Role

Chapter 33

When attempting to demolish a building, we have two methods we can
undertake. The first would see the building fall outwards. This is often
both safer and less problematic - in other words, entirely useless for the
task at hand. Though blocking the main road in Balator would be
entertaining, the alternative is...

The second method has the building collapse inward. This tends to crush
anything remaining inside the building as a matter of course, and in fact
requires less thorough understanding of the building's architecture - core
charges must be placed at the point where the implosion should ideally be
centralised, and upon detonation the upper level of the building will be
annihilated and the debris will precipitate a collapse there after.

We should not take any chances, though. The building has a high wood
density. These are easier to demolish in many ways, as they're not as
robust. That said, when doing it via detonation there is a chance the upper
levels will not entirely collapse the building due to insufficient weight.

However, wood has that infamous weakness among Battleragers everywhere: it
burns. If we plant containers of highly flammable fluid in each of the
corners, when the centralised detonation takes place they shall ignite, and
even if the demolition is not complete due to the material of the school
then the remains shall be engulfed in a most gratifying fireball.

Materials:

We will require the charges, most importantly. These would need to be
substantial and able to produce a single explosion. Something that produces
a series of cascading explosions would not serve our needs, as the
detonation must produce a single concussive blast, ideally of flame to
guarantee our backups also ignite. This is not critical, but we would have
to adjust the plan slightly and include a mechanism to ignite said backups
through other means otherwise.

Four containers of highly flammable substance. Oil sourced from Mortorn
would likely be just fine - it won't take much to catch the building alight
if the initial blast doesn't do so. These will serve as a vector to
guarantee the fire can travel where we need it.

The plan:

We would place each container first. One in each of the southern corners of
the main school building, one in the closet where weapons seem to be stored
(note: this wall seems to be the most robust), and one by the entrance of
the building proper. We would then place the charges, and then...

The writing stops here, the last part of the plan taken up by a drawing of
a very unfortunate looking building being engulfed by fire as it collapses
inward upon itself.