Explosives are small hand-held weapons that typically emit a powerful blast of energy. Usually thrown towards the target, some can also be placed in a spot and remotely detonated.
Detonators
Burrowing
A mobile, robotic explosive is used to mine open areas. They have a limited range, but their mobility allows them to be set down in an area and they disperse themselves. Like standard landmines, they bury themselves just below the surface and lie waiting for someone to step on them. Unlike landmines, they can also move periodically, making their recovery nearly impossible.
Thermal
A round bomb used by smugglers and mercenaries. They are essentially a casing which contained a shaped charge of baradium. The use of baradium made the weapon extremely dangerous, even for the being who threw it, as the element was highly unstable. Depending on the size of the charge, a thermal detonator would essentially atomize all material within a spherical area centered on the charge itself. Anything outside the range of the blast sphere remained virtually untouched.
Grenades
Adhesive
A grenade which covers a 4m area in a bio-adhesive glue which can effectively trap anyone in the target area. It dissipates in only 15 seconds.
Cryoban
A vicious weapon that collects and freezes any moisture in an area so swiftly that the resulting violent explosion sends shards of ice in all directions. Due to the extreme temperature shift, beings can be slowed exceedingly.
Fragmentation
Standard fragmentation grenade. The metal shell becomes hot splinters when the grenade explodes, which makes frag grenades much more lethal than concussion grenades against unarmored infantry.
G-20 Glop
Manufactured by Merr-Sonn, these detonation devices release a chemical foam when triggered. The foam has incredible adhesive properties, and clings to everything it touches. When lobbed into a mob or battle phalanx, glop grenades can quickly immobilize attackers. It required a special "glop dissolver" agent, often in aerosol form, to remove the glop.
Plasma
An explosive device which used ionized plasma gas to created a localized detonation. These grenades release a quick burst of the incendiary agent to ignite immediately and cause severe thermal damage.
Poison
Developed more than 4,000 years before the Galactic Civil War, this form of explosive device released a chemical poison into the air when it exploded. This poison could be of many forms, from deadly vapors to toxic liquid, although it was usually a fast-acting poison that killed any being that was sprayed in the explosion. The ACC versions are considerably tamer, often causing most combatants to become violently sick rather than causing death.
Shock
An explosive device which uses shock waves, instead of shrapnel, to cause damage.