Class-A thermal detonator/Legends

The Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. Class-A thermal detonator was a grenade widely used by armed forces, illegal militias, and rebel groups across the galaxy, though highly illegal for anyone other than military personnel to possess.
==Description==
A Class-A thermal detonator was a small metal sphere surrounding a core that consisted of baradium covered in a layer of thermite.The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology It had blast radius of twenty meters, making it the most powerful commercially manufactured detonator in the galaxy—however, some custom-made thermal detonators were even more powerful. The weapons cost 2,000 credits.
==History==
During the Galactic Civil War, Rebel soldiers tuned down the grenade's blast radius for battlefield purposes while maintaining its effectiveness.
A single Class-A thermal detonator was sufficient to cause the collapse of Xizor's Palace, a huge 102-story building on Coruscant, when Lando Calrissian dropped it down the palace's garbage chute into its basement level. Another Class-A detonator was used by Leia Organa, in her guise as the bounty hunter Boushh, to threaten Jabba the Hutt in her attempt to rescue Han Solo.
Years later, the mercenary-turned Jedi Kyle Katarn used thermal detonators in his missions for the New Republic.Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast During the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Jedi Myrkr strike team used Class-A detonators in their seek-and-destroy mission.
==Behind the scenes==
Class-A thermal detonators first appeared in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. In the Battlefront video game series, they serve as the primary grenades for Rebel soldiers.
==Appearances==
==Sources==
*Dark Forces Manual: Coded Transmissions
*Dark Forces Official Player's Guide
*Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
* Star Wars Missions 
*Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition
*The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
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*Star Wars Battlefront: Prima Official Game Guide
*The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
*Star Wars Battlefront II: Prima Official Game Guide
*Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate Collection
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*Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
*Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
==Notes and references==
Category:Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. products
Category:Thermal detonators