User:MrWarnerTheGreat/Sonic IDW - Sonic craters an Eggman Fort

Introduction

In volume sixty-one of the Sonic the Hedgehog comics (IDW), Sonic does a friendship-esc combo attack with him cratering Eggman's massive-ass fort. Doin' math time.

The Calculation

Building our Final Equation

Okay, so in the shot below, we visibly see the light trail left behind Sonic before he crashes into the fort.

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Using that as our reference (And assuming the height of his spindash form which is roughly half a meter), we get a diameter of 52.8 meters. As for the depth of the crater, we'll just assume it's a quarter of the diameter of the crater.

Using ellipsoid volume, we get a total volume of 38536333718.9cm³. Now due to this being a crater, it makes sense for this to be compression. Assuming Eggman made this fort out of stainless steel, that makes the compressive strength of a single cubic centimeter unit between 262 J/cm³ and 3000 J/cm³. Using a middle ground between the two varaints gives us 1631 J/cm³.

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Final Equation

38536333718.9(cm³)*1631(J) = 6.285276e+13 Joules, or 15.0221701721 Kilotons of TNT, which is slightly above baseline Town level.

Conclusion

• Sonic makes a massive crater: 1.0096519e+1 joules - 15.0221701721 kilotons of TNT, Town level (7-C)