List of supernova weapons in science fiction

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This is a list of devices or events that triggered a supernova as a weapon in science fiction novels, movies, video games and TV series. All of the devices in the list are technological in nature (i.e. no magic or supernatural causes) and have been used effectively at least once in their respective work.

1. The Sun Crusher from the Star Wars expanded universe.
2. Centerpoint Station from the Star Wars expanded universe.
3. In the television series Stargate SG-1, Selmak and Samantha Carter dialed a Stargate address to a planet with a black hole, then enveloped the Stargate in an energy shield and dropped it into a sun. The black hole's gravity sucked enough stellar matter away from the core of the star to weaken its gravity and cause it to go supernova.
4. Nova Bombs from Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.
5. Trilithium torpedoes, from the feature film Star Trek Generations, with trilithium also mentioned as a nova-triggering substance in DS9 "In Inferno's Light."
6. The Shivan subspace weapon, mounted on the SJ Sathanas juggernauts, from the computer game FreeSpace 2.
7. The trih xeem from Bungie's trilogy of Marathon games.
8. In the Culture series by Iain M. Banks, Culture ships are capable of inducing stars into supernovae, though exactly how they achieve this is unknown.