Mother of All Bombs (MOAB)

“It’s the bombs’ mother,” I’d said. “Get it? And we can name the bombs its babies.”
None of them had been impressed.
“You need to stick to punching things and blowing them up,” Donut had said. “Leave the creative to me.”^[1]

The Mother of All Bombs (also called MOAB or the Bomb Chicken) was crafted by Carl, Brandon Andrews, and Chris Andrews on the Second Floor to lure the Rage Elemental away from Meadow Lark.^[2] Its name was a point of contention; "Brandon pointed out MOAB actually stood for 'Massive Ordnance Air Blast,' but his brother said, 'Don’t be that guy.'^[3]

Description

Mounted on a squeaky trailer made of looted wood and goblin wheels and pulled by the Goblin Copper Chopper, the MOAB is a tall contraption designed to launch a variety of small bombs (called "babies"). It looks like a curved ski-jump-like ramp, with half-pipe channels to keep the babies on route, and shock-absorbing wheelchair coasters at the very bottom to keep the ramp itself from touching the uneven ground. "MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS" is spraypainted in red on the contraption's side.^[2]

Although they were unable to automate launching, they discovered that if Donut sat at the correct height, she could pull the bombs from her inventory and directly onto the platform. So they built Donut a chair that sits up next to the ramp. The chair includes two levers and a chamber on each side which, when the appropriate lever is pulled, drops its contents to the dungeon floor. The black lever drops the last of Yog's Special Chain, with heavy weights secured to either end (Carl calls this "the bola"). The red lever spills Goblin Oil.^[2]

Carl based the idea on matchbox cars running down a toy ramp, and attempted to make the bombs front-heavy. Brandon overwhelmed him with a combination of math, Mythbusters, and logic, so each of the four bombs ultimately took the shape and weight distribution of snowboard-sized pinewood derby car rolling on free weights looted from the Juicer.

The Babies

There are four (4) types of "babies."^[2]

Baby Uno

The first bomb launched, Baby Uno was heavier and bigger than the rest. It consisted of (3) Carl's Jug O'Booms, an empty moonshine jug filled with Goblin Oil, a small jar of gunpowder, and the last of the Hobgoblin Pus looted from the goblins. It is activated by the Hobgoblin Detonator, and detonates with a "ripping, screaming roar."^[2]

Boom Babies

“Yes!” Donut cried. “Burn, baby, burn!”^[4]

The Boom Babies are each made of a Carl's Jug O'Boom, and activated by the attached Torch. They ignite the hallways in blue flames.^[2]

Oh Shit Babies

The Oh Shit Babies each consist of two (2) Carl's Jug O'Booms plus Goblin Dynamite wrapped around a full-sized satchel of gunpowder. These bombs, considered especially dangerous, were a last resort and could only be safely handled by Carl. He left one (1) at the stairwell before the Rage Elemental crashed into it, and believed that the bomb caused the subsequent explosion.^[2]

Shredder Babies

Shredders are essentially shrapnel grenades, made of gunpowder, shrapnel, and long lengths of wick. As a quadruped, Donut is able to light these with a mental click.^[2]

References

↑ Dinniman, Matt. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Chapter 40) (p. 345). Dandy House. Kindle Edition.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 Dinniman, Matt. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Chapter 40)
↑ Dinniman, Matt. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Chapter 40) (p. 341). Dandy House. Kindle Edition.
↑ Dinniman, Matt. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Chapter 40) (pp. 348-349). Dandy House. Kindle Edition.