Approved Tech Flashbang ion bomb

[Jessica Med-Beq]

A heavy casing

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To provide an ion bomb based on existing casings
• Image Source: Wikipedia Mk 84 bomb picture
• Canon Link: Ion bomb
• Restricted Missions: N/A
• Primary Source: Deathball proton bomb

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Ringovinda Systems
• Model: Janick ion bomb
• Affiliation: Open-Market
• Modularity: Three different sizes
• 
  Production: Mass-Produced
  
• Material: Detonite, plastoid shells, ion filling, incendiaries

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Ion bomb
• Size: Average (for the light version) Large (medium version) Very large (heavy version)
• Length: 1m (light version) - 2.60m (medium version) - 3.80m (heavy version)
• Diameter: 155mm (light version) - 310mm (medium version) - 533mm (heavy version)
• Weight: Average (30 kg; light version) Heavy (300 kg; medium version) Very heavy (1,000 kg; heavy version)
• Ammunition Type: Ion canister
• Ammunition Capacity: 1
• 
  Reload Speed: None
  
• Effective Range: Average (size-dependent; see below)
• Rate of Fire: Very Low (single-action)
• Stopping Power: Average (light version) High (medium version) Very High (heavy version)
• Recoil: None

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Ion filling containing ingredients including, but not limited to, ammonium perchlorate/anthracene/magnesium

Strengths:

• High voltage: can disable and even fry electronics
• Able to deal ion damage over large areas
• Able to both temporarily blind and deafen targets in the blast radius
• Intense illumination upon detonation

Weaknesses:

• Indiscriminate: friendlies caught inside the blast will be just as liable to taking electronic damage as enemies
• Can cause permanent deafness if caught in the innermost blast
• Sonic effects are ineffective in space
• Fast cook-off time due to the plastoid shells (i.e. must be stored away from flames and heat)

DESCRIPTION: Based on the success of the ion bombs in the first Dagobah campaign, it was found that ion bombs could be refined to provide a secondary effect with the addition of a phosphorescent agent that gives off a bright flash upon detonation. In addition to the very intense light it can create, the new design of the ion bomb makes it very noisy upon detonation, so much that it can cause targets caught in the blast to be temporarily deafened (or even permanently if in the innermost blast) as well as cause them to go off-balance in species whose balance depend on ear fluids. However, sonic effects are ineffective when used in space, rendering it nothing more than an illum-ion bomb in a space context.

Due to the detonite core, which allows the ion filling and the pyrotechnic charge to be propelled, while placing targets within the innermost blast radius at risk of taking explosive or incendiary damage. To increase the amount of ion filling that could be fitted in the casing, lightweight plastoids were used for the construction of the casings instead of the more traditional durasteel. Thus the light bomb has about 15 kg of this new mixture, the medium bomb has about 160 kg and the heavy bomb has about 530 kg.

Of course, blast radius depends on the version in use: the light version has a blast radius of 60 meters, the medium version has a blast radius of about 200 meters and the heavy version has a blast radius of 400 meters, while causing the heaviest damage in the innermost 10, 30 or 50 meters (for the light, medium and heavy versions respectively) from the detonation point. For loading purposes, the light version is equivalent to 1 proton bomb, the medium version is equivalent to 2 proton bombs and the heavy version is equivalent to 4 proton bombs.

 

[Gir Quee]

Approved.