An explosive’s Damage Value is calculated as its Rating (modified by the Demolitions Test, if you made one) times the square root of the number of kilograms used (rounded down). Each hit on a Demolitions + Logic [Mental] Test adds 1 to the explosive’s effective rating. The Blast value for a circular explosion is –2 per meter, while the Blast value for a directional explosion (up to 60 degrees in a specific direction) is –1 per meter. When explosives are attached directly to a target, the target’s armor is halved; otherwise the explosive has an AP value of –2. If an explosion destroys a barrier, it creates a cloud of deadly shrapnel that threatens an area far bigger than the actual blast—the shrapnel blast has a DV equal to the explosive’s DV minus the Structure rating of the barrier, with a Blast of –1/m. See Barriers,p. 194, for calculating an explosive’s effect on a barrier.
Smiles, we need to know if the blast is circular or directed, need to know how many hits the person got on their demolitions test. Jed is looking out the back of the van, so if the blast destroys the doors, the shrapnel would be what Jed resists. Bod of a Step Van is 16, Armor is 12, but at the least there is glass shrapnel.
It is (rating 5 + demolition test hits times 3 (square root of 10) minus something per meter depending on whether it is directional or circular.
It is not going to have any effect on the Van, but the windows may be affected. Smiles, are they plain glass or ballistic or armored? Plain would be a building window and cars are tempered, so I'm thinking at least ballistic.
