Atmospheric incinerator torpedo

The Atmospheric Incinerator Torpedo uses an advanced plasma device that bursts in low planetary orbit and literally ignites all oxygen on a target planet. This method of exterminatus was used on Medusa IV in the Medusa system after it was determined to be too difficult to reconquer from the forces of Chaos that erupted from Van Grothe's Rapidity despite the presence of the Ultramarines second company. It is said that the planet's surface was melted to glass and that the entire world burned like a piece of amber in space even a month after the attack had been launched.^[1]

Images

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  Baleful Edict equipped with an Atmospheric Incinerator Torpedo ready to be used for Exterminatus during The Bloom Campaign.^[2]

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  Strike Force Xiphos rushed construction of an Atmospheric Incinerator Torpedo ready to be used for Exterminatus during The Bloom Campaign.^[2]

See also

• Exterminatus
• Virus bomb
• Cyclonic Torpedo

Sources

• 1: The Fall of Medusa V: Campaign booklet, pg. 13
• 2: Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters, Baleful Edict - Manufactorum Ship Status Repairs and Construction Complete Events