The old description, if anyone still wants to read it.


"---BEGIN INVOICE---
Greetings Customer 31123,

You have ordered the following Mantis E&I Devices:

1x [ITEM:BACKFIRE] "Backfire" Remote Sabotage Ensemble:
1x [ITEM:BFHAIaSD:113] Handheld Armament Interference and Sabotage Device(HAIaSD)
1x [ITEM:BFHAIaSDPT:114] HAIaSD Portable Terminal + Medium Battery Pack Attachment*

*We regret to inform you that your purchase of the "Backfire" Remote Sabotage Ensemble was only partially completed. This is due to:

[INTERCEPTION OF SHIPMENT] by [FACTION:13] at [LOCALE:13,24,0.4]

As such, your order has been delayed until another batch of product may be [shipped/dropped/smuggled/submarined/tunnel-bored] [to/on/at/near/inside of] your current location.

Thank you for your purchase. We pride ourselves in delivering the most esoteric and subversive intelligence and saboteur devices on the espionage market, of which is also quite esoteric and subversive.

---END INVOICE---


"Backfire" Remote Sabotage Ensemble User's Manual:

Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of your own "Backfire" Remote Sabotage Ensemble. The Remote Sabotage Ensemble comes it two parts. The "Handheld Armament Interference and Sabotage Device" or "HAIaSD", and the Portable Terminal.

The Backfire is used to incapacitate enemy devices, disrupt automated targeting via radar and sonar, and jam enemy firing mechanisms. These devices must be applied directly to the enemy device, and should be armed once contact with the enemy device is made. Caution should be taken, to ensure the enemy does not notice that you have sabotaged his weapon. See chapter 5: "Effective Sabotage Tactics with the HAIaSD" in the manual for advice on approaching enemy targets unnoticed. For attaching to weaponry or devices that are non-metal or non-magnetic, see Chapter 9: "Jury-rigging against Wood, Rubber, Plastic, and Other Surfaces".

The Backfire Portable Terminal is used to coordinate multiple HAIaSD'es for multiple targets. Be sure to u...

(You skim the manual a bit)

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... Should your Portable Terminal become damaged or drained, you may still arm and activate your HAIaSD'es on site at the point of sabotage. Simply hold down the arm the device, and it should dumb-fire the moment the offending device is
activated. This is a fail-safe built into the device to ensure that your enemy device will be disrupted, even if you aren't there to trigger it at the appropriate time. Using the dumb-fire method will only afford a ten to fifteen second operating time, as opposed to the aforementioned ten minute life-span when using the Portable Terminal.

Should you activate your device while trapped in a zero-g environme- (nope)

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Should you attempt to use the device to disable a high power cutting laser while strapped to a- (unlikely...)

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(Here is something interesting)

This device may transmit its disruptive nature to various devices by latching to the output of the target device. Radio-wave transmitters, sonars, certain microwave guns, and particle-based healing apparati may cause other devices to receive the disabling effect of your initial sabotage. Please take care to not attach your sabotage device to any device that might disable more than your intended target. If you have attached your sabotage device to your portab...

(That might come in handy, but that's enough reading for today)"