Laser-Flechette Mines

[Marcus Starkiller]

The Merr-Sonn Munitions LX-1 Laser-flechette mines are a deadly combination of explosive and chaos which are dangerous to any in the vicinity of the device. Favored by many Hutts wishing to lay dangerous traps for their enemies, the LX-1 mines are most commonly used in places where the demolitionist is far away, since the device can as easily kill the traplayer as his prey. The devices are much like normal mines, only they house a crosshatched panel covering a majority of the device, leaving only the rear of the mine to the open air. When detonated, the panels absorb the exposive energy produced by the mine and funnel that energy into blaster tubes which would then spray out mostly random clouds of blaster bolts into the surrounding aread. The rear of the explosive, left uncovered by the panels, still produces an incredibly strong explosive blast in the back of the mine, giving the already potent weapon a second punch. The mines can be rigged to explode much as any other mine, with the major flaw to the device being that it must be placed in open air, possibly visible to intruders, in order for the clouds of blaster bolts to have a place to go. They may be set to explode on a timer, by motion or pressure sensor, by remote, or any of the other standard ways of triggering mines. They seem to be most effective in groups, set on a delay sequence to wash the blast area with several waves of explosions and blaster bolts, as opposed to one large cloud.

Model: Merr-Sonn Munitions LX-1 Laser-flechette mine
Type: Explosive
Scale: Character
Skill: Demolitions
Cost: 800
Availability: 3, X
Blast Radius: 0-2/4/6/8
Range: Blaster bolts: 0-10/15/20
Damage: Explosive charge: 5D/4D/3D/2D, blaster bolts: 4D
Game Notes: Due to the nature of the flechette mine, the blast radius of the explosion is only directed to the rear of the mine. The blaster bolts are fired from all other arcs at random (12 bolts, 3 in each direction of bottom, top, and each side, 2D blaster skill).