Nuclear Warfare in Space

Adrian Hurt asks:

>Next, a more Traveller-based question. Given all the current fears about what a
>nuclear war would do (e.g. nuclear winter), could a naval force, e.g. a battle
>squadron, effectively destroy a planet by using a few salvoes of nuclear
>missiles? If so, is this accounted for in any account of the Frontier Wars or
>any other wars? Is it provided for in any rules?

In the latest issue of _Challenge_, there is a "courier" senario, in which a
number of background/flavor elements are included.  One of these mentions that
Lucan has ordered his admirals not to surrender any High Population worlds.

There is a later mention of an admiral ordering the nuclear bobmardment of a
world he was about to lose to advancing forces, in order to change the world's
status so that it was *no longer* a High Population world...  He is awarded the
"Starburst for Extreme Heroism" by Lucan.   (*Nice* people!)

As an aside, I never received any answers to my earlier question:
Is anyone else using the GDW "Shattered Imperium" campaign background?

(PS- Welcome to Mike Metlay!  I liked to rec.games.frp "Near Miss" posting...)

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