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Author: StarSword

Mar 16th 2013 at 10:37:30 PM

TV:
* Used infrequently in the ''Franchise/StargateVerse'', mostly as a terror tactic by the Goa'uld in ''Series/StargateSG1'' (DeathFromAbove is good for scaring primitive cultures and will make more advanced ones take cover).  Arguably the most spectacular instance of this, though, came from the Tau'ri side in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': the Horizon weapons system, a MIRV launched from the ''Daedalus''-class battlecruiser and tipped with six 280-gigaton [[MadeOfExplodium naquadria]] bombs.  The resulting blasts razed an entire continent, though as the inhabitants were [[GreyGoo self-replicating machines]] they cleaned up quickly.

Video Games:
* The tactic is present in ''Franchise/MassEffect'', with [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 the first game]] mentioning that during the turian occupation of Shanxi the turians were more than happy to blow away city blocks from orbit [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill to take out single squads of human soldiers]].  During a sidequest, Shepard offers to have the ''Normandy'' hit a [[spoiler:rachni hive]] from orbit.  In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' one of Diana Allers' news stories mentions that the Reapers blew away Adelaide, Australia with an orbital strike.  And then of course there's [[spoiler:the battle with the Reaper destroyer on Rannoch, which Shepard takes out by painting it as a target for the ''Normandy'' and the entire quarian fleet.]]