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       Torpedo yield estimation thread
   DIR By: Dutch
       Date: December 4, 2020, 3:12 pm
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       The name says it all.
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       Proton torpedo explosive power from Wiki info
   DIR By: Dutch
       Date: December 4, 2020, 3:15 pm
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       A Proton torpedo has a yield of 30g. [1] 30g of TNT equals
       125520 joules. [2] 125520 joules is enough to melt-vaporize
       approximately 11 grams of silicon, or 17 grams of iron.
       Torpedoes have "shaped charges" so almost all the energy goes to
       the target.
       Oh, wait. I forgot. The torpedo also delivers a payload of
       electrons, with would greatly add to the total.
       [1]:
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       [2]:
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       Asteroid destruction
   DIR By: Dutch
       Date: December 11, 2020, 6:52 pm
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       We don't have asteroids in RW, but I'll look at this anyway. I
       will assume that the asteroid is 10 feet in diameter and is made
       of nickel-iron. Iron takes 1.28 MJ/kg to melt. The asteroid
       weighs about 116688.49 kg. And the debris is hurled away at
       roughly 10 m/s. So the energy to just melt it is ~149361 MJ, and
       the energy to hurl it is 5.8344 MJ.
       So the two Photon torpedoes are dealing a total of approximately
       149367 MJ (minimum). That's 74683.5 MJ each, or ~17.85 tons of
       TNT. [1]
       Confidence in figure: 8/10 if we ignore scaling
       [1]:
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       Photon hits Galaxy-class stardrive section
   DIR By: Dutch
       Date: December 19, 2020, 8:54 pm
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       The blast seems to melt about 20g of steel, so the energy needed
       is about 150000 joules (0.15 megajoules). So the yield of the
       torpedo is about 36g of TNT. [1] Probably set to half-yield for
       some reason. (These estimations are likely high, too.)
       Confidence: 6/10
       [1]:
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       Torpedo hits building
   DIR By: Dutch
       Date: December 21, 2020, 12:35 pm
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       Ignore the horrible CGI.
       The first explosion seems to use about 500g of TNT. Ten
       times a realistic amount.
       Confidence: 5/10
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       Photon torpedoes hit Borg cube
   DIR By: Dutch
       Date: December 27, 2020, 5:42 pm
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       These estimates are maximim. The actual yields might be as low
       as 80gTNT.
       First explosion:
       It appears that about 400 grams of iron are vaporized.
       That's about 700g of TNT, or 3MJ.
       Second:
       Maybe 350g are vaporized. That would require approximately
       638gTNT—2.67MJ.
       Third:
       I think this one vaporized around 600g, so the yield is
       1.09 kilograms of TNT, or 4.57MJ.
       All three are too big, but otherwise realistic.
       Rating: 8/10
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       Dominion torpedoes
   DIR By: Dutch
       Date: December 28, 2020, 1:20 pm
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       The torpedoes appear to have yields of 40-300g.
       Rating: 6/10
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