Seismic charge

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A seismic charge (also sonic mine or sonic charge) was a highly potent capsule released from a starship, capable of unleashing a devastatingly explosive shock wave. Seismic charges were commonly filled with a mix of baradium and volatile collapsium gas.

Contents 1 Characteristics 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 Sources

[edit] Characteristics

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	An exploding Void-7 seismic charge
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A few seconds after launch, a seismic charge would detonate into a blue ball-shaped explosion which had the unusual side-effect of drawing in all sound from a given area around it. This small explosion soon collapsed in upon itself before releasing a shock wave of energy that would obliterate much in its path. They were very helpful in asteroid fields, enabling the pilot to clear an area of hazardous asteroids. Such seismic waves were even capable of penetrating thin durasteel plating, though the Void-7 was much more powerful.

It is believed that this weapon operated on the principal of sonic resonation as it exhibited qualities strikingly similar to the resonating of material, resulting in its detonation.

The most well-known model of seismic charge was the Void-7, produced by Krupx Munitions.

[edit] Behind the scenes

The detonation of this weapon and subsequent shockwave are similar to the process through which a massive star dies by becoming a supernova, albeit at a greatly enhanced rate and utilizing primarily energy instead of matter.

The sound from an explosion is an interesting take on the Star Wars "ignorance" of the fact that there is no sound in a vacuum. There is no sound at the start of a blast, but there is still the impossible phenomenom of sound in space afterwards.

In Star Wars: Battlefront II, time bombs look like Krupx Munitions Void-7 seismic charge.

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[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones novel
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel
• Star Wars: Empire at War
• Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike

[edit] Sources

• The Official Star Wars Fact File 74 (Sonic Weaponry)
• The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
• The New Essential Chronology (A seismic tank is referred to as a "seismic charge minelayer")