Technical Journal: Mine Kits

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by Larry Moore

These mine kits could be purchased for any type of grenade. Tangler mines are set in place and activated, then have special sensors (see below) to determine when they should detonate. They make fantastic perimeter defenses and non-lethal wards against intrusion.

A mine kit has two parts. First is the grenade itself, which mounts into the kit. Second is the sensory cluster, which act as the method of detonation (replacing whatever “delivery” type the grenade had previously). There are six basic types of tangler mine sensor clusters, as shown below:


Mine Kit EquipmentCost (CR)WeightTurns to set
Mine Kit1 20 1kg --
Sensor Cluster
  Motion 40 1kg 2
  Pressure 35 1kg 5
  Proximity 45 1kg 2
  TimeDelay 25 1kg 1
  Voice 150 1kg 1
  Photon 20 1kg 1

1 (doesn’t include grenade. Blast radius of 3 meters)