Editing Exterminatus

[[Image:Exterminatus Retribution.jpg|right|600px|"I didn't expect that kind of Imperial [[Inquisition]]-" '''*BLAM*'''|thumb]] 

'''Exterminatus''' is the [[Imperium of Man|Imperium]]'s biggest middle finger they can give to xenos and [[Chaos]] infestation on their own planets. It basically involves them UTTERLY DESTROYING THE PLANET via heavy orbital bombardment if they see that it would be impossible to re-take the planet by drowning their enemies in corpses, like they always do.

Before you go onto some sort of moral tirade about the morality of blowing the fuck out of a planet, understand the motherfucking context. A world deemed worthy of Exterminatus is one considered past the point where anything can be salvaged from it - whether because it's about to be lost to [[Tyranids|countless ravening giant insects that will zerg-rush and eat fucking everything]] or because it will be turned into a fucking [[Chaos|daemon-and-tentacle-rape-infested shit-pit where neither sanity nor time has any meaning]]. The alternative is fucking glassing a planet and trying to deny it to the enemy or ensure SOMETHING can be fucking saved. It's the last-ditch measure and it's there because the alternative sucks even fucking worse. Well that's the theory, but the [[Grimdark | over the top villainy of Warhammer 40k]] means that the Imperium does sometimes get trigger happy with this, using an Exterminatus on worlds over things like a few of its people coming into contact with alien technology, or a small hint of [[heresy]] that would probably not require killing everything.

[[Deal with it]]. Bitching any further will rile the [[Commissar|Commissariat]]. You have been warned.

==Ways of Exterminatus==
The Imperium has several means for dealing with infestations:

'''Just Shoot the Shit Out of It'''

Saturating planets with oversized lazor cannons larger than apartment buildings is the stereotypical way of nuking the fuck out of something you don't like. Space marine battlebarge bombardment cannons, Nova cannons, Lance batteries and any type of HUEG lazor is often used. An example of this being used is when the [[Dark Angels]] <s>destroyed their homeworld, Caliban, after it was lost to heretics within their chapter.</s> AFTER SOMEONE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO HUNT FOR DINNER USING THE ORBITAL BOMBARDMENT CANNONS FOR OUR NON-HERETICAL AND OBVIOUSLY LOYAL BROTHERS, the [[Night Lords]]' purge of Nostramo, and during the purging of Typhon.

'''Virus Bombs'''

Virus Bombs are biological warheads loaded with the Life Eater virus, a biological payload that causes living tissue (plant or animal) to rot and decompose The general gist is that they spread a virus that spreads by contact that causes necrosis of tissues and rapid decay of plant and animal tissues. This immediate rot causes a buildup of flammable gases, which in turn, can be ignited by one of the lazors above, sweeping the area in firestorms. A relentless bombing of these fucking things is what reduced [[Tallarn]] from a verdant forest world to the desert hellhole it is now. They were also used by [[Horus|Warmaster Horus]] to kill off loyalists in the Traitor Legions during the Istvaan Campaign of the [[Horus Heresy]]. According to [[Amberley Vail]], Virus Bombs are only rarely used now because every time they're used, they feed the fucking [[Nurgle|Plaguefather]].

'''Atmospheric Incinerator Torpedo'''

Atmospheric Incinerator Torpedoes are [[Plasma]] torpedoes that bursts in low planetary orbit and super-heats the atmosphere of a planet until all combustible material ignites. This method of Exterminatus was used on Medusa IV. Pretty much like the Virus Bomb but it skips right to the firestorm and directly turns the planet's surface into hellfire.

'''Cyclonic Torpedoes'''

The primary method of Exterminatus in the 41st millennium, these are basically nukes OD'd on steroids. These capital ship-fired warheads each generate a series of massive self-sustaining reactions, which, when fired in bulk, fuels a much larger reaction that causes the devastation to spread and multiply, eventually glassing the entire world with a thermonuclear holocaust given a sufficient barrage. If you fire enough in the same spot it will break through the crust of a planet causing part of the mantle to erupt out, royally butt fucking the planet in the process (See Fire Warrior End Cinematic). [[Krieg]] is an example of a radioactive perpetual-winter World that survived multiple cyclonic torpedo strikes, though in this case it was on a much smaller scale. This was the method that probably killed Typhon in combination with the above shoot the shit out of it method. (Another theory holds that the bombardment is used to remove anything that might prevent the torpedo from reaching the surface). Only the [[Inquisition]] and the [[Space Marines]] are authorized to carry cyclonic torpedoes, the former because the Inquisition has the authority to do anything, the later because the Imperium believes that if the Space Marines can't beat it, nothing else will.

'''Two-Stage Cyclonic Torpedoes'''

In the two-stage torpedo, they use a [[melta]] charge to burrow into the planet's crust and down to the core. A second thermonuclear charge then goes off causing the planet to break apart Death Star style. Really the only way to deal with Necron Tomb Worlds since due to their undergroundness they aren't overly bothered by the other methods which devastate the surface but leave the planet as a whole mostly intact.

'''Smashing It with a Fucking Moon'''

This method requires radically changing the orbit of the moon in question to a collision course with the planet, and therefore requires the use of several Mechanicus voidships. This method was used to destroy Phaenon Prime when the Virus Bomb failed to wipe out the planet's corruptive influence.

'''[[Samus]]'''

Deployment of a single [[Female Space Marines|female space marine]] on a xenos-infested world. Though surprisingly effective, the [[High Lords of Terra]] and even the Inquisition have yet to formally sanction Samus's use as a method of Exterminatus.

'''Nokia 3310'''

Looked alike the cyclonic torpedo, but the warhead is now replaced with an archeotech known as motherfucking Nokia 3310 (read: will fuck through anyfucking thing). The planet will be pierced completely with a hole so big, the planet looked like a goatse. Though its awesome, the usage is extremely volatile because it have a chance of either causing another Eye of Terror or destroying all other planets in its way. Other than that, it's fucking [[awesome]]

==IRL Exterminatus==

'''SAGE Bombing'''

The electronic equivalent of Exterminatus, a Sagebomb is achieved by repeatedly using the SAGE tag on a thread, ergo reducing its priority. When fired in bulk by multiple users simultaneously, such barrages of SAGE are capable of dragging almost any thread screaming down to the depths of a given imageboard, where they will eventually be purged. The ultimate fate for all threads containing [[Furry]] and similar [[Heresy]].

...Or at least that's how many fa/tg/uys think it works. 

SAGE is supposed to add a "negative" response to a given thread, ergo reducing its apparent post-count. Because such a system would be easy to [[troll]] others, however, SAGE instead is used simply to reply without bumping a given thread. In [[Dungeons and Dragons|olden times]], SAGE ''did'' work that way supposedly, however, and was a tool of righteous wrath. Sagebombing still has an effect to the extent that once a thread passes the "autosage" limit it can no longer be bumped even by normal posts, and so even if it is still active it will still sink to the bottom of the board and into the depths of deletion; hence a large number of zero-content SAGEs will hasten the demise of the thread without bumping it in the process, although they do not actively cause the thread's departure.

==The Fall of Typhon==
''Good to know there's a ceremony for blowing up a planet.''

We have arrived, and it is now that we perform our charge.<br>
In fealty to the God-Emperor (our ''undying'' Lord) and by the Grace of the Golden Throne, I declare Exterminatus upon the Imperial World of Typhon Primaris.<br>
I hereby sign the death warrant of an entire world and consign a million souls to oblivion.<br>
May Imperial Justice account in all balance.<br>
The Emperor Protects.

==The Words of Gabriel Angelos==
It is human nature to seek culpability in a time of tragedy. It is a sign of strength to cry out against fate, rather than to bow one's head and succumb. Inevitably many will fault the hands upon the sword that felled Typhon, the Ordo Malleus. But the Inquisition merely performs the duty of its office. To further fear them is redundant; to hate them, heretical. Those more sensible will place responsibility with those who forced the hands of the Inquisition. With some fortune, they may foster this hatred into purpose, and further rule their own fate by coming to the Emperor's service.

Yet ultimately, it was I who set these events into motion, with a single blow from my hammer, God Splitter.

-End-

The use of a properly modified version of this quote from Dawn of War Retribution has proved highly effective in saging furfag troll threads and thus has been sanctioned by the holy /tg/ Inquisition for public use (keep it on /tg/).

==Exterminatus on the Tabletop==
Though not the most effective of lists, it is particularly hilarious and surprisingly fluffy to declare Exterminatus on large table games of 40k. The general gist is to simply stock up on as many large blast templates fired from off table as possible, whether via army list or stratagems. One relatively simple list is to simply take a [[Grey Knights]] army, field a single Bro-Capt. or Grand Master with an orbital Strike Relay, [[Witch Hunters|Karamazov]] (who also has one) and two troop choices (if you're playing a regular game -- if you're playing [[Apocalypse]], you can skip the troops) Then cram in as many Techmarines as you can, give them all Orbital Strike Relays and watch the bombs drop. For the average 3000 point game, you can get Krazypants off and 20 bare-bones techies with the relays. that's 21 Strength 10 AP1 pie-plates smashing down on your opponents Baneblades, Warhounds and other special hard-as-balls to kill shit your opponents have! Also great for swarm-busting (the relays can fire D3 pieplates each per guy but at Strength 6). Picture Krazypantsoff standing on a hilltop, pointing at buildings and going "Bang.", then watching them all blow up. Of course, if the Inquisitor dies, you're fucked. So maybe just camp him in cover. But that's only if you're lame.

For those of you with enough money to field the Horus Heresy army list from Forge World, Horus can call down an orbital strike with infinite range and S10 AP1 from anywhere on the map. Now you can reenact the Istvaan III atrocities yourself!

For an Apocalypse game you can also field an exterminatus guard force.
All you need is:
n * 6 guardsmen (one with a vox).
The list is fairly simple - Just field as many Company Command Squads with nothing but Master of Ordinance and fire away (for a 3k game its almost 38 s9 ap3 blasts a turn)
Don't forget to field some epic(troll) music to laugh at your opponents face, and after the battle proceed with knocking the table down to finish with a speech gritty nuff to make Sturnn himself proud.

==TL;DR==
You fuckers just backed Chaos and now you have a daemon infestation? Your planet 'gon git [[FATAL|raaaaaaaaaaaaaaped]].

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Vidya:
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNc242mbiUs&feature=channel_video_title
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYXj9xOUFIM

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