N-Bomb

N-Bomb
Information
Manufacturer	Unknown
Type	Neutron Bomb
Primary Mode	Impact Detonation
Secondary Mode	Proximity Detonation
Damage (per Hit)	Low
Accuracy	Varies
Ideal Range	Varies
Rate of Fire	Very Low
Maximum Ammo	10 Bombs
Appears in	Perfect Dark

“	A hand-held, small area effect neutron bomb. It can either detonate on impact or be set to proximity detonation.	”

The N-Bomb is a variant of the Grenade. Once thrown, a large black sphere emerges with a loud recoiling noise, making the surrounding area very dark and difficult to see the blast. Anyone caught within the blast radius will take damage (albeit very slowly), drop all of their weapons and become extremely dizzy. The N-Bomb also ignores shields.

The secondary function has the N-Bomb detonating when someone gets too close like the Proximity Mine but causing the effects above. In singleplayer mode, the N-Bomb causes non-lethal damage to both enemies and friendly NPCs.

Gallery

World model N64

Single XBLA

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Appearances

The N-Bomb appears in three missions:

Pelagic II level, (in Joanna Dark's inventory), In G5 Building: Reconnaissance, (near one of the blocked up doors), and in Mr. Blonde's Revenge, (as dataDyne Shock Troopers will throw these occasionally.)

Trivia

• In Perfect Dark's Xbox Live Arcade remaster, the N-Bomb was renamed the N-Grenade. Some say it was due to racism^{[citation needed].} Its appearance and usage remains the same, though. However, the N actually stands for "Neutron", therefore Neutron-Bomb.

• One way to obtain the N-Bomb in G5 Building: Reconnaissance, is to purposely fail. Once entering an area with two guards, one will run to an alarm system. You can either allow him to trigger the alarm or do it yourself, either way it is successful. After the alarm goes off, a door to the left of the alarm (That was previously locked) will open, and guards will spill in. These guards will also carry DY357 Magnums. Continue up the stairs until you come to a red lit room, in which you will find a box which is the N-Bomb. This is very dangerous, as many guards will attack and shoot.

Pre-Release

The N-Bomb was likely intended to appear in the firing range, since there is a description written for it in the final version of the game. This description makes it clear that the grenade was originally supposed to be of Maian origin.

This Maian grenade plays havoc with the neurons in sentient creatures. If you wander into the blast radius, your vision will blur and you will lose your grip on whatever you're holding. The grenade can be set to go off on impact or by proximity trigger. Make sure you throw it far enough away.

In addition to the description, a text string also exists for a MaianGrenade. This does not seem to be related, as the N-Bomb text string exists in the same file. The MaianGrenade string is located with the strings for the Devastator, Rocket Launcher, and Slayer, meaning it was likely originally intended for a Maian grenade launcher.

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