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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
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| item = Thermal Shok Launcher | |||
| height = 2 | |||
| width = 2 | |||
| weight = 8 | |||
| damagethreshold = 20 | |||
| image = [[Image:Thermalshoklauncher.gif|100 px]] | |||
| saleprice = 120000 | |||
| research = | |||
}} | |||
{{Infobox module/firing | |||
| grip = Two-Handed | |||
| acc_auto = - | |||
| acc_snap = 70 | |||
| acc_aim = 120 | |||
| fcost_auto = - | |||
| fcost_snap = 50 | |||
| fcost_aim = 70 | |||
}} | |||
{{Infobox module/manufacture|78000|900| 3 | 1 Aqua Plastics }} | |||
{{Infobox module/profitcalc|84900}} | |||
{{Infobox module/itemcommon | |||
| item = Thermal Shok Bomb | |||
| height = 1 | |||
| width = 1 | |||
| weight = 3 | |||
| damagethreshold = 60 | |||
| image = [[Image:Shokbomb.gif|40 px]] | |||
| saleprice = 15200 | |||
| research = | |||
}} | |||
{{Infobox module/ammo2 | |||
| damage = 120 Freeze | |||
| capacity = 1 | |||
}} | |||
{{Infobox module/manufacture|7000|200|2|1 Zrbite }} | |||
{{Infobox module/profitcalc|12000}} | |||
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The aliens need humans for slaves, mutation, and genetic material. To this end, the aliens created the Thermal Shok Launcher. Firing a thermal bomb that radiates a powerful blast of cold, it is extremely effective against humans, able to reliably allow capture in a single shot by inducing severe hypothermia and a low-energy state in the target as the body reflexively attempts to survive. | |||
Fortunately for us, it works just as well on them. | |||
The Thermal Shok Launcher is a rather good replacement for the [[Thermal Tazer]]. Surpassing it in power, it's also much safer to stun someone with a ranged weapon rather than poke them with a stick. As damage is quadrupled on Large(2x2) units, it works quite well as a Terror unit-buster. It also has an impressive accuracy in both modes, making snapshots from this weapon still fairly accurate. A soldier armed with a Thermal Shok Launcher in each hand can fire both in one turn, provided he does nothing else; this combo can often drop even the [[Lobsterman|toughest aliens]] you'll encounter. | |||
This weapon appears in ''[[TFTD|Terror from the Deep]]''. For the ''[[X-COM|UFO: Enemy Unknown]]'' equivalent, refer to the [[Small Launcher]]. | |||
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==See Also== | |||
* [[Thermal Shok Bomb]] | |||
* [[Weapons (TFTD)|Weapons]] | |||
* [[Thermal Tazer]] | |||
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[[Category:Equipment (TFTD)]][[Category:Research (TFTD)]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:42, 14 December 2023
General Information
| Thermal Shok Launcher | ||||||||||||||
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| Size (h x w) |
2 x 2 | 
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| Weight | 8 | |||||||||||||
| D. Threshold | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Sale Price | $120,000 | |||||||||||||
| Research | ||||||||||||||
| Grip | Two-Handed | |||||||||||||
| TU Cost | Accuracy | |||||||||||||
| Auto | -% | -% | ||||||||||||
| Snapshot | 50% | 70% | ||||||||||||
| Aimed | 70% | 120% | ||||||||||||
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| Thermal Shok Bomb | ||||||||||||||
| Size (h x w) |
1 x 1 | 
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| Weight | 3 | |||||||||||||
| D. Threshold | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Sale Price | $15,200 | |||||||||||||
| Research | ||||||||||||||
| Damage | 120 Freeze | |||||||||||||
| Capacity | 1 | |||||||||||||
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The aliens need humans for slaves, mutation, and genetic material. To this end, the aliens created the Thermal Shok Launcher. Firing a thermal bomb that radiates a powerful blast of cold, it is extremely effective against humans, able to reliably allow capture in a single shot by inducing severe hypothermia and a low-energy state in the target as the body reflexively attempts to survive.
Fortunately for us, it works just as well on them.
The Thermal Shok Launcher is a rather good replacement for the Thermal Tazer. Surpassing it in power, it's also much safer to stun someone with a ranged weapon rather than poke them with a stick. As damage is quadrupled on Large(2x2) units, it works quite well as a Terror unit-buster. It also has an impressive accuracy in both modes, making snapshots from this weapon still fairly accurate. A soldier armed with a Thermal Shok Launcher in each hand can fire both in one turn, provided he does nothing else; this combo can often drop even the toughest aliens you'll encounter.
This weapon appears in Terror from the Deep. For the UFO: Enemy Unknown equivalent, refer to the Small Launcher.
See Also
