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'''Thalaron radiation''' is a [[technobabble]] weapon featured in [[Star Trek: Nemesis]].  It is supposedly capable of destroying living tissue on a planetary scale, although the description of this ability is completely nonsensical.  The amount stated to be required for this feat is "microscopic".  Radiation does not fill a volume the way a liquid or solid does.  Think of saying "a microscopic amount of sunlight".  Its also described as a "biogenic" weapon which is meaningless as "biogenic" simply means "something produced by living organisms"
[[Image:Medusa-effect.jpg|thumb|right|Worst sunburn ever!]][[Image:Senator statue.jpg|thumb|right|Dude, I'm totally smashed]]'''Thalaron radiation''' is a [[technobabble]] weapon featured in ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]''.  It is supposedly capable of destroying living tissue on a planetary scale, although the description of this ability is completely nonsensical.  The amount stated to be required for this feat is "microscopic".  Radiation does not fill a volume the way a liquid or solid does.  Think of saying "a microscopic amount of sunlight".  It's also described as a "biogenic" weapon which is also nonsensical, as "biogenic" means "something produced by living organisms".


Nevertheless, its effects are quite observable when a small medallian-sized device is used to assassinate the [[Romulan]] senate at the start of the film.  Within a matter of seconds, the bodies of the senators are transformed into a substance resembling stone, although it is rather brittle.  The bodies almost completely shattered into dust when they toppeled over and hit the ground.
Despite its bizarre description, the effects of thalaron radiation are quite observable when a medallion-sized device is used to assassinate the [[Romulan]] senate at the start of the film.  Within a matter of seconds, the bodies of the senators are transformed into a substance resembling stone, albeit a soft and fragile type of stone; the bodies shattered when they toppled over and hit the ground.
 
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 13 October 2010

Worst sunburn ever!
Dude, I'm totally smashed

Thalaron radiation is a technobabble weapon featured in Star Trek: Nemesis. It is supposedly capable of destroying living tissue on a planetary scale, although the description of this ability is completely nonsensical. The amount stated to be required for this feat is "microscopic". Radiation does not fill a volume the way a liquid or solid does. Think of saying "a microscopic amount of sunlight". It's also described as a "biogenic" weapon which is also nonsensical, as "biogenic" means "something produced by living organisms".

Despite its bizarre description, the effects of thalaron radiation are quite observable when a medallion-sized device is used to assassinate the Romulan senate at the start of the film. Within a matter of seconds, the bodies of the senators are transformed into a substance resembling stone, albeit a soft and fragile type of stone; the bodies shattered when they toppled over and hit the ground.