NOVA bomb: Difference between revisions
→Trivia: How the hell is the number of Nova bombs related to the death of a random character?
m (fusile (not a word) to fissile) |
(→Trivia: How the hell is the number of Nova bombs related to the death of a random character?) |
||
| Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
*The NOVA Bomb was a bomb mentioned in the novel ''Starship Troopers'', wherein it is described as "being able to split a planet in half." It is likely that this inspired the Halo Universe's own NOVA Bomb. | *The NOVA Bomb was a bomb mentioned in the novel ''Starship Troopers'', wherein it is described as "being able to split a planet in half." It is likely that this inspired the Halo Universe's own NOVA Bomb. | ||
*A NOVA Bomb, is also the common name for the heavy bomb used in Starfox games. Though not nearly as powerful as the Halo and ''Starship Troopers'' bombs of the same name, the NOVA Bomb is one of the most powerful weapons you can use in the Starfox series. It also appears in the ''Andromeda'' TV series. In that show it is a weapon capable of causing stars to go into the supernova stage, therefore destroying the entire system around it. | *A NOVA Bomb, is also the common name for the heavy bomb used in Starfox games. Though not nearly as powerful as the Halo and ''Starship Troopers'' bombs of the same name, the NOVA Bomb is one of the most powerful weapons you can use in the Starfox series. It also appears in the ''Andromeda'' TV series. In that show it is a weapon capable of causing stars to go into the supernova stage, therefore destroying the entire system around it. | ||
*Only a handful of these enormously powerful weapons have ever been made in the history of the UNSC | *Only a handful of these enormously powerful weapons have ever been made in the history of the UNSC. | ||
*The NOVA Bomb was frequently referenced in [[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]. | *The NOVA Bomb was frequently referenced in [[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]. | ||
*While it was first used in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', it was first mentioned in an earlier novel ''[[Halo: First Strike]]''. | *While it was first used in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', it was first mentioned in an earlier novel ''[[Halo: First Strike]]''. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||