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Photon Grenade/Photon Grenade Launcher (07/08/99 )
The photon charge cell (PCC), or photon grenade, is a weapon that is thrown at a target, exploding and dealing damage to the target, much like a standard grenade. Unlike a standard grenade, however, the PCC inflicts damage by discharging photon energy, using the same technology as an ordinary photon blaster. The PCC device itself is a spherical, metal, cage-like object the size of a baseball. Simple controls and readout are attached to one side. When activated, the PCC generates a hyperspace bubble within the cage, and charges up a ball of photon energy within the bubble. When the PCC impacts something or the delay timer runs down (depending on the device's setting), the hyperspace bubble is deactivated, allowing the photon energy to surge out unchecked . This blast can have a radius of up to 10 meters in the case of Mek or Skimmer size devices, but for handheld devices the blast usually ranges from 2 to 4 meters. Smaller PCCs will only stun and temporarily blind unprotected targets, while larger ones can vaporize armor within the blast radius. The PCC is a single-use weapon; when discharged, the photon blast destroys the device that generates it.
The photon grenade launcher, or PCCL, is a weapon that uses PCC devices as ammunition. PCCLs are used to fire photon grenades much faster, farther, and with more accuracy than the grenade could be thrown by hand. The weapon can be set to rapid-fire, with smaller charges built up in the PCCs fired, or standard fire rate, with larger PCC charges. The weapon also has the same control interface as each PCC grenade, so it can set each grenade automatically according to its settings. The PCCL is a very expensive weapon, and the PCCs are also rather expensive, but they have proven extremely effective in ground combat.
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