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'''Base Delta Zero''' is the codename for what is essentially the destruction of a world and destruction of most life forms on it.
'''Base Delta Zero''' is the codename for what is essentially the destruction of a world and destruction of most life forms on it.


===Definition of Base Delta Zero===
==Definition==


Described in the Imperial Sourcebook as "the systematic complete destruction of all 'assets' of production, including factories, arable land, mines, fisheries, and all sentient beings and droids."
Described in the Imperial Sourcebook as "the systematic complete destruction of all 'assets' of production, including factories, arable land, mines, fisheries, and all sentient beings and droids."


==Effects==


The entire crust of the planet is reduced to a molten slag, and further effects may occur (Such as vapourizing oceans, blasting off of the planet's atmosphere etc').
The BDZ operation is truly catastrophic, reducing "a civilized world to slag" and rendering "a planet's surface to smoking debris in a matter of hours." Notable BDZ operations have left worlds uninhabitable nearly 40 years after the BDZ was performed on it (ref. Spectre of the Past, p. 166) and have left worlds with no atmosphere and completely atomized top soil (ref. Scavenger Hunt, p.3)


===Effects of a BDZ===
==Timeframe==


The BDZ operation is truly catastrophic, reducing "a civilized world to slag" and rendering "a planet's surface to smoking debris in a matter of hours." Notable BDZ operations have left worlds uninhabitalbe nearly 40 years after the BDZ was perfomed on it (ref. Spectre of the Past, p. 166) and have left worlds with no atmosphere and completely atomized top soil (ref. Scavenger Hunt, p.3)
Going by pg. 89 of the Star Wars Technical Journal, which states that a world can have its surface reduced to "smoking debris in a matter of hours" the time limit on a BDZ operation can be placed within a few hours, however, the exact time required is not known.


===Timeframe of a BDZ===
== External Links ==
 
*[http://www.theforce.net/swtc/isd.html#weaponry-bd0 Base Delta Zero at Star Wars Technical Commentaries]
Going by pg. 89 of the Star Wars Technical Journal, which states that a world can have its surface reduced to "smoking debris in a matter of hours" the time limit on a BDZ operation can be placed within a few hours, however, the exact time required is not known.
*[http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Tech/Beam/BaseDeltaZero.html Michael Wong's Base Delta Zero analysis]


[[Category:Strategies and Tactics]]
[[Category:Strategies and Tactics]]

Revision as of 20:38, 9 November 2007

Base Delta Zero is the codename for what is essentially the destruction of a world and destruction of most life forms on it.

Definition

Described in the Imperial Sourcebook as "the systematic complete destruction of all 'assets' of production, including factories, arable land, mines, fisheries, and all sentient beings and droids."

Effects

The BDZ operation is truly catastrophic, reducing "a civilized world to slag" and rendering "a planet's surface to smoking debris in a matter of hours." Notable BDZ operations have left worlds uninhabitable nearly 40 years after the BDZ was performed on it (ref. Spectre of the Past, p. 166) and have left worlds with no atmosphere and completely atomized top soil (ref. Scavenger Hunt, p.3)

Timeframe

Going by pg. 89 of the Star Wars Technical Journal, which states that a world can have its surface reduced to "smoking debris in a matter of hours" the time limit on a BDZ operation can be placed within a few hours, however, the exact time required is not known.

External Links