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Most powerful weapon in the sci-fi/fantasy/whatever universe

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Kon Tiki

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hehe, I guess it pays to actually watch the show. I thought the cube they traveled in shot huge death star lasers also.
 

DarthWoo

I'm glad Grandpa porked a Chinese Muslim
StrikerObi said:
There's stuff in the Star Wars universe alone that is more powerful than the Death Star. Try a Sun Crusher.

Yeah, in addition to having the torpedos that can induce a supernova in a star, the thing had armor so dense that it could punch a hole straight through a Star Destroyer by flying through it. The best they could do was shoot off its unarmored defensive lasers, which it really didn't need.
 

Kon Tiki

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StrikerObi said:
There's stuff in the Star Wars universe alone that is more powerful than the Death Star. Try a Sun Crusher.
What book was that in? I think I read it. I would love to see that visualized (on screen, not concept art :p).
 
StrikerObi said:
There's stuff in the Star Wars universe alone that is more powerful than the Death Star. Try a Sun Crusher.

Naw. As soon as it ran out of ammo, it'd just be an invulnerable wedge. If you held it in a Star Destroyer tracker beam, you could starve the people inside it.

And what if it ran out of fuel? You could just push it into a gas giant, which is exactly how they got rid of it.
 

Bregor

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The Heart of Gold from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Not technically a weapon, but not only can it do anything that is possible, it can also do the impossible.
 
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The Beyonder.
 

Dujour

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The Infinity Gauntlet, Cosmic Cube(s) or the Ultimate Nullifier. Thanos put Eternity into a coma with the Gauntlet.
 

iapetus

Scary Euro Man
The supernova bomb built by Hactar in Life, the Universe and Everything probably wins this one, given that it would destroy the universe and handily fitted into a pocket.
 

Mengy

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The wave motion gun from the Argo in Star Blazers. It's definately one of the coolest weapons in all of sci-fi.
 

thomaser

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The Shrike from the Hyperion-series by Dan Simmons seems ultimate enough for me, even if it's not a weapon you can use for your own devices. The skin-tight suits they get to use, though, work in about the same way as the Shrike.

Get into trouble with the Deathstar? Or the Suncrusher, for that matter? Easy. Phase out time, wish yourself into the craft, slice everyone inside into pulverized clouds, destroy everything else you see, and wish yourself out and to a beach on a planet a few millions of light-years away for a drink and a snack. All in two seconds.
 
Bregor said:
The Heart of Gold from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Not technically a weapon, but not only can it do anything that is possible, it can also do the impossible.

We have a winner. Not only was the Heart of Gold a powerful ship normally, but the more impossible the task you assigned it the more likely it was to happen.
 

Phoenix

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Mengy said:
The wave motion gun from the Argo in Star Blazers. It's definately one of the coolest weapons in all of sci-fi.


Nah, unless you oblitterated your enemy entirely with one shot, you were screwed
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kaching

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thomaser said:
The Shrike from the Hyperion-series by Dan Simmons seems ultimate enough for me, even if it's not a weapon you can use for your own devices. The skin-tight suits they get to use, though, work in about the same way as the Shrike.

Get into trouble with the Deathstar? Or the Suncrusher, for that matter? Easy. Phase out time, wish yourself into the craft, slice everyone inside into pulverized clouds, destroy everything else you see, and wish yourself out and to a beach on a planet a few millions of light-years away for a drink and a snack. All in two seconds.
Thumbs up, Hyperion fan. I was going to mention wormhole weapons from Farscape, but not in the face of the Shrike.
 

DarthWoo

I'm glad Grandpa porked a Chinese Muslim
alejob said:
There is no greater weapon than backstabing powa!

It's strange how unsuspicious some people are when your probes start entering their base to build walls of photon cannons, as long as you claim you're just being a helpful ally.
 
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