Fuel-Air Bomb

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FUEL-AIR BOMB
These bombs are simple explosive devices made irom cylinders of compressed volatile gas, most commonly used for welding, heating buildings, and powering vehicles or generators. They tend to be extremely destructive thanks to the potential energy held in gas and the pressure under which the gas is kept. The cylinders often add a cloud of dangerous shrapnel to the already-destructive blast. A large-enough blast from one or a series of fuel-air bombs can level a building or destroy a starship. The downside is that, thanks to the volatility of the gasses, these devices are touchy; a careless bomb maker can easily make a fatal mistake while working with them.

FUEL-AIR BOMB
Type: Fuel explosive
Scale: Character
Skill: Demolitions
Cost: 150
Availability: 2, R
Blast Range: 0-15/30/60
Damage: 14D/7D/3D
Effects: A fuel-air bomb's concussive value increases by one for every additional charge. If skill check to set the bomb is 9- it immediately detonates, dealing its total damage to everything in its current blast radius.

Source: Fully Operation (p.42), stats by Oliver Queen

I know, this thing does a ton of damage for cheap and with easily found items, but that is the point. Its an improvised explosive. From the description one or more in tandem could level a building and even destroy a starship.

For comparisons I used an AT-AT and an X-wing. The explosions would be big enough to engulf an AT-AT, which is ~20m long. I made the damage character scale because when it blows, everyone gets hit, characters, vehicles, etc.

The damage against inanimate objects and vehicles drops off rapidly after the initial blast radius, but is likely to take out most mooks up to the max blast radius.

I wonder if maybe I should add in a fourth blast radius, 0-10/20/40/60 14D/10D/5D/2D+2?
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[Sutehp]

Silly question that I'm probably going to be kicking myself later for even asking, but: Can fuel-air bombs even function in a vacuum?

I just find it interesting that the description says these fuel-air bombs can "destroy a starship" when said starships are usually found in space. Then again, using powerful explosive devices against starships parked on the ground is a tried and true tactic.

And to answer your question, yes, I made this post so I could post a Babylon 5 video clip to a Star Wars forum thread. Again. 8)

That said, the question still stands: are these weapons usable in an atmosphere only?
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[CRMcNeill]

As written, no, unless the jury-rigger used two tanks (one with fuel, the other with oxygen).

However, it's possible that a fuel-air bomb could be made to function in a vacuum by including both the air and the fuel within the bomb. Renegade Legion had something like this, where an oxidizer was added to the warhead alongside the fuel, with computer controlled dispersion rates to maximize explosive power.
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[garhkal]

AS someone who's always loved seeing Daisy cutters in films (which is what a FAE is), i LOVE this write up.
And i do agree, a 4th blast zone should be included.

BUT I'd change the damage to 14d/11d/6d/2d.. So it drops off less in the 2nd blast zone, but MORE for the 3rd and 4th ones.
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[garhkal]

The fall off imo should come past the 2nd blast zone..

I'd also put in a note that "after the bomb's detonated', due to the LACK of oxygen in the zone for half a minute, anyone surviving, needs a stamina check due being unable to breath. Heroic for the 1st round, very difficult for the 2nd, difficult for the 3rd, moderate for the 4th, and easy for the last.
Failing one of them, indicates passing out. Failing a 2nd gives a wound, failing a third, pushes it to mortal wound.
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