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Hi guys, I was reading Abaddon used the three forts of Blackstone to make the star go supernova (can't remember the name now ?). I was wondering if there were other ships or fleets nearby, and if they managed to get home.......I wonder because in that case the ships' shields would have absorbed an inordinate amount of energy.

And just in case, has anyone ever read in any novel of a ship that escaped from a supernova or exploding star? Or even that she happened to be passing by?

Thanks in advance guys ??

I did a bit of research in the BFG big blue book. The star was called Tarantis in the Gothic sector. Tarantis was the entry way from the Tamahl sector. It took a month for the star to explode. What Imperial forces that could evacuate did.

"For a whole month, the Tarantis star raged and boiled. Tortured storms moved across its surface, its corona expanding to engulf the two nearest worlds. Any that could leave fled the system, but to evacuate the populations of three worlds was an
impossible task. Four weeks after Abaddon’s
attack, Tarantis’ star went nova, wiping out
everything for many thousands of billions of
miles in every direction in a storm of gas and
plasma. Tarantis, a whole star system, was no
more and Abaddon had the power to unleash this destruction wherever he wished."
-BFG big blue book, The Destruction of Tarantis

thank you so much , i very appreciate ??