bomb from Stargate, Wave motion cannon from Space battleship Yamato, Dark matter from Captain Harlock. Please people feel free to add more.😅😅

[@nutbug445]

It's a tricky subject because there's so much content out there.

[@Shxlbyyy]

Notice how he mentions there's potential for a part two? He's aware he missed things. He put 15 in this video, there's good potential for a part two. There's no reason to be a condescending dickhead about it.

[@711desmond]

He mentions cyclonic torpedoes though

[@josephminor1134]

​@nutbug445 The Nova bomb from Andromeda Acendant

[@congnghequansuvn474]

@josephminor1134 Yeah I forgot

[@lovipoekimo176]

I think your description of how the Vorlon Planetkiller was switched between it and the Shadow Planetkiller

[@Jay-xr5tm]

The Drej weapon does not vaporise planets. It burned away the atmosphere then caused Earth to spin faster and faster, until centrifugal force overpowered gravity and the planet flew apart. And what about the Xindi weapon?

[@richardthackeray6179]

There are so many more from other fiction sources, like the Inhibitor Star Singer from Revelation Space. It triggers a focused CME and turns a star into a flamethrower. Building it first required multiple moons to be dismantled, their mass being turned into a machine to rip apart a gas giant to access its core

[@rolfkraulein2903]

Star Trek has three more Planet Killer Ships, Species 8472 have the Oceanus Planet Killer and they can Kill a Planet with up to 9 Bioships, Focusing all Their Weapons Power into one Beam, the Iconians have the Iaidon Dreadnought.

[@ronaldfinkelstein6335]

Honorable mention: tri-,lithium waerhead, capable of causing a main sequence star to go supernova.(Star Trek:Generations)

[@NINJA_SAUCE]

Can you include The Super-dimensional Eradication Bomb from the Ultra Series when you make a Part 2

[@kahosangel]

There's also the planet killing bomb from The Outer Limits episode "Charge of the Light Brigade"

[@firesturmgaming]

Eh, how about the Wave Motion Gun from Space Battleship Yamato that happens to be standard weapons for most Wave Motion powered UNCF ships and is perfectly capable of detonating a planet or a sun. And the SC1 Mothership Purifier Beam from canon that can glass entire planets and the SC2 Purifiers Beam weapon at Cybros that cleansed an entire planet. Not to mention in Star Trek, the Romulans literally used ships going FTL speeds to kamikaze into planets in the Federation-Romulan Wars.

[@randolphvance8889]

A Part 2 video has to include the Thermostellar Smart Bombs from "Dark Star". Bomb #20: Intriguing. I wish I had more time to discuss this. Doolittle: Why don't you have more time? Bomb #20: Because I must detonate in 75 seconds.

[@adreanmarantz2103]

I thought Iwas the only one who remembered this movie. thank you.

[@randolphvance8889]

@@adreanmarantz2103 The idea of a Smart Bomb that you literally have to try to talk out of detonating and you have to resort to teaching it Phenomenology is a terrifying planet destroying weapon.

[@PupOrionSirius26]

The "Nova Bomb" from Andromeda. Blow up an entire star system. Also the probe of Trilithium in Star Trek Generations did the same.

[@karim.ettahiri2605]

You forget about the Dakara Supeweapon from Stargate SG1. It is connected to the Stargate network and can wipe all life on any planet it targets and can be used to wipe all life in a galaxy

[@develynseether4426]

He didn't forget anything. It was obviously a first time attempt to put something out there and he said if successful he'll do more parts. Why do people have to be so damn critical of people's hard work!

[@sphere117gaming]

Just saying the scale of the Nova bomb is solar system sized, its been recorded that the nearby star from places where they were activated gets pushed or even nearly destabilized. Also any habitual planets become no longer habitable in the system.

[@johnscott7210]

Guinan's species built the Planet Killer (Doomsday Machine) to destroy the Borg.....

[@develynseether4426]

"You forgot, you forgot, you forgot". Listen to the start of the video, dont be so damned critical and just enjoy it! He did a damn good job here, you have a problem? Go make one yourselves!

[@sinocte]

The Krogan Genophage from Mass Effect. Just because the Salarians tuned it to only limit reproduction doesn't mean they had to. They could have easily dialed it up to completely extinguish the species... and in fact, many of the scientists recommended that exact thing at the time.

[@MrLOLCraftLP1]

You forgot the Nova bomb from Andromeda, a bomb so powerfull that it can destroy entire star systems by creating a supernova from its main star.

[@LisaWright-v4v]

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[@jonathanfarrell14]

Just wanted to add I’ve hear that apparently nibs bombs if detonated next to a star can make it slog supernova and also nova bomb was used to destroy the sister ship of the long night of solace it destroyed the fleet the planet it was orbiting and it’s 3 moons completely

[@ClaudiusCaelum]

You forgot Lexx, but then again, he's not a "terrifying" planet killer... He's just a giant bug-like pet-ship eager to please, lol

[@Pablo-o1h7p]

Lets not forget, the necron world engine took down a whole chapter OF 1000 8'5" superhuman soldiers

[@djashovel]

The fun thing about When you read star wars legends, you realize how worthless the death star was 😂 Because of the other weapons , sidious was making and In the Hundred year planned for the empire Eclipse Star Destroyers We're going to replace every star destroyer and Have The same capability as the Death star in power 😅 So practically the death star had no reason to exist, darth sidious. Just did that for fun

[@congnghequansuvn474]

You know what's worse, now a Star destroyer can destroy a planet

[@xyreniaofcthrayn1195]

They did have a reason to exist though observation, blockade and omnipresent threat that your days can cease to exist at any given moment...

[@spartantraveler7251]

The galaxy gun both makes sense and inspires hopelessness since the projectile is basically indestructible, and the World Devastators literally eat the worlds.

[@johnsmithfakename8422]

"Point Singularity Projector" AKA the black hole gun. Andromeda. Though the PSP is terrifying ... the Magog are even worse. They might classify as a bio-weapon.

[@DarthTach]

The Nova Bomb that he mentioned from Halo was from Andromeda first. That weapon could literally cause a perfect healthy star to go nova, destroying an entire star system.

[@NutralaArloas]

You missed Wave Motion Gun fron Star Blazers

[@martykarr7058]

But what about the one weapon that kind of destroys a planet? I'm talking about the Genesis Device. It DOES destroy the planet it's used on, but then rebuilds it. THough it's kind of iffy, because the only LIVE test used the matter of a nebula instead of a planet, thought the prime thought was that it was the Protomatter that caused the Genesis Planet to blow up.

[@TairnKA]

At 10:03, I wonder if this Q=Bomb" was a nod to the "Q-Bomb", prominent in "The Mouse that Roared" movie (1959)? ;-)

[@lkuhhdsfgasdgvdadfg]

"Star killer" is from fanfiction. The starwars weapon is the sun crusher. And its different

[@christalbot210]

I suppose SpaceBall 1 in the MegaMaid configuration could be considered one. It doesn't destroy the planet per se, but removing all of the air would definitely make it uninhabitable. Also, there's the Vogon fleet. I mean, they could destroy the planet, or, you know, kill all life on it with their poetry. 🙂 HA! And I just thought of another one: the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. I mean, it was meant to destroy the Earth, but when actually used, it didn't create anywhere near that level of destruction (Marvin was at ground zero and he survived). 🙂

[@RogbodgeVideo]

Saving The Lexx for part 2, are we?

[@karlruhl5888]

Unicron from the Transformers series. A sentient super weapon that literally eats everything it encounters, including entire planets.

[@x2006charger]

How about the ring space station from the expanse? It can wipe out entire systems with ease.

[@ricbrown1114]

You forgot the space battleship Yamato's wave motion cannon.

[@martykarr7058]

By itself, no. But if you have say 10 Andromeda class space battleships fire their Wave Motion Guns, yes.

[@edgarortiz5950]

the Almighty from Destiny 2 video game, a masive star ship that destroy stars to erradicate full star systems

[@volatile3366]

When he didn't list the Celestial Orrery from 40k I figured it was because it "Technically" doesn't destroy planets, but then he just throws in the sun killing laser from 3body because it subsequently destroys planets, so I guess we are just going to pretend the Orrery doesn't exist then. Also didn't mention the Yamato's Wave-motion Gun or the Little Doctor from Ender's Game, or ANY of the weapons from Planetary Annihilation, I mean come on it in the name

[@O.N.I.--unsc_command]

Its not mentioned in here, but theres one specific weapon of absolute destruction that does more than destroy one planet, that being the Almighty from the game destiny 2, with some size estimates being up to 34000 kilometers in length, the Almighty was a super weapon designed by an enemy race called yhe cabal, it would destroy a planet, then use said planet in some way to send a solar system's sun into a super nova, destroying the entire solar system. So yeah, while its not mentioned in the video, i think its cool enough that i had to share about it.

[@filanfyretracker]

Praghasa from Warframe: The New War. Sentient mothership that could consume the sun. Interesting they were never clear if that meant the sun would explode or of the system would literally just lose its star and all the horrible outcomes that brings.

[@verios44]

My assumption was consume as in eat the sun. Still either way such an action would have destroyed the whole origin system. Just more slowly with the lack of a sun to provide light, feed plants, gravity well, etc

[@Rorschach0474]

Two Stage cyclone torpedo.

[@minimalbstolerance8113]

Daleks: (laugh in reality bomb)

[@calebgoldsberry7403]

Maybe the Almighty from Destiny? Ik it was a star killer but technically it ate a planet to kill a system

[@louiswilkins9624]

Part 2 should be good

[@shadyone6620]

The real planet destroyer weapon would be a 2t steel chunk launched at light speed.

[@Sawbones.]

Mr frundles in rick and morty

[@DrBright5558]

How about Dr. Device from Ender’s game?

[@jamiehaynes1167]

Hello what about the halo rings in halo

[@Astarica]

Dr Who. Dalek Reality Bomb. Supposed to destroy everything ever created in every possible reality or dimension except for the daleks themselves. No kill like overkill I guess.

[@Tribeofone37]

How about little doctor from Enders Game.

[@COMMANDERHAWK22]

what about the mothership from independence day 2 ?

[@arielmichel4688]

Dual vector Foil WINS!!!!! easy!!!! TIER S

[@michelleyvetteh.809]

Sadly entries from non-visual media (Xeelee, Culture, Perry Rhodan etc.) are difficult to show in these lists.

[@sniperfuazo6495]

xelee : this is the star breaker....it a handgun for alien the size of your average grandpa M1911....on it lowest setting it makes sun go unstable and explode within 3 days....no one want to know how the highest power setting can do also in xelee : gut weapon....throw big bang at you cause humanity can....photino bird...just one bird is a threat to entire planet..by merely flying through planet it cause earth quake

[@karlvongazenberg8398]

Bomb #20 from Dark Star?

[@warblerblue]

15 Terrifying Planet Destroying Weapons in Fiction. So no planet destroying weapons from novels?

[@ScorpiusZA.]

Unicron from Transformers

[@johnathan651]

Genesis from Gundam Seed

[@aech4509]

9:56 I'll say what I mean in the replies to give people a chance to avoid spoilers, but you fail to mention something that makes the Dual Vector Foil the most destructive weapon on the list (though I cannot say for the whole of Scifi)

[@aech4509]

When used, it does not stop continuing to expand and destroy 3 dimensional matter, and it is implied from the lack of attempts to reverse it that it can not be stopped or reversed, meaning the races that have access to the tech need to prepare their race to be safely unfolded to prevent the damage caused by the inevitable unfolding generated by the use Dual Vector Foils.

[@jwolf4948]

The Halo weapons you chose suck... The Halo rings destroy all living matter on a galaxy wide range and the plasma weapons the covenant had glassed the entire surface of any planet they turned them on.

[@eddiek2497]

Halo rings...? No...? ight bro.

[@S0l0117]

Halo array?

[@johnhodgson4216]

Its called Science Fiction, fix your title

[@johnhodgson4216]

and 3 body problem has no plan to destroy the earth, do some research, its pretty lazy.

[@jamesgraham7903]

Also note that each of the First Ones ships that destroyed the Vorlon planet killer are themselves planet killers.

[@edwardhuggins84]

They where not