The Genesis Device was a sophisticated technological innovation designed to alleviate sociological problems such as overpopulation and limited food supplies. Its development was completed by a team of scientists led by Carol Marcus and her son, David Marcus, in on the Regula I in the Mutara sector.
The device initiated a process of rapid terraforming, by which previously uninhabitable planets could be turned into class M worlds ready for colonization. This was accomplished by launching the Genesis Device, a torpedo-shaped projectile, into a lifeless planet. Upon impact, the device caused a massive explosion, reducing the entire area to subatomic particles. A preprogrammed matrix then reassembled these subatomic particles into the desired configuration, creating an atmosphere and environment habitable for Humans within a matter of hours, regardless of the test area's original composition.

Lucifer wrote:

i want a Genesis Device so i can bang out my own planet or perhaps completely terraform an existing one.

would also make a great terrorist weapon if you want to kill your nemesis and his son on a rocky planet somewhere...

.... You can't blow up a planet but there are artifacts like GeoScorcher Solar Reducer that nuke populations in entire planets or systems. Theres also things like AI Supervirus that steal profits from an entire planet. There is usually a lot of retribution by other players when you use them though, but hey, its terrorism =)

Check out the Hompage >> Guide >> Artifacts The effects are listed.

Unfortunately there is no way to steal artifacts... yet, they are produced at research facilities and at artifact resources. Maybe buy some from another player?

i want a Genesis Device so i can bang out my own planet or perhaps completely terraform an existing one.

would also make a great terrorist weapon if you want to kill your nemesis and his son on a rocky planet somewhere...