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NAME
Affiliation:
No
Manufacturer:
Klussk make's these by hand.
Type:
These are proximity mines. Power Supply:
Standard batteries are used to power the electromagnetic field around the mines.
Sensors:
The mine's use electromagnetic field's as a "sensor". Once tripped by something big enough to throw off the field, the mine's go off.
Size:
They have around a 2" diameter, and are about an inch in height.
Composition:
These can vary in composition, as they are relatively easy to make. For a fragmentation variant, the charge in the middle is made of varying metals. In a smoke variant, the core is made of thinner sheets of metal with pores for the smoke to travel out of. A flash bang variant would be of a thinner material, with light and sound producing reactants. Poison variants would be similar to the smoke variant but be filled with some type of toxic reactants. But the only constant of these mines are what's outside of the core. Usually a thin, durable metal with buttons on the cusp's.
DESCRIPTION
Klussk's proximity mine's are usually used for defensive and surprise situations. The device is pretty easy to make, with a standard board for the innards controlling the magnetic fields diameter around the device. There are small, translucent pores around the devices edge that produce the field. The basic, almost primitive board also sparks the charge, sending information to the cores primer and setting off the device. The device can be used in multiple set-ups as well. Fragmentation, smoke-screens, poison and flashbang variants can be made. The core of the device is simple to swap out, all it takes is to screw in a new core of the users choosing.The base of the device is also simple in design. There is usually only 4 buttons. Two to control the fields range, which has a maximum radius of 4 feet. One to prime the charge to ready it for setting. And one to turn the device on or off.
The bottom of the mines can also be set with magnets or adhesive material to set on different surfaces. This makes them more versatile, being able to set up traps on the fly. Being as how these small mines are durable, the can be thrown and set a distant away from the user with little trauma taken. These things are pretty durable and are easy to use.
The biggest drawback of this device is it's lethality. While in a frag configuration, one or two mines won't do much to penetrate heavy armor. Medium and light armor will take damage and even have some penetration by shrapnel but the victim will usually be breathing. The lack of coverage in medium and light armor is what makes these dangerous to those sets. What makes these dangerous to most everyone is when they are clustered together in groups of 4 or 5 and used on groups of people. That's where most of the damage is done. The "punch" of one frag variant isn't as much as a standard grenade but with a couple more, can be just as deadly and more effective.
LEGALITY
These mine's are very illegal. The improvised weapon, while easy to make and even the most primitive design can be lethal, is still an improvised weapon. You wouldn't want to be caught in a star port with these on your waist. Though, they are small and easy to conceal, which makes them even more dangerous.INTENT
I made these for the fact the Siz Va Klussk is a bounty hunter and needed something more versatile in his arsenal. Standard grenades are ok but are limited to what they can do tactically besides throwing them. While standard grenades are nice to have, I wanted Klussk to have something a little sneakier. Something he could fall back on reliably when fleeing or setting up an ambush. It fits his character pretty well, too. I don't plan on selling them or marketing them, though I'm sure Klussk wouldn't see the problem of handing them out to teammates for some plot thing. I haven't seen tech like this either this timeline.ADVANCED TECH
Yes. Building them would require the schematics Klussk has drawn up, or someone reverse engineering them. They are pretty simple to make and would take someone adept in tech to make.
