Thermal Detonator

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Thermal Detonator

Thermal detonators are highly unstable grenade-like weapons used primarily by bounty hunters and mercenaries. They cause enormous damage by initiating a fusion reaction upon detonation, with a blast radius of eight meters. Some detonators have an even greater radius. Thermal detonators have the unique ability of creating a blast that only goes as far as its blast radius. After that, the blast field colapses, and anything even slightly beyond the blast radius is left unharmed.

During the Battle of Hoth in the Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker destroyed an AT-AT by cutting a hole in it with his lightsaber and tossing in a thermal detonator. In Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, a detonator was used by a disguised Princess Leia to help free Han Solo from his carbonite prison inside Jabba the Hutt's palace. The weapon has also been used in various Star Wars computer games.

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