B-Pod
Blast-Pod
A recent addition to the rich arsenal. It provides an omnidirectional blow to the surrounding sphere of 20 meters. The blast has two phases and both times it produces splash like damage.
The blast is just enough to damage a nearby standing Battle Armor of 80% of it's armor and health.
The intended use is to have the offending opponent damaged somewhat beforehand and only finish him off by the charge it self, when he/she tries to hide outside of the firing cone, below the feet.
Can be used once, can't have field reloads off spare free tons, gets replenished on repairs.
Lore
While there are booby traps and self destruct contraptions in the lore, it is not clear if this particular weapon is a imitation of that, or a new device.
Canon
ANTI-BATTLE ARMOR PODS (B-PODS) [Introduced: 3068 (Clan Wolf [in-Exile]) With battle armor designs growing in number and diversity on all sides, various factions began looking into the development of an adaptation to A-Pods that could work effectively against battle armored-troops. Clan Wolf-in-Exile finally succeeded in 3068 (a year after this document was produced), followed shortly thereafter by the Jade Falcons. Now spreading throughout Inner Sphere and Clan technical circles (Spheroid makers include Skobel on Terra, Defiance of Furillo and IrTech), this defensive armament—available to BattleMechs and vehicles—works like A-Pods, but hurls a cloud of explosive bomblets rather than shrapnel to blast through the more hardened armor of swarming battlesuits. –EB
