IED EMP trap
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IED EMP trap
A pair of EMP shells connected to a trigger which detonates on touch or bullet impact. The explosion can paralyze mechanoids for a few seconds. Since it is hidden in the surrounding terrain, it cannot be placed adjacent to other traps. Animals can sense these when calm.
Base Stats
Building
- Size
- 1 × 1
- Minifiable
- True
- Placeable
- True
- Terrain Affordance
- Light
Creation
- Required Research
- Ieds
- Skill Required
- Construction 3
- Work To Make
- 1,400 ticks (23.33 secs)
- Resources to make
2- Destroy yield
- nothing
- thingCategories
- BuildingsSecurity
The IED EMP trap is a landmine that explodes into a wide EMP blast when triggered, stunning mechanoids and breaking shields.
Acquisition
IED EMP traps can be constructed once the Ieds research project has been completed. They require 2 EMP shells, 1,400 ticks (23.33 secs) of work, and a Construction skill of 3.
Summary
The IED EMP trap deals 50 EMP damage in a 10.9-tile radius when triggered, after a 0.25 second delay. This will stun mechanoids and turrets for 25 seconds, and break most forms of shield. IED traps can be triggered when walked over or shot on, and create a hissing noise. Enemies will attempt to run from an activated IED trap, even if it wouldn't affect them. [Verify]
Analysis
Many mechanoid encampments will start dormant, including crashed ship parts and mech clusters
. These mechanoids won't wake up until something is built within a 2-tile radius of any mechanoid (unless there is a proximity activator). Therefore, you can place EMP traps instead of launching them from a mortar; traps can be planted precisely, and have a larger blast radius.
EMP traps are too niche to be placed where regular raiders will walk through. Either build them as mechanoids are arriving, or place traps to be shot at (rather than walked on). Their large radius will often stun targets in the back, causing mechs to adapt early.
Version history
1.1.0 - IEDs explode when bullets hit them. This allows the player to purposefully shoot them to set them off.
- Security
- Barricade • Sandbags • Spike trap
- (research)
- Autocannon turret • Foam turret • Mini-turret • Rocketswarm launcher • Uranium slug turret • Mortar
- IEDs
- IED trap • IED incendiary trap • IED EMP trap • IED firefoam trap • IED smoke trap • IED antigrain warhead trap • IED tox trap
• IED deadlife trap 
- Related
- Antigrain warhead • EMP shell • Firefoam shell • High-explosive shell • Incendiary shell • Smoke shell • Tox shell • Deadlife shell