Paralyso-Matic Bomb
A small, pocket-sized non-lethal stasis grenade used by Zaphod Beeblebrox on Damogran to freeze the entire Heart of Gold reception committee in mid-smile while he stole the starship.
Item Specification: Paralyso-Matic Bomb
"As he grinned his heart screamed unbearably and he fingered the small Paralyso-Matic bomb that nestled quietly in his pocket.
Finally he could bear it no more. He lifted his heads up to the sky, let out a wild whoop in major thirds, threw the bomb to the ground and ran forward through the sea of suddenly frozen beaming smiles."— The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Chapter 4
The Paralyso-Matic Bomb is a compact, palm-sized tactical stasis device capable of instantaneously immobilizing an entire crowd of onlookers without messy explosions or physical injury.
Field Deployment on Damogran
During the grand unveiling ceremony of the starship Heart of Gold atop the cliffs of the island of France on Damogran, Galactic President Zaphod Beeblebrox carried a small Paralyso-Matic bomb nestled quietly in his pocket:
- The Setup: After announcing to the reception committee and press corps that the newly uncovered starship was "so amazingly amazing I think I'd like to steal it"—prompting appreciative laughter from the crowd while newsmen gleefully punched buttons on their Sub-Etha News-Matics—Zaphod fingered the bomb in his pocket.
- Detonation & Effect: Letting out a wild whoop in major thirds from his two heads, Zaphod threw the Paralyso-Matic bomb to the ground. It immediately froze the entire reception committee—humanoid engineers, reptiloid atomineers, green sylph-like maximegalaticians, octopodic physucturalists, party officials, and journalists alike—into a sea of motionless, beaming smiles, allowing Zaphod and Trillian to sprint unhindered aboard the Heart of Gold.
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