Cryo Weapon

Cryo weapons are chemical weapons that are designed to freeze targets.

Overview
Cryo weapons use a small variety of chemicals in order to freeze targets, ranging from liquid nitrogen to the more exotic Therelim, which is used by the Transmetallic Confederation. Cryo chemicals are either propelled out of the weapon in a fashion similar to flame and acidthrowers or are stored inside of specialized shells which insulate the frozen compounds until they are released upon impact with the target. The result is that the target will rapidly or even instantaneously freeze, which can induce frostbite, weaken metal, and prevent machinery from properly functioning. Targets can also die of suffocation when they are rendered unable to breathe. Cryo can serve a small number of utilitarian roles, such as putting out fires.