Humanity's tech tree had already reached the nuclear age by the 2K era, and even in the 40K era, nuclear weapons remained standard equipment in legion warfare.
These adorable little things, powered by fission, fusion, or whatever other kind of reaction, had been widely praised by humanity ever since their invention. People had even developed all sorts of unusual ways to use them.
According to historical records, during the 20K era, twenty thousand years ago, humanity had entered the Dark Age of Technology. Back then, anyone could make a nuclear bomb at home, even an eight-year-old child.
Among the Blackwatch, the people of Alicia were especially fond of Nuka-Cola. Making all those delicious drinks inevitably produced mountains of nuclear waste, which Blackwatch collected, refined, and turned into nuclear bombs.
Before a Techmarine in Blackwatch began his training, the first thing he made was always a nuclear bomb for his homeworld. Over the course of his long life, he would also occasionally put one together to stave off boredom—and sell it to another legion for some pocket money.
This long-standing habit had left Blackwatch's armories overflowing with nuclear weapons of every size. They even had nuclear grenades with a blast radius of two hundred meters. Unfortunately, sales were poor, so Hogg eventually put a stop to the project.
In the first wave of attacks, Blackwatch dropped a full 7,200 nuclear bombs, then dropped another 7,200 after the first round of explosions.
A single nuclear bomb couldn't begin to match the power of a Vortex Torpedo, but the simple-minded Cloaked Cockroaches figured that if one wasn't powerful enough, they could make up for it with numbers. Fourteen thousand four hundred bombs would surely blow everything to pieces—and clear room for the freshly made nukes.
Unlike the other traitor legions, the Salamanders were