Snowball

"A snowball infused with cryotech dealing great damage to Winter Faction and a short stasis effect on all other enemies."

General
The Snowball shoots a white sphere that normally deals little damage but is devastating against targets in the Solstice event. It also applies a minor Stasis debuff.

If no enemy is in range (which is almost certain due to its near-zero range), it is thrown blindly from the heading of the parent ship.

Advantages
This is basically the only way you can take down the Red Giant target within the time limit. Although it can also oneshot any other ship in the event, it is usually considered as a waste as those ships can be taken out via traditional means easily enough anyway.

It is an extremely cheap means to scratch enemy Ship Factories without getting in range of the turrets themselves. However, you still have to watch out for spawned ships such as the Blaze Sentry.

Disadvantages
Against anything else, the Snowball is all but useless due to its abysmal damage output.

Even its stasis debuff can be detrimental due to its long cooldown blocking other more potent stasis effects.

Trivia

 * This is the first event-specific item released to players. It is also the first trigger that is not restricted to any faction or tier.
 * Due to its extremely short range, its range arc can be used as an approximation of a ship's hitbox.
 * The Snowball has the least maximum range out of all items whose maximum range is given in-game.