Baba Strike

The Baba Strike was an asteroid impact that occurred during the Second Century BU. It involved the collision of the near-Earth asteroid Baba - an object that had been known to exist years prior to the event - with the Earth.

The asteroid struck the Sahara desert in southern Algeria and released energy equivalent to 10 billion tonnes (10 gigatons) of TNT. This explosion projected huge quantities of sand and dust into the atmosphere, causing worldwide destruction of crops and deficits in sunlight. This effect, along with the more immediate effects of the explosion in North Africa, caused up to 12 million deaths worldwide. The devastation caused by the Baba Strike was magnified by the existing concern of the ongoing World Depression.