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[[File:VeridianDiesSTTNG 62.jpg|link=Star Trek Generations|frame|Dying [[The Stars Are Going Out|not with a whimper]], but [[Earthshattering Kaboom|a bang]].]] |
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So you've got a star. Main sequence type, more or less middle of its life-cycle, nothing special. Probably has an inhabited planet or two orbiting it. Of course, the Evil ([[Recycled in Space|Space!]]) [[Evil Empire|Empire]] wants the people on the planet(s) dead. They ''could'' just carpet bomb the planet or maybe [[Earthshattering Kaboom|even blow it up]], but instead they decide to go for broke. When a faction or character goes |
So you've got a star. Main sequence type, more or less middle of its life-cycle, nothing special. Probably has an inhabited planet or two orbiting it. Of course, the Evil ([[Recycled in Space|Space!]]) [[Evil Empire|Empire]] wants the people on the planet(s) dead. They ''could'' just carpet bomb the planet or maybe [[Earthshattering Kaboom|even blow it up]], but instead they decide to go for broke. When a faction or character goes '''Star-Killing''' they go about ending a star's life in any of a variety of ways that dooms all life in the system to a Class X-2 [[Apocalypse How]]. |
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On the "soft" end of the scale, the sun may have the equivalent of food coloring added, changing the visible spectrum (and radiation) it emits, killing or weakening all life and/or sentients. This is the equivalent of changing Earth's sun from [[The Power of the Sun|power granting yellow]] to [[Kryptonite Factor|kryptonite green]] for [[Superman]]. |
On the "soft" end of the scale, the sun may have the equivalent of food coloring added, changing the visible spectrum (and radiation) it emits, killing or weakening all life and/or sentients. This is the equivalent of changing Earth's sun from [[The Power of the Sun|power granting yellow]] to [[Kryptonite Factor|kryptonite green]] for [[Superman]]. |