Bakuda EMP bomb

"The heroes of the hour are the young members of the Wards, Clockblocker and Vista, who played a pivotal role in managing a crisis with a superbomb, allegedly used by the supervillain Bakuda in an attempt to hold the city ransom and guarantee her safety. While experts on the scene refused to offer hard numbers, a local cape was quoted as stating the superbomb could have had a yield of nine thousand kilotons of energy. This device, containing power on par with conventional nuclear bombs, was fashioned with household materials scavenged from the area, after fighting in the Docks and pressure from local authorities forced the bomb's alleged creator to relocate to a derelict boathouse just days ago. Were it not for the efforts of the Wards, this might have been a tragic day for our nation."

- Tangle 6.2

Bakuda grinned, and it wasn't pretty, with her lips as ravaged as they were. "Injured more, too. And there were those who got brain damage, one or two might've gone homicidally insane, and I know a bunch got frozen in time for a hundred years or so… it gets blurry. Crowning moment was the bomb."

"Bomb?" Paige asked, eyes widening.

"Bomb. They said it was as powerful as an atom bomb. Idiots. They didn't even understand the technology behind it. Philistines. Sure, it was about that powerful, but that wasn't even the real damage. Amazing thing would've been the electromagnetic wave it generated. Wipe every hard drive, fry every circuit board for every piece of machinery over a full fifth of america. The effects of that? Would've been worse than any atom bomb."

- Interlude 6.x