Endless Mike
Getting too old for this shit
By "casual planet-busting" I mean that an average warship of that race can destroy a planet (as in at least shatter it to pieces). For example, the Galactic Empire from Star Wars wouldn't count because they need specialized superweapons (like the Death Stars) to destroy a planet in one shot.
NOTE: The weapons must be technological. No magic/superpowers.
Examples I know of:
The Culture (their ships are so powerful they can destroy a planet simply by breaking too hard)
Other races from the Cultureverse on a similar tech level, such as the Homomda
The Xeelee (A group of several dozen Nightfighters concentrating their starbreakers ripped apart a large star in seconds, they can destroy neutron stars with their starbreakers, and a starbreaker handgun destroyed a sun. Also, in "The Dreaming Mould", it was stated that Starbreakers were used by the Coalition to demolish planets for raw material).
The Coalition of Free Humanity, from the Xeeleeverse (they have Starbreakers too, as well as black hole guns and lots of other nasty weapons)
The Jurai (the outer wooden part of a Jurai Royal tree ship is a limiter to prevent them from blowing away planets in one shot)
Asimov's Foundation (I remember a reference to ships having "atom blasts that can destroy a planet.")
The Hegemony of Man from Hyperion. (There was a quote in the novel that said that a single Hegemony warship could destroy a planet, and a fleet of them could destroy a sun. However, they never actually demonstrated this much power, so it could be a hyperbole).
The PAX (From the same universe as the Hegemony of Man, they existed 200 years later and used more advanced versions of the same technology, so if the quote from the original is true, then they would be capable of casual planet-busting as well).
The Systems Commonwealth from Andromeda (Their warships were equipped with nova bombs that could cause a sun to explode - indirectly destroying any planets in the system. In terms of raw firepower, though, a sustained bombardment from an entire fleet was needed to destroy a planet).
The Magog, also from Andromeda (Their ships were equipped with "point - singularity projectors", which were essentially black hole guns, and there are examples of these weapons destroying planets in the series).
The 4th and 5th Empires from David Weber's Empire from the Ashes series (Their standard ships are massive moon-sized planetoids equipped with hyperspace - delivered black hole bombs that can easily vaporize planets)
The Daleks from Doctor Who (a single Dalek ship was described as being capable of "splitting a planet like an eggshell")
From the game Colony Wars (The Colonial Navy's Titan-class ships are capable of destroying a planet. Plus their smaller Strike Cannons can one shot moons.) - Contributed by Crimsoon_Dragoon
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NOTE: The weapons must be technological. No magic/superpowers.
Examples I know of:
The Culture (their ships are so powerful they can destroy a planet simply by breaking too hard)
Other races from the Cultureverse on a similar tech level, such as the Homomda
The Xeelee (A group of several dozen Nightfighters concentrating their starbreakers ripped apart a large star in seconds, they can destroy neutron stars with their starbreakers, and a starbreaker handgun destroyed a sun. Also, in "The Dreaming Mould", it was stated that Starbreakers were used by the Coalition to demolish planets for raw material).
The Coalition of Free Humanity, from the Xeeleeverse (they have Starbreakers too, as well as black hole guns and lots of other nasty weapons)
The Jurai (the outer wooden part of a Jurai Royal tree ship is a limiter to prevent them from blowing away planets in one shot)
Asimov's Foundation (I remember a reference to ships having "atom blasts that can destroy a planet.")
The Hegemony of Man from Hyperion. (There was a quote in the novel that said that a single Hegemony warship could destroy a planet, and a fleet of them could destroy a sun. However, they never actually demonstrated this much power, so it could be a hyperbole).
The PAX (From the same universe as the Hegemony of Man, they existed 200 years later and used more advanced versions of the same technology, so if the quote from the original is true, then they would be capable of casual planet-busting as well).
The Systems Commonwealth from Andromeda (Their warships were equipped with nova bombs that could cause a sun to explode - indirectly destroying any planets in the system. In terms of raw firepower, though, a sustained bombardment from an entire fleet was needed to destroy a planet).
The Magog, also from Andromeda (Their ships were equipped with "point - singularity projectors", which were essentially black hole guns, and there are examples of these weapons destroying planets in the series).
The 4th and 5th Empires from David Weber's Empire from the Ashes series (Their standard ships are massive moon-sized planetoids equipped with hyperspace - delivered black hole bombs that can easily vaporize planets)
The Daleks from Doctor Who (a single Dalek ship was described as being capable of "splitting a planet like an eggshell")
From the game Colony Wars (The Colonial Navy's Titan-class ships are capable of destroying a planet. Plus their smaller Strike Cannons can one shot moons.) - Contributed by Crimsoon_Dragoon
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