NightFall (Weapon)

NightFall devices are amongst the most devestating weaponry ever developed within HubSpace, capable of annihilating an entire World in mere moments.

Although not disclosed in terms of quantity, many MegaCorporations are thought to possess arsenals of NightFall devices, hidden away in caches on distant Worlds. The truth behind the matter remains uncertain, but the potential for destruction is a weapon powerful in itself for keeping local governments in line.

Methods
Various schematics and forms of NightFall devices are known to exist, but the most common form of the weapon operates via destabilisation of the planetary core through asymmetrical explosive discharges intended to disrupt conventional spin. In doing so, normal planetary gravity is warped - although such a pre-warning provides an individual with insufficient time to escape in nearly all instances - and the outer layers of mantle and crust start to destabilise.

Wrought with the results of the unpredictable and violent gravitational flux, the surface of the World is torn apart through continental collapse, super-volcanic eruptions and crushing pressures. Typically the inner core will continue to rotate, albeit it unpredictably, resulting in further destruction and eventual fracture in the years, decades, centuries and millennia to come.

Notable Uses
G4-10891.5.3X, more commonly known as Jegreon to the residents of the nearby Worlds, is a GhostWorld within HubSpace created when a Nightfall device was utilised by the splinter cell of Redwater operatives under the IdentityTag Bloodmoon.