Talk:Megapol Stun Grenade

Reasons why stun gas isn't vented to the mission site before a mission:

1. X-COM agent's would need respirators, which the current armor models do not seem to have, although respirators might be possible to install into helmets, assuming the rest of the armor is atleast partially air-tight

2. The gas spreads and dissipates quickly outside the building, so aliens could just run outside and seek cover for ambush

3. Since the gas takes some time to work and is noticably green and therefore easy to spot, aliens can start killing hostages and priming explosives in time as pre-revenge

4. Some humans might be highly allergic to the gas, going into anaphylactic shock once they breathe the gas

5. Venting huge amounts of gas into a building causes Stun Grenade shortages

This is why X-COM has highly-trained combat personel instead of just clean-up crews.

Should this be on the article page?

--Karp 22:36, 19 August 2008 (PDT)

Well, this runs up agains the scale problems in general (the cityscape scale isn't that Mega). Insofar as this actually needs backstory, it may be sufficient that it takes XCOM to actually locate the aliens precisely enough to do anything. -- Zaimoni