How to Blow Things Up: Period 2, Week 2

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

The class met in the Danger Room today.  Aly was looking beyond gleeful at the situation. 

"Okay guys, our first practical class is here in the Danger Room so everyone can get used to the way handling explosives feel without the possibility of them actually blowing you up.  This one is going to be a redux for those of you who were in my Revolutions class so I apologise but review is never a bad thing."

"We're going to deal with improvised devices today, and two in particular, but first you do need to know a bit about the theory,"  Aly gave a concise but thorough lecture on explosive materials and the science behind them.  When she was done, she didn't quite say 'now that that's out of the way,' but she was obviously more interested in the practical aspects of making things go boom.

"The two explosives we're going to work with today are two improvised explosives.  You don't always have access to military material and you definitely don't always need it.  One of the most common explosives in this word - and also one of the easiest to make is anfo - fertiliser and fuel oil.  It sounds simple but a just a ton or so in a the right place could blow up a cargo ship and the harbor it's sitting in.  The other is less an explosive than a weapon.  Molotov cocktails - half gasoline, and half motor oil - you've probably already heard of them if your from this world.  They're easy to make and can do a lot of damage especially against gasoline engines or wood structures."

"There's hundreds of other kinds of improvised explosives and we'll talk about those.  What I want you to do today is to pair up and discuss when this type of improvised explosive device would be useful.  Then make anfo into a bomb and also make the Molotov cocktails.  After you have them ready, you can blow things up."



[OOC:  Please wait for The OCD is UP!.  All links go to wikipedia so the FBI shouldn't break down your doors.  More explanation in the OCD threads.  I'm kinda headachy and working today so forgive the slow pings/reused class ]

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[Explodey 5-22] Pair up and Discuss Tactics

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Under what circumstances would these two types of bombs be useful? Why would you use them? What makes them so useful?

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[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah looked around for a partner.

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Anders said to the girl who was technically his cabinmate. "You wanna plan things going boom with me?"

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[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

"That sounds like a good plan."

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"So I sort of did this in Aly's class last semester," Anders said. "It's all pretty fun. The anfo's kinda smelly, so I'm more a fan of the Molotov cocktail."

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[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely looked around for a partner.

He may have looked unreasonably excited.

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[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"You look like a man who really wants to blow something up," Dean observed with a grin.

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[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely grinned back. "Explosions are pretty, and desructive."

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[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Hey, you're preaching to the choir here. Sometimes blowing something up or setting it on fire is the best way to get the job done."

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[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin took a seat again with what I meant to write this time and looked over the materials. These type of explosives weren't all that familiar to him and the terms even less so.

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly looked around and noticed Gavin sitting nearby. "Hey," she greeted him. "Want to be partners?"

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[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Hi," he said, giving a small smile. "And sure. I don't know much about these explosives though."

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[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly smiled back. "Neither do I," she said. "I usually hit things to make them fall down. And I'm more about individual bad guys anyway. Molotov cocktails are more for a battle type situation, I think."

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[snow-white-boy.livejournal.com]

Haku looked around for a partner, the feminine boy didn't have much experience making things go boom, more like making them go 'splat'.

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[big-head-boy.livejournal.com]

Dib was also looking for a partner. When he saw Haku, he grabbed a desk near him.
"Those do sound like they'd do well, but they sound like last-minute choices, and I usually come prepared." He shrugged. "I guess you could use them if you had your own weapons taken away."

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[snow-white-boy.livejournal.com]

"Excuse me?" Haku blinked, not entirely sure as to what Dib was talking about. "You mean the makeshift explosions?"

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[the_merriest]

Rikku was bouncing off the walls. EXPLOSIVES! New ones she didn't know! This was so great.

Oh, yeah, she should probably get a partner. One who didn't mind her going a mile a minute. Heh.

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[not_in_the_book]

Ronan looked over at Rikku. "So. Wanna team up?" He was going to regret this. He knew it. Somehow, he didn't care, 'cause he figured it would be fun in the process.

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[the_merriest]

Rikku grinned. Evilly. "Yeah! Hi! I'm Rikku. And I haven't blown anything up in ages. This is gonna be so great."

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[solowhistler.livejournal.com]

Abigail looked around for anyone she might have already met to partner up with, and realized that she was probably going to have to suck it up and talk to someone new.

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[solo_sword]

"Hey," Jaina greeted her. "Wanna talk explosives?"

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[solowhistler.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Abigail replied. "Do you have any experience with this kind of stuff?"

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[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie may have still been reading the materials very very closely when it came time to pair up, biting her lower lip worriedly.

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[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Cally said. "Need a partner?"

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[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie looked up and smiled. "Sure. I'm Charlie, hi. And you're-- Cally?" she said, trying to remember from introductions the week before. "Have you ever done this before?"