A grenade is an explosive device designed to be thrown by hand.

Physical description

Grenades are generally circular or ovular in shape, though others are bottle-shaped. The user pulls a pin (or sometimes lights a fuse) to start a short countdown to detonation, usually only a few seconds. The projectile is hurled at a target and then explodes.

Traits and usage

Grenades can be used for a number of purposes, but most often as part of some offensive military maneuver or attack. The types of grenades witnessed in Rivertown include:

• Fragmentation grenades spray shrapnel with lethal intent at a given target or targets in a small radius.
• Stun grenades are non-lethal weapon meant to disorient a target with a flash and loud bang
• Sting grenades are non-lethal weapons that spray hard rubber instead of shrapnel at targets
• Chemical grenades sprayed a flaming chemical upon exploding that could not be easily doused by water

Sting grenades were used regularly as a way to disperse rioters in the years of social unrest preceding the superflu epidemic. Rioters often used homemade chemical grenades to torch buildings and wound police. The chemical grenade was responsible for many of the great fires that swept through Rivertown, destroying whole neighborhoods.

Rarity and value

Grenades are very rare in Rivertown, with the largest supply kept in the arsenal in the basement of the Rock, and a smaller cache at the Tombstone. Finding them by scavenging in the ruins almost never happens.

In the early days of Project Reclamation, each MPD guard received an allotment of frag grenades. Due to a rapidly diminishing supply and swelling ranks, the MPD stopped this procedure and collected the grenades. Now only authorized special ops are allowed to use grenades.