FEX-M3 nerve gas grenade

The FEX-M3 nerve gas grenade was an infantry hand grenade that contained the deadly FEX-M3 nerve gas. Manufactured by the Czerka Arms corporation, the grenade was one of Czerka's several types of chemical load grenades filled with various chemical payloads. Production of FEX-M3 nerve gas grenades was banned by the Galactic Senate around the start of the Clone Wars; however, one Galactic Republic factory on the planet Belgaroth secretly produced a large shipment of grenades for the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the conflict. When intelligence of the factory's possible ties to their enemy reached the Republic, a four-man clone trooper team was dispatched to investigate. During the course of the mission, three clone troopers were killed by a native droidbreaker creature, but the remaining clone, Sergeant Marrt, was able to complete the mission. He destroyed the shipment, burned the factory, captured its head, Tarin, and retrieved important data records that helped expose two traitorous senators in the Republic's midst. The grenade was in use again by the time of the Galactic Civil War, and it was employed by the Galactic Empire and the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

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