E-Bombs

An explosive can be used to impulsively drive an electrical generator, producing an intense, if brief, pulse of electrical current that can be forced through a one-shot microwave generator and focusing antenna. This is an electronic bomb, or E-bomb, and it makes a nifty and compact counter-electronics weapon. Needless to say, it can only be used once, and it's violent disassembly poses a hazard to nearby bystanders. It does, however, allow much more powerful microwave surges than you can get from multi-use HPM devices.

Some E-bombs produce cones or beams of microwaves that can be aimed at distant targets. Others broadcast their microwave radiation in all directions, indescriminantly frying all nearby electronics. For omni-directional E-bombs, use the range score of the distance from the blast to the target instead of the SM of the width of the beam.

E-bomb radiation is quite broadband. Consequently, they cannot be tuned like that of HPM guns to exploit vulnerabilities to specific frequencies.

Directed E-bombs

Omni-directional E-bombs

TL	Weapon	Damage	Range	Mass (kg)	Cost	LC	Notes
10	10mm E-Bomb	HT-18	0/-	0.0015	$1.2	1
		linked 3.2 cr ex	0
10	15mm E-Bomb	HT-21	0/-	0.005	$4	1
		linked 5 cr ex	0
10	18mm E-Bomb	HT-22	0/-	0.01	$8	1
		linked 6.5 cr ex	0
10	25mm E-Bomb	HT-25	0/-	0.025	$20	1
		linked 8 cr ex	0
10	40mm E-Bomb	HT-28	0/-	0.1	$80	1
		linked 13 cr ex	0
10	64mm E-Bomb	HT-33	0/-	0.5	$400	1
		linked 22 cr ex	0
10	100mm E-Bomb	HT-36	0/-	2	$1.5 k	1
		linked 38 cr ex	0
10	200mm E-Bomb	HT-42	0/-	16	$12 k	1
		linked 75 cr ex	0

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