The Golden Rule
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Intent: To create an effective countermeasure against Sith Spawn and other Dark Side entities.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Arisa Yune (Designer), Kiribian Systems Armory
Model: N/A
Affiliation: Open Market
Modularity: No
Production: Mass Production
Material: Durasteel, Sasori Synthweave, Baradium-Ytterbium, Collapsium, Components for Electronics
Blast Radius:
- Full-sized/40mm Variant - 5 meter effective ("kill") radius, 15 meter maximum ("wound") radius.
- Micro/20mm Rifle Variant - .5 meter maximum effective spread at 3 meters.
- Light Side Force Damage
Description:
As part of the effort to improve the equipment utilized by NFUs against hostile FUs, Arisa constructed a grenade that could be used against hordes of Sithspawn and other Dark Side entities en masse while also retaining its utility against various other personnel types. She came up with a simple solution of modifying a detonator with a durasteel shell for fragmentation. The inner lining of the shell was covered by a perforated layer of synthweave sourced from Sasori. Upon detonation, the synthweave layer fragments or is completely vaporized by the explosive charge along with the outer durasteel casing. The vaporized synthweave releases small bursts of light side Force energy, spreading outward with the explosion of shockwaves and shrapnel.
The combination of Force-imbued shrapnel and pure energy is especially damaging to Dark Side entities, capable of disrupting their ability to channel the Dark Side of the Force and interrupt related abilities as they are damaged on the metaphysical level, like accelerated regeneration. Dark side constructs created from pure energy can be destabilized or outright destroyed. For a few minutes, Dark Side energy is difficult to be channeled within the blast area of a previously deployed grenade.
Two main variants of the light grenade were created. A full sized, 40mm version that comes in the form of a hand grenade, or a shell fired from large grenade launchers or light artillery (e.g. mortars), and a 20mm micro-variant made specifically for smaller caliber launcher platforms like the Famos battle rifle. The micro-variant features an airburst function and an additional collapsium charge for focusing its comparatively smaller blast into a narrow cone for a shotgun-like effect. Several grenades of either variant can be loaded as submunitions for a large warhead or shell cartridge.
Primary Source:
Real World Inspirations
“M67 Grenade.” Accessed October 20, 2016. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/M67_grenade.
“XM29 OICW.” Accessed October 20, 2016. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/XM29_OICW.
