Quirium Cascade Mine - Revision history

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 Thus, the results of a Q-bombing can be extremely spectacular. See [[Using weapons of mass destruction]].
 === Main uses ===
 The Q-bomb is not a very effective offensive weapon. Pirates seldom carry the device as it destroys everything in its path - so it is no use for extracting cargo from a fleet of traders. Typically it is only carried by traders, and used as a last ditch defence: for many trading vessels, the use of a Q-bomb is suicide, even with the timer set to its longest launch to detonation interval.
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 These events, the story of the how the Q-bomb came to be and the fate of those persons involved, is told in the Tionisla Chronicle publication [[Status Quo]]. The Q-bomb was banned across Galcop, Federation and Imperial space in the year 3158, as a significant outcome of the Aesbion Conflict ([[Mutabilis]] chapter 10).
-[[File:Q-bomb ad.png|right]]
+[[File:Q-bomb ad.png|thumb|right|420px|Another advertisement trivialising mass-murder.]]
 == Custom paintjobs ==
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 == Details ==
-=== Chain Reaction ===
+=== Chain reaction ===
 [[Image:Qbomb1.png|left|thumb|200px|So it begins - a harassed trader drops the bomb...]]
 Simply put, a Q-bomb (or to use its proper name, the ''Tyley-Feynman Quirium Cascade Mine'') is a chain reaction device. It is a very small bomb, and has been described as being 'like a minature supernova, and just as deadly'. The gravitic shockwave it emits causes any matter caught within its range to be annihilated in another deadly gravitic flash, resulting in a 'domino topple' effect. This means the initial Q-bomb explosion is only the start. Secondary explosions (the strongest caused by the destruction of its victim's hyperdrives) progress in much the same way, catching further objects - until there is no significant matter remaining to be consumed by the expanding waves of destruction.
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 The Q-bomb is a controversial weapon, able to inflict enormous destructive power and cascade beyond the original target area. As such it is considered a significant terrorist threat, and vigilant Viper patrols are carried out near significant structures scanning for tell-tale gravimetric emissions from close passing ships. A leaked video simulation of what could happen if the Q-bomb was deployed by terrorists was recovered from Galcop files and can be accessed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf0R3C-kPOo here].
-== Historical Note ==
+== Historical note ==
 It is not immediately clear who created the Q-bomb. Galcop strenuously denies having anything to do with the bomb, and unofficially supported the call for it to banned, stating that it should never have been invented. So they were obviously involved right from the start.
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 [[File:Q-bomb ad.png|right]]
-== Links ==
+== Custom paintjobs ==
 *[[Tyley-Feynman]]
 *[[Using weapons of mass destruction]]
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 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1897 Q-Bomb should destroy stations] (2006-7)
-== Oxp's ==
+== OXPs ==
 *[[Quirium Cascade Mine Detector]] OXP detects the launch of a Q-Mine and alerts the pilot by sounding an alarm, as well as providing an on-screen warning.
 *[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20606 Target System Plugins] also does this, but does a lot more too!
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 *Other bombs: these are OXPs. See [[:Category:Missiles & Bombs]] for a list of relevant pages.
 {{NavBox - Oolite Equipment}}
 [[Category:Missiles & Bombs]]

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 <gallery>
 Image:smivs'_q-bomb.jpg|[[Accessories OXP|Accessories OXP Q-Bomb]]
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 {{NavBox - Oolite Equipment}}
 [[Category:Missiles & Bombs]]

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 === Risks ===
-Many commanders who have used a Q-bomb have not lived to tell the tale - even in a fast craft like a [[Fer de Lance (Oolite)|Fer de Lance]], it is necessary to fly directly away from the device as soon as it is launched, otherwise the sinister blue sphere of energy will catch up and destroy the ship that launched the weapon. Most manufacturers recommend that the device is only carried on ships that have witch space fuel injectors.
+Many commanders who have used a Q-bomb have not lived to tell the tale - even in a fast craft like a [[Fer de Lance (Oolite)|Fer de Lance]], it is necessary to fly directly away from the device as soon as it is launched, otherwise the sinister blue sphere of energy will catch up and destroy the ship that launched the weapon. Most manufacturers recommend that the device is only carried on ships that have [[Witch Fuel Injectors‎|witch space fuel injectors]].
 === Usage ===

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 *[[Using weapons of mass destruction]]
 *[[Status Quo]]: ''Status Quo's Q-bomb was brought in as an alternative to the original [[Energy Bomb]] from [[Classic Elite]] which was seen as a [[Cheating|cheat]]''.
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4283 I got Q-bombed by a trader] (2008)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4283 I got Q-bombed by a trader] (2008)
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1897 Q-Bomb should destroy stations] (2006-7)
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1897 Q-Bomb should destroy stations] (2006-7)
 == Oxp's ==
 *[[Quirium Cascade Mine Detector]] OXP detects the launch of a Q-Mine and alerts the pilot by sounding an alarm, as well as providing an on-screen warning.
-*[http://aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20606 Target System Plugins] also does this, but does a lot more too!
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20606 Target System Plugins] also does this, but does a lot more too!
 *[[Status Quo Q-bomb OXP]] changes the behaviour of Q-bombs according to the [[Status Quo]] novel.
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19298 Q-bomb AI modification OXZ] allows NPCs to use Q-bombs too (Rustem, 2017).
+*[https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=19298 Q-bomb AI modification OXZ] allows NPCs to use Q-bombs too (Rustem, 2017).
 *[[Navy Minesweeper]]s are supposed to defend [[Galactic Navy]] formations against Q-bombs.

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+[[File:Missile, ECM hardened missile, Quirium Cascade Mine, Repair Bots, Salvage Missile.png|thumb|right|244px|Missile bay icons: Missile, ECM-hardened missile, '''Quirium cascade bomb''', Repair nanobots (oxp), Salvage missile (oxp)]]
 == Overview ==
 A chain reaction bomb, available in the [[Vanilla game]].