Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-27642965-20160211003725/@comment-24510587-20160922055928

Weight isn't energy, but a Kiloton/kilotonne (and Megaton, Gigaton, etc) is a measure of power in the sense that it's the amount of TNT required to create an explosion with the samee power output. Like I said.

No, it isn't.

Clone Troopers were not in any sense easily replacable. It took several years (nine, I believe) before a new batch was battle-ready; only two batches were ever produced for the Republic Army. Replenishing an army with conventional recruits would've been far easier. Also, blasters do have a kinetic impact.

No it doesn't, it cracks the crust. The force of the explosion can destabilise the core, though. You can't crack the mante and the core of a planet, though, as both are liquid.

Sidenote: whether or not there is a need is irrelevant, because that's just how it is. Also, tens of thousands of Venators and the like*.

Yes they do. Read up on blasters, they have kinetic impact. A Turbolaser shot, as evidenced in The Empire Striker Back, can vaporise an asteroid and still keep going like nothing happened. And besides, that "simple metal slug" can't even penetrate the shields of a Star Wars ship.