[identity profile] anzhalyumitethe.livejournal.com 2015-10-16 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
pshaw.

That was in the pre atomic bomb 20th century: any mess can be cauterized properly with the appropriate and enthusiastic application of vigorous atom splitting.

;)

[identity profile] bruce munro (from livejournal.com) 2015-10-16 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"What happens when we nuke Cthulhu?" The answer is, of course, "He reforms fifteen minutes later. But now he's radioactive."

[identity profile] seth ellis (from livejournal.com) 2015-10-16 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
When you nuke the abyss, the abyss nukes you.

[identity profile] bruce munro (from livejournal.com) 2015-10-16 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Nuking the abyss is just throwing your atoms down a hole.

[identity profile] anzhalyumitethe.livejournal.com 2015-10-17 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
So, we have a 1/450 Hz nuclear furnace. Just have to build a containment vessel in 15 minute increments. duuur.

;)

[identity profile] eub.livejournal.com 2015-10-17 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
You say "Cthulhu", I say "Orion pusher plate".

[identity profile] roseembolism.livejournal.com 2015-10-17 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never notify that idea. This was a creature they was discriminated by a fishing boat- obviously an artillery shell would do the same.

So if Big C awakes, then simply sustaining a continuous artillery barrage should keep it occupied more or less permanently.

(Anonymous) 2015-10-27 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm guessing you never read A Colder War?

It's available online: http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm