I destroyed a Centaurian base which was surrounded by asteroids. It shot out its remains in all directions, and a couple of bits hit asteroids. And then the asteroids started spitting out little pieces of asteroids, which hit other asteroids...
Within the space of about two seconds there were dozens of nasty little rocks belting off each other and the game utterly ground to a halt.
I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.