HBX-80
    HBX-80 is an experimental hull breaching charge produced at Vincennes which will open a 2m. diameter hole in hulls up to 80 armor. It uses a combination of chemical reactions and gravitic pulses to melt the hull metal and a small explosive charge to blow it inward if internal pressure doesn't blow the molten metal into space.     It has a sticky red foil side and a green plastic side with two red patches marked 1,3 and 2,3 in Galanglic. The sticky red foil side is applied to the hull. The red patch marked 1,3 is forcibly struck followed by the red patch marked 2,3. Both patches are then struck simultaneously. A six second delay allows the user to clear the immediate area. The hull metal is molten after 15 seconds. If internal pressure blows the breach prior to the explosive charge (18 sec.) a spectacular but dangerous fountain of rapidly cooling molten metal is shot into space. If the charge blows the metal into the interior of the ship anyone in the compartment is hit with a Pen 15 3D damage attack.
Dia. 2m; Thickness 4 cm; mass 18 kg.
Cost. 1 MCr
Mass production cost:  25 kCr