These stories first appeared in Hunt's Book of Weapons, an in-game collection of found documents curated by an unknown researcher. They are replicated here in their original format. This means that many of the stories are not presented chronologically, or in one grouping, and it is left to the reader to put together the puzzle pieces and determine to what extent they contain fact, fiction, or fable.

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Antidote Shot (Weak)

ANTIDOTE SHOT, WEAK VARIETY. (See also ANTI-VENOM, FIELD MEDICINE) An antidote shot is administered to a patient in the case of chemical (medicinal overdose) or natural (plant, animal venom) poisoning. Depending on the severity of the poisoning, a weak—or standard-strength shot can be used. The lower dosage is always recommendable, in order to avoid possible side effects, but must be weighed against the probability of patient death.

Antidote Shot

ANTIDOTE SHOT. (See also ANTI-VENOM, FIELD MEDICINE) A standard medical syringe, which is to say: a tube and piston by means of which a liquid can be drawn into the tube and then be forcibly expelled. In the case of the antidote shot, the tube is filled with a green liquid antidote that, when injected into a human artery, counteracts poisons of several kinds.

Poison Trip Mines

POISON TRIP MINE. (See also, POISON) The Poison Trip Mine is an ambush weapon designed, when triggered, to release a dangerous cloud of poison on its target. The cloud is smaller than conventional explosive poison devices, as its firing method ensures that the victim is already in the immediate proximity. Designed to incapacitate rather than kill, it allows the trap setter to take an appropriate course of action with the trespasser.

Poison Bomb

POISON BOMB. (See also, EXPLOSIVES, TOXINS) An experimental device, at the pinnacle of the warfare technology of its time. A compressed gas is contained in a glass vial, which upon release expands rapidly. This gas is composed of a compound of toxic and noxious chemicals engineered to damage human physiology. The exact composition will not be reproduced here for various reasons. First: the exact composition varies from device to device as, Second: the experimental nature of the gas was devised by competing chemists who were careful to conceal their recipes as, Third: distribution of the recipe could allow the gas to be reproduced and used for nefarious purposes. A small explosive charge on a detonator ensures the vial is broken on use, as well as partially accelerating the distribution of the gas.

Hive Bomb

HIVE BOMB. (See also EXPLOSIVES) With no surviving examples of a working hive bomb, our descriptions are, by necessity, largely speculative. References have been found in several documents from the 1890s and early 1900s, and in these documents, its invention is attributed to someone by the name of Lynch. However, it remains uncertain if these accounts of the so-called hive bomb are fact or fiction for the descriptions are so fantastical as to bear considerable doubt. Should the weapon have existed, however, it was singular, combing the functionality of a grenade with an aggressive, and poisonous, swarm of insects that would target the closest human within range. The swarm would then, the story goes, follow this target, attacking again and again, injecting their victim with poison that impeded both healing and vision. An ideal item to flush out entrenched or barricaded opponents.

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