Octanitrocubane: Difference between revisions

'''Octanitrocubane''', also known as '''octas''',<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''page 319''</ref> is a shaped high-yield explosive used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that has a yield equivalent to one hundred kilotons<ref name="SS329">'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''page 329''</ref>.

Octas are tubs of high-yield explosive that costs more than a [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]] to produce. Despite this, they are considered worth making as they are shaped charges and their explosive yield did not decrease in a vacuum.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''pages 319-320''</ref> Octas have a yield equivalent to one hundred kilotons<ref name="SS329" /> and ran on timed fuses. Additionally, octas have a sixty-minute automatic countdown that can be activated. This acts as a failsafe in case the person carrying the octa is killed or the octa falls into enemy hands. If an override code is not entered before the countdown ends, the octa will detonate on its own.<ref>'''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]''', ''page 348''</ref>