Nuclear attack
Can it be safe to assume that Cap City was attacked by a neutron bomb instead of conventional nukes? Granted, the "landlord bomb" (neutron bombs kill people but don't destroy buildings) is largely a myth, but there is enough of a truth to it if they are used tactically. I'm assuming that the Cylons would have the know-how to use such weapons in the optimal manner.--Mitsukai 01:11, 20 January 2006 (EST)
- It's likely, and maybe even worth speculating about in-text (although I'd prefer that to be on Fall of the Twelve Colonies than here), but not okay to state as a definitive fact. --Peter Farago 01:22, 20 January 2006 (EST)
- Nuclear weapons on the show appear to use ordinary Plutonium, and are not neutron bombs. And we see shock waves moving through the city briefly. What may confuse you is that we see Helo in cities that aren't destroyed: the Cylons destroyed most cities, such as Caprica City (the capital), but they intentionally spared a few cities like Delphi. Our educated guess is that they were spared so the Cylons could use them as military ground bases. But most of the cities on the planet have been destroyed. --Ricimer 13:25, 20 January 2006 (EST)