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Liberator

A Liberator planted on Colony 12.

Liberators, also called Planet Killers,[1] are monumental doomsday weapons used by the Red Lantern Corps in their single-minded campaign against the Guardians of the Universe and the Green Lantern Corps. They are towering superbombs capable of shattering an entire planet to shards in mere seconds. Planet Killers are equipped to directly hang under Shard[1] and can be released from the artificial fortress-like planetoid like bomber-plane shells.

One was used to obliterate Colony 12, another was implanted on Betrassus, but this failed. 3 were implanted into the Maelstrom and blew a giant hole through it. Some were going to be used to destroy a giant invading robot, but they were destroyed.

History[]

Atrocitus used a Liberator on Colony 12, threatening that it would destroy them and their homeworld unless they gave the Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and Kilowog to him. Even though with the interference of the Green Lanterns on Colony 12, the bomb still succeeded to destroy the planet and Green Lantern Shyir Rev, but the citizens survived.[2]

Another Planet Killer was implanted on Betrassus. Though before it could detonate the Green Lanterns Hal, Kilowog and Ioland used their new-found boost in their Power Rings from an unknown source to lift off the Planter Killer out of Orbit and saved Betrassus.[1]

A few blew a hole through the asteroid blockade seperating the Forgotten Zone and the Green Lantern side of it.

Shard Liberators

Shard launching its Liberators.

During the Red Lantern invasion into Guardian Space, Shard came into battle against Kilowog, Saint Walker and Mogo who could destroy the Red Lantern armada. Shard launched several Planet Killers towards Mogo in order to obliterate it. However they were immobilized by the combined Power Rings and strength of Mogo and Saint Walker, preventing the Red Lanterns from entering into Guardian Space.[3]

It's presumed that they were all destroyed by the Anti-Monitor when it obliterated Shard. They might still be produced, but this is unlikely, as the Red Lanterns now assist the Green Lanterns.

Capabilities[]

A Liberator, despite it's name, is able to destroy an entire planet[2] and blew a hole through the Maelstrom. Due to their size and their tough substance, it's seemingly impossible that it can be destroyed, except with a powerful attack.[3] They also are hard to difuse, seeing as it was hopeless for Shyir Rev.

It's unknown if Anti-Monitor is vulnerable to Liberators.

Design[]

A Liberator is a towering cylindrical fortress with surprisingly free space within. The uppermost chamber is an observation deck with a control panel and a sealable translucent shield. It can spread out spider-like legs to stabilize its position and the front circle is a holo-projector allowing Atrocitus to address whatever civilization he’s threatening. It seems to run on plutonium as it’s incendiary, which will be ignited by a laser to trigger the detonation if its 5-minute timer is allowed to expire.

However, if the laser is blocked off, the detonation can be stalled long enough to make a quick getaway.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Regime Change". Josh Hamilton (writer) & Rick Morales (director). Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Cartoon Network. May 5, 2012. No. 10, season one.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Beware My Power" (Part 1). Jim Krieg, Ernie Altbacker (writer) & Sam Liu, Rick Morales (director). Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Cartoon Network. November 11, 2011. No. 1, season one.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Homecoming". Jim Krieg (writer) & Sam Liu (director). Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Cartoon Network. May 26, 2012. No. 13, season one.
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