Zakalwe
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Sperion Mini-Grenade
While the Elsysians were developing grenade launchers and grenades for their infantry it came to some of the designers minds that it might be interesting to create a far smaller grenade, more easily transported and concealed with a subsequent reduction in firepower. As such the Sperion mini-grenade was designed.
The mini-grenade is a sphere around 1.8 inches in height and diameter – very close in size comparison to a golf ball. At the ‘top' of the sphere there is the pin – the grenade is ‘active' once this pin is removed. There is a four second delay between pulling the pin and its explosion, and they can be thrown around 40 metres. All of the grenades are mostly white, but with a band around it to reveal what variety it is.
There are three forms of mini-grenade:
1, Fragmentation:
These contain a mixture of Octanitrocubane (which reacts at above 9,400 m/s and is between 20 and 25 times more powerful than HMX) and carbon boride fletchettes – the combination of the two creating an explosion with a lethal radius of 18 metres and a risk of injury of up to 300m around the point of impact. This grenade has a thin red band around it.
2, Gas:
This grenade does not actually explode but releases potent gas – a combination of dibenzoxazepine and trace amounts of carfentanil. Thus result is a gas which can cause intense irritation of the skin, temporary blindness, coughing, panic and unconsciousness. This grenade will incapacitate, but not kill, in a ventilated or open space – but in a closed space there is a chance that the target may die without medical assistance. The area of effect has a diameter of 3.45 metres. This grenade has a thin green band around it.
3, Smoke screen:
This version of the grenade also doesn't explode, but rather releases terephthalic acid into the surrounding area, creating a thick smoke screen which can be used for numerous tactical purposes. Unlike other smoke screens terphthalic acid is not particularly irritant – it can cause some redness to the skin and eyes as well as a cough, but compared to the caustic effects of hexachloroethane it is relatively harmless. The area of effect for this grenade is ten metres cubed, although it is greater in a non-ventilated space. This grenade has a thin white band around it.
The grenades can be carried in pockets or in a specially made bandolier.
While the Elsysians were developing grenade launchers and grenades for their infantry it came to some of the designers minds that it might be interesting to create a far smaller grenade, more easily transported and concealed with a subsequent reduction in firepower. As such the Sperion mini-grenade was designed.
The mini-grenade is a sphere around 1.8 inches in height and diameter – very close in size comparison to a golf ball. At the ‘top' of the sphere there is the pin – the grenade is ‘active' once this pin is removed. There is a four second delay between pulling the pin and its explosion, and they can be thrown around 40 metres. All of the grenades are mostly white, but with a band around it to reveal what variety it is.
There are three forms of mini-grenade:
1, Fragmentation:
These contain a mixture of Octanitrocubane (which reacts at above 9,400 m/s and is between 20 and 25 times more powerful than HMX) and carbon boride fletchettes – the combination of the two creating an explosion with a lethal radius of 18 metres and a risk of injury of up to 300m around the point of impact. This grenade has a thin red band around it.
2, Gas:
This grenade does not actually explode but releases potent gas – a combination of dibenzoxazepine and trace amounts of carfentanil. Thus result is a gas which can cause intense irritation of the skin, temporary blindness, coughing, panic and unconsciousness. This grenade will incapacitate, but not kill, in a ventilated or open space – but in a closed space there is a chance that the target may die without medical assistance. The area of effect has a diameter of 3.45 metres. This grenade has a thin green band around it.
3, Smoke screen:
This version of the grenade also doesn't explode, but rather releases terephthalic acid into the surrounding area, creating a thick smoke screen which can be used for numerous tactical purposes. Unlike other smoke screens terphthalic acid is not particularly irritant – it can cause some redness to the skin and eyes as well as a cough, but compared to the caustic effects of hexachloroethane it is relatively harmless. The area of effect for this grenade is ten metres cubed, although it is greater in a non-ventilated space. This grenade has a thin white band around it.
The grenades can be carried in pockets or in a specially made bandolier.
