Scramble grenade

The Scramble Grenade is a demolition skill weapon in Deus Ex that is used to temporarily change the alliance of robots.

Overview
When detonated, the scramble grenade changes the alliance of enemy robots from enemy to ally for a certain duration of time. An enemy robot whose alliance has been flipped will turn against other enemies of the player. Once the duration expires, the robot will return to its original alliance. If the scramble grenade is used on a friendly robot, the alliance of that robot will be flipped from ally to enemy.

The duration of the alliance flip effect depends on the proximity of robot to the detonation of the grenade (see "notes" section below). In general, a relatively close detonation will typically result in a duration of 1 minute of more, at the untrained skill level. Duration increases with skill level.

The scramble grenade is effective when used on a robot that is near a number of other enemies. The military bot is a particularly good candidate target for the scramble grenade, since it is capable of destroying all other enemies with ease, including smaller robots. In many situations, it is also preferable to toss the grenade without being spotted. One technique is to bound the grenade off a wall and having it land near the intended target.

Trivia

 * The scramble grenade is internally called the NanoVirusGrenade. However, its in-game description does not refer to any use of nanoviruses.