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Section 17 - Thermal Detonator

The thermal detonator is a thing. The detonator can be armed or disarmed. It is disarmed. The detonator has a number called countdown. The countdown of the detonator is three. The description is "A standard fusion-based explosive device. Once armed, has a three-second fuse and a 6m blast radius."

Understand "detonator" as thermal detonator.

Understand "arm [detonator]" as arming.

Arming is an action applying to one carried thing.

To arm is a verb.

Check arming:

if the noun is armed, say "[The noun] is already armed." instead.

Carry out arming:

now the noun is armed.

Report arming:

say "[The actor] [arm] [the noun]."

Understand "disarm [detonator]" as disarming.

Disarming is an action applying to one carried thing.

To disarm is a verb.

Check disarming:

if the noun is disarmed, say "[The noun] is not armed." instead.

Carry out disarming:

now the noun is disarmed;

now the countdown of the noun is 3.

Report disarming:

say "[The actor] [disarm] [the noun]."

Every turn when the detonator is armed:

let the count be the countdown of the detonator;

let the place be the location of the detonator;

if the player is in the place begin;

if the count is 3, say "The detonator whines softly.";

if the count is 2, say "The detonator whines softly.";

if the count is 1, say "The detonator whines loudly.";

if the count is 0, say "The detonator explodes!";

end if;

if the player is not in the place begin;

if the count is 0, say "You hear an explosion.";

end if;

if the count is 0 begin;

let targets be the list of things who are in the place;

now the detonator is disarmed;

now the detonator is nowhere;

repeat with target running through targets begin;

if the target is a person, now the target is dead;

if the target is not a person, now the target is broken;

if the target is not a person, now the target is unfixable;

end repeat;

if the place is the Cornice begin;

now the place is collapsed;

end if;

end if;

now the countdown of the detonator is the countdown of the detonator - 1.