Family Atomics

Item from Dune by Frank Herbert

Nuclear weapons held by each Great House as a deterrent — their use against humans is forbidden by the Great Convention, but Paul Atreides used them to breach the Shield Wall and changed everything.

Also known as: House atomics, nuclear weapons, the family atomics

What They Know

• Every Great House possesses atomics as a deterrent — use against humans triggers universal retaliation
• Paul used Atreides atomics against the Shield Wall (geological target) — technically legal, practically unprecedented
• The Great Convention prohibits use against human targets but not against terrain or structures
• Every monitoring station in the Imperium can detect an atomic detonation instantly
• Possession is legal; deployment against people is civilization-ending for the deploying House

Connections

• wielded_by — paul_atreides
• destroys — shield_wall

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