Not Gonna Make It

As much as Rocket Dogs want to think that they’re all going to make it across the finish line, there are some traps to snare the unwary. One of those is the Not Gonna Make It, a small weapon that can nuke a Rocket Dog’s progress. When the NGMI detonates the flash of light and the roar of sound disorients the targeted Rocket Dog, stunning and temporarily disorienting them. The NGMI acts like the inverse of a neutron bomb, blowing away progress while leaving the Rocket Dog himself unharmed - physically, at least. The psychic impact of the NGMI is what does the real damage. The disorientation will slow down all Rocket Dogs and might even cause some of them to drop out.

During development of the NGMI there was some disagreement within the weapons lab about whether the weapon was inhumane, but during testing most of those exposes to its effects enough fortitude to shake off the temporary depression and confusion and get back in the race.