Bomb Dead-Man's Rig

The mechanism rigged around the bomb in the warship's munitions hold: three wired explosive barrels in the centre of the room and a fourth control device on the wall, sending a *do-not-detonate* pulse to each barrel every twenty seconds. If the pulse stops, all three detonate. If any single barrel is tampered with, the other two detonate via the same wall device. Without three perfectly synchronized disarmers — which by Harmony's reckoning humans cannot manage — the device cannot be defused at all. Combined with the Autonomy-driven harmonium-trellium split, it is a weapon nothing aboard the ship can stop. MB2:TLM:Ch 69