Portable Shield v07 CS-Quarium

The Portable Shield v07 CS-Quarium (also known as "shieldnade" or "shield grenade") is a type of grenade introduced in Plazma Burst 2. When thrown, it deploys a protective shield, blocking incoming fire until it is destroyed.

Characteristics

 * There is a slot 7 variant intended for singleplayer use, it can only be used once. Can be used by AI.
 * Players can fire through the shield if they are inside of it.
 * If detonated in mid-air, it will stay there due to not being affected by gravity.
 * Characters can move in and out of shields at will, regardless of who threw it. This can be useful to attack people inside or defend oneself (inside or behind a shield).



Trivia



 * The Shield Grenade became fully functional with the Version 1.20 release, although the model had existed prior to this event. A later version introduced the single player variant.
 * Before being officially added to the game, the shield was an experimental project consisting of throwable bullets.
 * It can be pushed by shots before activating like all other grenades.
 * On Impossible difficulty in the campaign, the shield nade replaces every level 2 CS-BNG.
 * The Old Level Editor code for the CS-Quarium is item_shield, and gun_sp_sh for the slot 7 version.
 * The single player variant of the shield grenade was added to the Advanced Level Editor on 12 December, 2013.
 * This and the Teleport Grenade v03 CS-PortNade are the only weapons in Plazma Burst 2 that don't inflict damage. However, the shield can bounce projectiles towards others, such as a thrown grenade or a railgun shot.
 * Throwing a grenade between two nearby shields will cause it to bounce rapidly, and possibly even glitching into a shield.
 * When the singleplayer grenade version is put in a custom map but used in a Deathmatch, you will be able to use it infinitely instead of once per grenade. This doesn't work with Team Deathmatch or Cooperative.
 * When thrown, the player stays with no swords until he switches weapons. This applies for bots as well.
 * While bullets can't pierce it, if a bullet from a gun with high penetration such as the Sniper Rifle CS-YippeeKiYay breaks a weakened shield, then the bullet will still travel (albeit with less damage).