Approved Tech Janick ion bomb

[Janick Beauchamp]

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 divert heat-seeking guided ordnance

Weaknesses:

• Indiscriminate: friendlies caught inside the blast will be just as liable to taking electronic damage as enemies
• Limited ability to cause incendiary damage beyond the innermost blast
• Intense thermal signature once detonated
• 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 mixture of ammonium perchlorate/anthracene/magnesium: not only disabling electronics caught in the blast, it also creates a heat signature intense enough to fool heat-seeking guided ordnance, in which case the heat-seeking guided ordnance will be attracted to the larger heat signature. However, creating such an intense thermal signature makes the launch platform easier to back-track. Of course, 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.

 

[Ellie Mors]

Under Review.

 

[Ellie Mors]

Approved.