JimmyCrisis, Leevizer;
Why act surprised that someone with real life explosions training contribute to a thread where the OP specifically asked: "My questions, which I hope someone with some EOD/explosives training can answer..."?
Why are you bringing me back into this?
I'm not surprised at all, except for the gruff attitude.
I understand that martinchaen is pissed, and I get it's because the first response he got started with "That's all hogwash",
which is basically calling him a liar to his face. Honestly, I skimmed that the first time, so the barb didn't sink in until I went back a reread it,
AFTER I started getting a bunch of flak and high-and-mighties coming my way, which I really didn't appreciate but ultimately were intended for someone else.
I get that. No harm done, no hurt feelings. For my part in making martinchaen feel undervalued, I sincerely apologize and thank you, Sir, for your service.
The unresolved issue I brought up concerned the idea that Shadowrun operates on
future-tech, which while weaponry superficially resembles many things we use today, it's been mucked up, reworked and redesigned. This means that it is
very likely grenades do not work the same in SR as they do today. Similar to how a 1911 today
uses a firing pin whereas the SR analog
uses electronic ignition with no moving parts. Superficially they are similar, but fundamentally different. My point is; if security personnel are going to carry grenades on-campus, the corporations will want those grenades to be as stable as possible. From my perspective, that means that they would use the same analog to C4 that falls under 'military explosives' in the book. I think it's more reasonable that they would use that instead of TNT, which may be a liability (either from small arms fire or actual fire). If martinchaen could speak to the reliability and stability of modern grenade fuses & charges, that would a helpful addition to the conversation as it continues.
I also asked if there were any actual references in any edition about what explosive is used in grenades, to which I received
disdain as my only response.
That tells me that the other side has either nothing to contribute or no valid refutation, which leaves us at an impasse.
Regardless, I am genuinely curious to know the answer to that question, so much so that I'll no doubt spend the next couple hours combing though my own collection of PDFs and old books, but that is not nearly a complete sample of the collected SR publications.