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).