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Nuclear strike
Strategic strikes · available from Combined Arms
Research the strategic weapon for 480 alloy and 45 seconds of lab work, separately from the era-upgrade queue. Prepare one for 640 alloy and 30 simulation seconds. Target a hostile city anywhere on the map; launch warns everyone for 15 seconds in a 220-radius zone and starts a 150-second cooldown. Impact removes the target city, its population, queues, modules and linked forts, plus troops and other forts in the blast zone. Other nearby cities are not destroyed by splash. Friendly or neutral forces block launch. Capture or loss of the target, or a co-op ally entering the zone, can cancel impact without refund. Other late arrivals can be hit, and neutral collateral starts war. Surviving target cities gain 25 grief and lose 15 morale; attacker cities gain 12 resentment and lose 8 morale. The destroyed city site becomes permanent ruins and can never be rebuilt.
Reference people: Military. Starting era: Napoleonic. Compare all peoples and eras. Interactive attack previews and films are available in the in-game encyclopedia.