In an instant, millions of bright blue exhaust plumes, like light swords, pierced through the thick, moisture-rich atmosphere, pointing directly into space.
Under the impact of these high-speed plumes, the material molecules composing the atmosphere also acquired extremely high kinetic energy, rushing into space like mud swept away by a breaching flood.
After only one month of operation, the thickness of this planet's atmosphere was reduced by about 1%.
Although it was only 1%, converted, it meant a mass of about 700 trillion tons, which was equivalent to about one-seventh of Earth's total atmospheric mass.
This month of full propulsion also brought the rotation of this massive rocky planet to a screeching halt. The cost was that the entire globe entered a geologically active period, with frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
Of course, this had no impact on Tom.
