Nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons describe explosive devices deriving their destructive power from nuclear reactions, either through fission or a combination of fission and fusion. These include atomic bombs (the former) and thermonuclear weapons or hydrogen bombs (the latter) as well as exotic nuclear weapons that use fissionable (or fusionable) materials other than plutonium or uranium. The Styles brothers are strong advocates of unrestricted nuclear warfare; indeed, the number of times Stylesrj has utilized nuclear weaponry would purportedly render the entire Solar System uninhabitable for a millennium[citation needed].
Incidences of Nukes in DYOS
It would take far too long to list the times in DRAW Your Own Story when nukes were lobbed. Instead, here are some moments when they were not:
- Ukraine invades Russia
- The Pirate Coalition attacks the Flying Circus
- The Second Napoleonic War (close call, though)
- Thorvald invades Scotland
- Mulroney is mentioned
- The zombie menace — Why make a bad situation worse?
- Coruscant is invaded
- Soviet Canuckistan is founded
- CivGeneral startles a wi—OH WAIT
- Third Nazi War—OH WAIT
- The Haxor Cris—OH WAIT
Known DYOS nations that possess nukes
- The Republic of Coruscant has managed to load a nuclear device into a small package known as a "mini nuke", launched from the "Fat Man" catapult and used on an infantry level; not as devastating as a 1-megaton bomb. Uranium- and plutonium-based weapons are considered "obsolete" in favour of exotic materials (though use as a fuel is not). After the Battle of the Bulge, the Republic inherited the United States's nuclear stockpile.
- The Eastern Union has inherited Russia's nuclear stockpile.
- Britain and France
- Iran, which triggered the One Hour War after launching a nuke at Spamingrad
- "While I have a nuclear bomb launcher, they're N-2 bombs I'm lobbing. Honest. Ignore the big explosion... it's a uhhh... "Fuel-Air Explosive" (yeah that's the ticket!)"
- Transatlasia has at least a few nuclear warheads, most of which are located on their Dauntless-class cruisers in orbit.
