The “Bag of Tricks”, also known as the “Bangpack”, is a combat device designed by Iemochi Innovations & Sales. It was designed as a scalable explosive to be used as a offensive weapon or as a weapon of last resort. It is an ADNR backpack that comes in variable sizes, filled with an armable explosive. The amount of explosive to be detonated can be scaled by the user before activation.

The “Bag of Tricks” was designed in YE 44 by Iemochi Innovations & Sales. Iemochi Feyani put out a bounty for a variable explosive to be used by special operations teams. While the item is available to all Star Army of Yamatai forces, its requirement to physically throw or plant the explosive before detonation usually means that collateral damage is likely if not used by experienced users or in relatively small teams.

The “Bag of Tricks” is a hard ADNR backpack with compressed Bulletproof Wool straps. It is filled with a predetermined amount of compressed metastable explosive. It is activated, scaled and timed by using the attached control panel embedded into the backpack. Due to the explosive's properties, part of the payload can be detonated without triggering the rest. Inside, the explosives are arranged into adjacent, uniform cubes, isolated from each other by nonconductive layers. A number of these cubes can be detonated simultaneously without activating the others. The charges do not detonate except by direct electrical discharge. It includes a redundant pre-charged battery which powers the control panel and provides current for detonation.

Here is the data regarding the entity which created and manufactures this item.

• Designer: Iemochi Innovations & Sales
• Manufacturer: Iemochi Innovations & Sales
• Name: IIS “Bag of Tricks” Explosive Pack
• Nomenclature: IIS-Z1-44
• Type: Explosive
• Role: Variable yield explosive

The “Bag of Tricks” is usually of all-black or all-olive composition. It comes in various sizes, but is most usually seen as a daypack or backpack format. The storage portion is hardback, made from ADNR, and is rectangular to conform to the flat of a back. It has four straps, one for each shoulder, one for the chest and one for the waist. These are made of compressed Bulletproof Wool and are soft as opposed to the ADNR of the backpack. The backpack has a simple control panel on the top, which allows for the payload to be scaled, for a timer to be added and the device to be activated. This is covered under an ADNR pad.

Here is the information regarding the Back of Trick's marketing values and fees for purchasable replacement parts.

• IIS “Bag of Tricks” Explosive Pack: 2000 KS

The user wears the ADNR block as a standard backpack, or can attach it to a different backpack or surface. It can also be placed inside a larger backpack or other carrying device more suited to the user's needs. The user then takes it off and opens the ADNR protective panel on the top to expose the control panel. They pocket the deactivation code which is inside there on a slip of laminated card. They then use the thumb wheels inside to scroll up or down various operational values. These are: blast radius (in meters, pre-calculated) and time delay (in seconds). At this point, the red button inside is pressed and the ADNR protective panel closed. The device countdown begins at this point and it can then be thrown or placed as necessary.

Once the timer is complete, a predetermined number of the explosive cubes inside the pack are sent a spark based on the settings of the control panel when the device was armed. These sparks are simultaneously delivered by electrodes embedded inside them when manufactured. They detonate, exploding the pack and the surrounding area. The cubes that are not designated to be activated do not chain react to the explosion and are sublimated from the blast.

To deactivate the explosive, the laminated card taken from the protective panel will show the positions that the thumb wheels need to be set to. Once they are set to this, the activation button must be held for one second, at which point the detonation will be cancelled. Without the exact positions being set, the device will refuse to be deactivated and engage a permanent lock-out after 3 attempts of pressing the button.

See Damage Rating (Version 3) for an explanation of the damage system.

• Maximum Yield: Tier 9.

ethereal created this article on 2022/10/22 11:12.

This was approved by Andrew on 2022/10/26.¹⁾