In Umbris Potestas Est
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Intent: To develop a basic atomic explosive that engineering teams can utilize in order to destroy hardened targets.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Defiance Consolidated Multipurpose Manufacturing
Model: Atomic Demolitions Munition
Affiliation: Sith Empire
Modularity: Minor(explosive potency, from 10 tons of standard explosive to 40 tons)
Production: Production: Mass Produced
Material: Plutonium-239(core), high explosive(jacket), Durasteel(frame)
Classification: High Explosive
Size: Stationary(backpack-transported)
Length: 0.5m
Weight: 25kg
Ammunition Type: Single-Use
Ammunition Capacity: Single Use
Effective Range: (Highest yield)
Fireball radius: 20 m (0 m²)
Maximum size of the nuclear fireball; relevance to lived effects depends on height of detonation. If it touches the ground, the amount of radioactive fallout is significantly increased. Air blast radius (20 psi): 70 m (0.02 km²)
At 20 psi overpressure, heavily built concrete buildings are severely damaged or demolished; fatalities approach 100%. Air blast radius (5 psi): 160 m (0.08 km²)
At 5 psi overpressure, most residential buildings collapse, injuries are universal, fatalities are widespread. Thermal radiation radius (3rd degree burns): 170 m (0.09 km²)
Third degree burns extend throughout the layers of skin, and are often painless because they destroy the pain nerves. They can cause severe scarring or disablement, and can require amputation. 100% probability for 3rd degree burns at this yield is 6.5 cal/cm2. Radiation radius (500 rem): 480 m (0.72 km²)
500 rem radiation dose; without medical treatment, there can be expected between 50% and 90% mortality from acute effects alone. Dying takes between several hours and several weeks.
The various radii are of course decreased when the weapon is used below maximum potency.
Rate of Fire: Single Use
Special Features: Atomic Explosive
Description: The Atomic Demolitions Munition is a small nuclear device based around a simple implosion-type system. An orange-sized sphere of Plutonium-239 is surrounded by an explosive jacket, whose power can be varied depending on settings inputted via a small console integrated into the device. The end result is a reasonable sized, man-deployable atomic explosive capable of being used for both military and non-military purposes. The weapon may be deployed against heavily armored bunkers proton torpedoes and artillery cannot crack, or they may be jury-rigged to be dropped from gunships or transports. Peace-wise, they can be remotely daisy-chained together to quickly dig crevasses, artificial rivers, or other landscape altering things.
As always, use of this weapon will cause fallout. Several minutes will pass before the radiation grows weak enough for a human to pass nearby. Even then, Agrinium Rad-Exoskeletons are to be worn at all times. This weapon is currently illegal for civilian use.
