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Originally Posted by turretslug
Yes, the thought of poring over something unfamiliar, likely unconventional or highly unconventional and mysterious, probably heavily impact- and/or fire-damaged and all the while being aware and thinking, lots of lives could be at stake if I don't get this right and quickly, would surely bear heavily on investigators.
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And all along wondering if the 'strange, unidentified grey cylindrical component with seven connecting-leads' you are poking at by torchlight is some sort of bipolar relay or is actually an anti-handling explosive-device which is about to detonate and kill you....
There were tales told in the late-40s/early-50s of garden sheds being demolished when destructive implants in sold-to-radio-hams WWII surplus radio/RADAR gear got tired of waiting and decided to self-detonate.