Shadow Hand


- Intent: To create a powerful, widespread starship-grade laser cannon for Kainate vessels, specializing in both physical and psychic damage through alchemical enhancements.
- Image Source:
- Click - ChatGPT by Me
- Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions:
- Primary Source: N/A

- Manufacturer:
- Malsheem Automated Factories
- Shadow Mind
- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Abyssal Lash Cannon Mk. I
- Modularity: Yes (Barrel scaling, mounting for fighter-to-frigate sized craft, alchemical lens replacement)
- Production: Limited (Available across Kainate warships and advanced starfighter lines)
- Material:
- Alchemized Sarrassian Iron Casing
- Sith Rune Circuitry
- Pain-Amplifier Crystal Core
- Amaranth Crystal Lenses
- Soul-Flame Core
- Thermal Regulating Alloy Composite

- Classification: Laser Cannon
- Size: Average
- Weight: Average
- Ammunition Type: Condensed, powerful corrupted plasma
- Ammunition Capacity: Very Large
- Effective Range: Long
- Rate of Fire: Average
- Damage Output: High
- Recoil: None

- Metaphysical Plasma Beam: Fires short bursts of red-black plasma that distort reality and strike both physical armor and Force perception.
- Soul-Flame Core: Heart of the weapon, alchemically powered by distilled agony harvested from ritual sacrifice or battlefield death.
- Lashfire Trails: Leaves searing trails of unstable energy, disorienting nearby sensors and Force perception.
- Explosive Lash Mode: Each shot detonates on impact with a flash of metaphysical backlash and kinetic trauma.
- Cognitive Disruption: Temporarily disturbs thought patterns and meditative states in Force-sensitives struck or near the blast radius.
- Corruptive Residue: Creates metaphysical "wounds" in structures that resist immediate repair or healing.

- Force Disruption: Causes disorientation, memory lapses, and spiritual agony to Force-sensitives.
- High Burn Through: Effective against starfighter and corvette armor, can bore through reinforced plating with successive shots.
- Terror Weapon: Even witnessing it can instill dread or unease among enemy ranks.

- Cooldown Required: Overheats after many bursts; requires short recharge.
- Alchemical Signature: Can be sensed by Force-users, giving away ship position during prolonged use.
- Ineffective Against Droids: The psychic/Force backlash is lost on purely mechanical enemies.
- Force Nullification: When exposed to ysalamiri or various nullification effects, the corruptive residue effect is suppressed.

The Abyssal Lash Cannons Mk. I represent the Kainate's terrifying innovation in small-ship and medium-vessel armament. Unlike traditional laser cannons, these weapons are not simply tools of destruction, but extensions of Sith wrath made manifest.
Each blast is not just a beam of plasma, but a metaphysical whip, laced with suffering, rage, and the agonized echoes of the fallen. Powered by Soul-Flame Cores—dark reactors fed by pain and ritual death, the Abyssal Lash Cannon doesn't just burn through metal. It sears through the mind, targeting not only hulls but the consciousness of its victims.
When the Abyssal Lash strikes, it detonates in a scream of black-red fire. Victims suffer both physical impact and a backlash of agony and dread, making it especially disruptive against Force-wielding opponents. Fighters hit by these beams spiral out of formation, corvettes suffer system feedback, and even seasoned Jedi falter.
Abyssal Lash Cannons are fitted onto select Kainate starfighters, interceptor wings, and corvettes, bringing the same fear that dreadnought weapons inspire, at smaller, faster scales.
It is not just a weapon. It is the lash of the abyss given form.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create a powerful, widespread starship-grade laser cannon for Kainate vessels, specializing in both physical and psychic damage through alchemical enhancements.
Canon Link:
N/A
Permissions:
N/A
Primary Source(s):
N/A
Technical Information
Affiliation:
The Kainate
Model:
Abyssal Lash Cannons Mk. I
Modular:
Yes
Effective Range:
Long Range
Rate of Fire:
Burst Fire
Material:
Alchemized Sarrassian Iron Casing Sith Rune Circuitry Pain-Amplifier Crystal Core Amaranth Crystal Lenses Soul-Flame Core Thermal Regulating Alloy Composite
Ammunition Type:
Condensed, powerful corrupted plasma
Ammunition Capacity:
Very Large
Damage Output:
High
Recoil:
None
Ranged Class:
Other
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