Energy Ball

About the Energy Ball

A curious hybrid between grenade and gadget, the energy ball is a hand-thrown sphere that releases a burst of contained plasma energy on contact. Its makers packed a single-use or short-cycle discharge cell into a palm-sized casing, so a thrower can loft it into a doorway or a knot of enemies and let the released charge do the work. Lighter and simpler than a proper blaster, it rewards a good arm over marksmanship, and its modest range keeps it firmly a close-to-mid engagement tool. Scavengers, frontier fighters, and those who cannot get their hands on quality firearms all improvise with them, and no two batches are quite alike in reliability. It will never match a rifle's reach or a grenade's raw blast, but as an easily concealed, easily thrown surprise, the energy ball has settled more than a few ambushes.