"Snap-freezing. Cools down all the fluid in the body, stiffens the limbs, slows down all movement. I can't give you the tech details, but that's the practical effect." Jacob rarely uses that ammunition type himself- he has a preference for incendiaries- but he maintains and handles the rounds often enough to practically be an expert on how they function.

"Hit 'em enough times, and you'll freeze them solid. Maybe even shatter them, and that's an instant kill." A gruesome way to die, helpless and frigid. The more Jacob talks about it, the more he realizes his initial squeamishness at the sawblade idea is a little hard to defend. War is always cruel, including in space. "But it's a temporary effect. Only lasts a few seconds, and then they can come after you again. That is, assuming they have any fight left in them after turning into an ice cube."