The Peritoneal Overpressure Detonation Grenade operates by delivering a dense aerosol payload of hygroscopic osmotic agents through a micro-perforated casing breach. Upon detonation, the primary charge ruptures the outer shell and drives the agent cloud transdermally into exposed tissue using a focused hypersonic pressure wave. The agents penetrate the peritoneal cavity lining within 1.8 seconds of initial detonation, triggering catastrophic fluid influx into the abdominal compartment via forced osmotic imbalance.

What distinguishes the PODG-1 from conventional fragmentation ordnance is its near-total absence of shrapnel signature. Targets appear externally unharmed at the blast perimeter, while experiencing acute abdominal compartment syndrome within two to four minutes. The weapon was designed for enclosed urban environments where collateral structural damage is politically undesirable but personnel neutralization is required — a corporate enforcement tool dressed in the language of precision.

On the street, the PODG-1 is called 'Bloater' for the visible abdominal distension that precedes incapacitation. Medics who encounter victims describe a characteristic rigidity and grey pallor that has become grimly recognizable in districts where corporate security contractors operate. There are no visible wounds. There is rarely a survivor.