This sounds like the sort of thing Marsden would build for kicks, salt away in his larder for a rainy day, and haul out 20 years later with no explanation whatsoever, when there's some sort of crisis brewing on Earth or the like...
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.