System Shock Grenades and Explosives

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Stats are from the System Shock: I.C.E. Breaker hintbook, published by Origin in 1994. Descriptions are from the System Shock: Terminal Access game manual.

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Gas Grenade

Gas Grenade

This grenade releases a gas whose active compound is diuranium oxide. Affecting only biological organisms (including some cyborgs), it instantaneously degenerates organic nervous systems.

OperationContact
Blast Radius4
Damage150
Armor Penetration100
Offense Value3
Attack TypeGas

Fragmentation Grenade

Fragmentation Grenade

This grenade’s metal fragments make it an ideal anti-personnel weapon. Its percussion trigger, once armed, causes the device to explode on impact.

OperationContact
Blast Radius4
Damage150
Armor Penetration2
Offense Value3
Attack TypeProjectile

EMP Grenade

EMP Grenade

This percussion-triggered grenade emits localized, high-energy electromagnetic pulses, thoroughly disabling electrical systems and robot targets.

OperationContact
Blast Radius6
Damage80
Armor Penetration100
Offense Value3
Attack TypeMagnetic

Concussion Bomb

Concussion Bomb

This grenade’s explosive shock wave can knock out both mechanical and organic targets within a large radius.

OperationContact
Blast Radius6
Damage325
Armor Penetration35
Offense Value6
Attack TypeProjectile

Nitropack

Nitropack

This nitroglycerin-based explosive has an adjustable time delay and delivers a shattering blow to any nearby robots or creatures.

OperationTimed
Blast Radius5
Damage200
Armor Penetration25
Offense Value3
Attack TypeProjectile Energy Beam

Earth-Shaker

Earth-Shaker

Earth-Shakers have a large blast radius that effectively destroys nearby creatures. Originally developed to mine moonscapes, this explosive device has a time delay you can adjust by dragging the slider in its MFD.

OperationTimed
Blast Radius6
Damage375
Armor Penetration50
Offense Value6
Attack TypeProjectile Energy Beam

Land Mine

Land Mine

Unlike the fragmentation grenade, this device will detonate only after it is stationary on the ground and an object collides with it. Ground-based inhabitants are vulnerable to this explosive, but it has severely limited usefulness against flying robots and Avian mutants.

OperationMine
Blast Radius5
Damage230
Armor Penetration35
Offense Value5
Attack TypeProjectile Energy Beam


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