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Mines

Mines are a type of Deployable Weapon used to control small areas of the battlefield and influence the movement of enemy troops.

International law banned the manufacture of mines designed to incapacitate single targets. These cheap, easily deployable landmines created difficult post-conflict situations and caused numerous civilian casualties and collateral damage. Current designs are bigger and easier to spot, and also more expensive to manufacture, making scattering them indiscriminately over an area impractical. Modern mines have complex IFF systems and tracking devices that allow friendly troops to easily reclaim them once the conflict is over. Despite these advances, anti-personnel mines are still considered cruel contraptions that pose unacceptable risks to civilian populations, so they remain banned by the Concilium Convention.

Mines and Intuitive Attacks

This weapon allows the user to make Intuitive Attacks: by passing a WIP Roll, you can lay a Mine even if an enemy Camouflage and Hiding Marker is inside the Trigger Area.

Dodging a Mine:

Mines are Template Weapons and Deployable Weapons, so their effect can be Dodged by passing a PH-3 Roll.

Mine Profile (Anti-Personnel/Monofilament)

Trigger Area

The Trigger Area of a Mine (whether it is a Camouflage or a Mine Marker) is the area within the radius of the Small Teardrop Template extended out from the edge of the base of the Mine.

The Trigger Area excludes any areas in Total Cover from the Blast Focus of the Small Teardrop Template.

Variants

Anti-Personnel Mines

This is the standard design for Mines, capable of exploding in an arc of Shock Special Ammunition.

Anti-Personnel Mines Skill

Anti-Personnel Mines Weapon Profile

ATTENTION: Use of this weapon is prohibited by the Concilium Convention. Violators shall be prosecuted by international courts.

The design of modern anti-personnel mines has its roots in the mid-20th century Claymore models. The function of this weapon is to propel large quantities of shrapnel in a narrow arc toward the enemy who triggered it, potentially injuring more than one enemy soldier. The complex, quasi-intelligent IFF mechanisms of modern mines ensure that they will under no circumstances affect a member of the army who laid them. These systems facilitate the process of deployment and, just as importantly, removing friendly mines once the conflict is over, thus reducing the cost in resources of mine-clearing operations and collateral civilian damage.

Monofilament Mines

The most sophisticated version of this weapon, it uses Monofilament Special Ammunition to great effect.

Monofilament Mines Skill

Monofilament Mines Weapon Profile

ATTENTION: Use of this weapon is prohibited by the Concilium Convention. Violators shall be prosecuted by international courts.

Monofilament Mines are the stuff of nightmares for any soldier: a deadly puff of monomolecular wires too thin to be seen with the naked eye, but nonetheless capable of cutting through metal like it was air. The devastating effects of the dense but short-lived monofilament weave discharged by these exotic mines make them an invaluable tool against heavily armored opponents.

Viral Mines

The most sophisticated version of this weapon, it uses Viral Special Ammunition to great effect.

Viral Mines Skill

Viral Mines Weapon Profile

ATTENTION: Use of this weapon is prohibited by the Concilium Convention. Violators shall be prosecuted by international courts.

Contrary in design to Antipersonnel Mines, aimed at causing damage and injuries to incapacitate an enemy and increase their medical and logistical burden, Viral Mines are designed to kill an enemy soldier directly without damaging facilities or structures.

Cybermines

Cybermines are a type of Deployable Weapon that shoots a Comms Attack, being quite useful against enemy Hackers and Hackable troops.

Cybermines Skill

Reset against a Cybermine:

Cybermines are Template Weapons and Deployable Weapons, and impose a -3 MOD on attempts to Reset against their effect. As a Comms Attack, their effect cannot be Dodged.

Mine Profile (Anti-Personnel/Monofilament)

Cybermines Weapon Profile

Cybermines were developed by PraxiTec LC during the Phantom Conflict according to specifications provided by the Tortuga hackers’ collective from Tunguska. As they are not a weapon designed to kill the adversary, the Cybermines have achieved considerable success in the international market, since, apparently, they comply with the regulations of the Concilium Convention. However, the use given to them by the Nomad forces during such conflict had a more chilling side as Cybermines leave their adversaries helpless before the coup de grâce.

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