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[[Image:Medusa-effect.jpg|thumb|right|Worst sunburn ever!]][[Image:Senator statue.jpg|thumb|right|Dude, I'm totally smashed]]'''Thalaron radiation''' is a [[technobabble]] weapon featured in ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]''. It is supposedly capable of destroying living tissue on a planetary scale, although the description of this ability is completely nonsensical. The amount stated to be required for this feat is "microscopic". Radiation does not fill a volume the way a liquid or solid does. Think of saying "a microscopic amount of sunlight". It's also described as a "biogenic" weapon which is also nonsensical, as "biogenic" means "something produced by living organisms". | [[Image:Medusa-effect.jpg|thumb|right|Worst sunburn ever!]][[Image:Senator statue.jpg|thumb|right|Dude, I'm totally smashed]]'''Thalaron radiation''' is a [[technobabble]] weapon featured in ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]''. It is supposedly capable of destroying living tissue on a planetary scale, although the description of this ability is completely nonsensical. The amount stated to be required for this feat is "microscopic". Radiation does not fill a volume the way a liquid or solid does. Think of saying "a microscopic amount of sunlight". It's also described as a "biogenic" weapon which is also nonsensical, as "biogenic" means "something produced by living organisms". | ||
Despite its bizarre description, the effects of thalaron radiation are quite observable when a medallion-sized device is used to assassinate the [[Romulan]] senate at the start of the film. Within a matter of seconds, the bodies of the senators are transformed into a substance resembling stone, albeit a soft and fragile type of stone; the bodies shattered when they | Despite its bizarre description, the effects of thalaron radiation are quite observable when a medallion-sized device is used to assassinate the [[Romulan]] senate at the start of the film. Within a matter of seconds, the bodies of the senators are transformed into a substance resembling stone, albeit a soft and fragile type of stone; the bodies shattered when they toppled over and hit the ground. | ||
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Revision as of 14:23, 1 January 2010
Thalaron radiation is a technobabble weapon featured in Star Trek: Nemesis. It is supposedly capable of destroying living tissue on a planetary scale, although the description of this ability is completely nonsensical. The amount stated to be required for this feat is "microscopic". Radiation does not fill a volume the way a liquid or solid does. Think of saying "a microscopic amount of sunlight". It's also described as a "biogenic" weapon which is also nonsensical, as "biogenic" means "something produced by living organisms".
Despite its bizarre description, the effects of thalaron radiation are quite observable when a medallion-sized device is used to assassinate the Romulan senate at the start of the film. Within a matter of seconds, the bodies of the senators are transformed into a substance resembling stone, albeit a soft and fragile type of stone; the bodies shattered when they toppled over and hit the ground.