Thread:Soldier Blue/@comment-25295648-20190119054358/@comment-25295648-20190124230617

I did a calculation of the mountain feat.



This takes place in Yavin-4, obviously, specifically the Rebel Base. In the movies, the base was filmed at Tikal in Guatemala, in the Peten department. However, there are no notable mountains in this area, so I will be very generous and assume the calculation using the tallest mountain not just in Guatemala, but in Central America: Volcan Tajumulco

Mountain Height = 102 pixels = 3980 meters

Mountain Cap Diameter = 85 pixels = 3316.67 meters

Mountain Cap Height = 43 pixels = 1677.843 meters

https://www.omnicalculator.com/math/cone-volume

Mountain cap = 4.831972701 km^3

Vaporization = 25700 joules per cubic centimeter

4.831972701 km^3 * 25700 joules per cubic cm = 29.6801382 gigatons of tnt

I am being generous in all fronts here.


 * 1) 1. To assume that this mountain, which honestly doesn't look all too impressive given the slope, is the tallest mountain in Guatemala/Central America is a pretty large highball. Especially since Volcan Tajumulco is a volcano, not just a normal mountain.


 * 1) 2. I highly doubt it was vaporization; vaporizing the mountain would have created an overpressure eruption that would be exceedingy larger. This doesn't even have to deal with the Turbolasers, whose explosive radius could be moderated and dialed. The mere chain reaction of creating enough energy to have a vaporization value this high would be catastrophic, and would destroy the whole region. It would be much safer and more logical to assume it was pulverization. A nuclear explosion equalling hundreds of megatons of TNT pulverizing rock is still going to create the same effects seen in the panel, even still with a lot of smoke and steam. So it is more viable.

Taking these into account, and using pulverization (214.35 joules per cubic cm), I get 247.546211 megatons of tnt.

This again is using the largest mountain in all of Central America, and is an extremely large high-ball. Just looking at the mountain from the scan, I highly doubt it is 4000 meters. A much safer bet is to use the largest mountain-peak near Tikal, which is Cerro Pyramide (642 meters tall)