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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To Create a mortar round for the GADF
- Image Source: Best I could find.
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: GASG Roar
- Manufacturer: Si Tech
- Affiliation: Galactic Alliance
- Market Status: Closed Market
- Modularity: No
- Production: Mass Produced
- Material: Durasteel, Ionite, Reinforced Duraplast
- Classification: Airburst EMP
- Size: Very Large
- Weight: Very Heavy
- Explosive Type: EMP Burst/Weather Effect
- Delivery Method: Fired
- Effective Range: Average
- Area Of Effect: Large ~ About 10 square meters
- Damage Output: Extreme
- Thunder In Your Heart: Modified from the Roar Grenade, the Thundara acts much the same, first releasing a massive EMP pulse at a pre-determined altitude, designed to disable tanks or similarly sized vehicles, all while releasing a massive amount of pre-charged water vapor above the target zone, forming a thunderhead above the enemy.
- Anti-Counter EMP: The Thundara is shielded with a reinforced duraplast shell, preventing the enemy from disabling the shell before it unleashes it's playload.
- Shock and Awe: The EMP burst, designed to disable heavy vehicles, is designed around an ionite charge, exploding in a massive burst of magnetic energy over an enemy formation, designed to disable anything from shields, to electronics, to entire vehicles.
- Thunderstruck: On top of the massive magnetic charge, the round releases a thunderhead above the enemy, by dumping large amounts of aerosolized and pre-charged water vapor above the enemy, forming a cloud above the enemy, before releasing a torrent of lightning down on the foes.
- Heavy AF: The Thundara, in order to fit the amount of water vapor and electronics necessary for the function of the weapon, is nearly thrice the size of your average mortar round. While it is still designed to be fired out of any standard issue mortar, vehicle mounted or otherwise, it does mean that mortar crews are only capable of carrying a handful of these at a time, limiting their potential effectiveness.
With the defeat at Teta in the GADF's rear view mirror, Si Tech took the lessons of that battle into account in designing a new round for the mortars of the defense force. Designed to disable vehicles and equipment alike, the shell dubbed "The Thundara", took the miniturized thunderstrom of the Roar grenade, and doubled it up with a massive EMP charge that would hopefully give the men on the ground an edge against enemy tanks and armored infantry.
