THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

MOAB

also known as Mother of All Bombs, Bomb Chicken

First seen: Book 1, Chapter 40

A bomb launcher Carl, Brandon, and Chris spend about five hours building onto a scavenged bike trailer towed behind the Goblin Copper Chopper: a ski-jump ramp with half-pipe channels and shock-absorbing coasters that lets Donut roll wheeled bombs off the back at speed. Carl spray-paints "Mother of All Bombs" on the side; Brandon argues the name is technically wrong and pushes for "Bomb Chicken" instead.

Contraption

Appearance

A curved, ski-jump-like bomb ramp built from spare chopper wheel wells with half-pipe channels and shock-absorbing caster wheels at the end, mounted on a scrap-wood bike trailer with a raised, rear-facing seat for Donut, towed behind the Goblin Copper Chopper in place of the usual sidecarB1C40

Where

Destroyed along with the Goblin Copper Chopper, driven into the floor 2 stairwell hole as a decoyB1C40

Connections

Brandon An:

Helps design and build it, corrects Carl's MOAB trivia, and pushes to rename it the Bomb ChickenB1C40

Carl:

Builds it and pedals the chopper towing it, spray-paints its name on the sideB1C40

Donut:

Rides the raised rear seat and loads and launches every bomb from the rampB1C40

History by chapter
Book 1
Chapter 40
  • RELATIONSHIP Brandon An: Helps design and build it, corrects Carl's MOAB trivia, and pushes to rename it the Bomb Chicken
  • RELATIONSHIP Donut: Rides the raised rear seat and loads and launches every bomb from the ramp
  • TAG Contraption: Built, not looted; classified the same way as the Goblin Copper Chopper and the Goblin Murder Dozer
  • PHYSICAL Build: A curved, ski-jump-like bomb ramp built from spare chopper wheel wells with half-pipe channels and shock-absorbing caster wheels at the end, mounted on a scrap-wood bike trailer with a raised, rear-facing seat for Donut, towed behind the Goblin Copper Chopper in place of the usual sidecar
  • LOCATION Location: Destroyed along with the Goblin Copper Chopper, driven into the floor 2 stairwell hole as a decoy
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Builds it and pedals the chopper towing it, spray-paints its name on the side