Shadow Hand

- Intent: To create an advanced Sith stealth technology that manipulates Force perception, making ships undetectable or generating false Force signatures.
- Image Source:
- Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A

- Manufacturer:
- Shadow Mind
- Affiliation:
- The Kainate
- Shikkari Assassin Cells
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Dark Side Distortion Field Generator Mk. I
- Modularity: Limited (Integrated into specifically designed Kainite stealth ships and facilities; cannot be installed on conventional starships without specialized Sith engineering)
- Production: Semi-Unique (A limited number exist, restricted to the most elite Kainite vessels and covert installations)
- Material:
- Obsidian Voidshards: Absorbs and disrupts Force-based detection.
- Sith Rune-Inscribed Blackstone: Enhances dark side resonance and facilitates Sith rituals.
- Blood-Forged Aurodium: Strengthens Sith runic inscriptions and amplifies concealment effects.
- Nullification Resin Infusions: Suppresses psychic imprints and reduces Force-based recognition.
- Shadowed Kyber Crystals: Infused with Sith rituals to manipulate and generate false Force echoes.

- Force Signature Cloaking: Completely erases the presence of the ship or structure from Force-sensitives, making it undetectable to Jedi and Sith alike.
- Phantom Echoes: Generates false Force signatures, mimicking fleets, powerful dark side presences, or even misleading the enemy into sensing nonexistent entities.
- Sith Ritual Channeling: Enhances Sith sorcery and Force Mask applications, allowing operatives onboard to further manipulate their own presence or create illusions.
- Dark Side Harmonics: Utilizes dark side-infused resonance waves to disrupt precognition, making it nearly impossible to foresee or track the ship's movements through the Force.
- Memory Fog Effect: Causes minor disorientation and memory gaps in those who attempt to sense or recall the presence of the ship.

- Undetectable by the Force: Renders the ship or facility nearly invisible to all Force-based detection methods, including Battle Meditation, Sense, and precognitive tracking.
- False Readings & Phantom Presence: Can generate misleading Force imprints, causing enemies to believe they are sensing a Sith fleet, an army of dark side users, or even nothing at all.
- Prevents Precognitive Tracking: Disrupts attempts to predict the ship's course using the Force, ensuring safe infiltration and extraction for Sith operatives.
- Enhances Sith Stealth Techniques: Strengthens Sith Assassin abilities, allowing the Shikkari and Kainite infiltrators to mask themselves even more effectively.

- Requires the Dark Side: The field depends on Sith alchemical infusions, meaning it loses effectiveness in areas of strong light side influence.
- Power Intensive: Running the distortion field for extended periods places strain on the ship's energy systems, limiting weapon and shield use.
- Not Effective Against Conventional Sensors: While undetectable through the Force, standard military scanners, heat signatures, and visual confirmation can still reveal the ship if it is not using physical stealth measures.
- Vulnerable to Ysalamiri & Voidstone Fields: The presence of Ysalamiri nullification fields or Voidstone-rich environments can weaken or negate the distortion field's effects.

The Dark Side Distortion Field is the pinnacle of Sith stealth technology, engineered by the Kainate's Shadow Mind to serve as an invisible shroud against Force-based detection methods. Developed for elite Kainite operatives such as the Shikkari Assassin Cells, it functions as both a cloaking field and a phantom generator, ensuring that enemy Force-sensitives can neither sense nor track a vessel's movements through the Force. At its core, the Dark Side Distortion Field is powered by Sith Rune-Inscribed Blackstone, Obsidian Voidshards, and Shadowed Kyber Crystals, all infused with Sith sorcery to manipulate the flow of dark side energy around the ship. This allows it to completely mask its presence, effectively erasing it from the Force, making it invisible even to the most powerful Jedi Masters.
Beyond mere concealment, the field can generate false Force signatures, tricking Jedi into sensing phantom fleets, non-existent Sith Lords, or misleading echoes that cause confusion and hesitation. This ability makes it invaluable for strategic deception, allowing the Kainate to manipulate enemy forces into misinterpreting their movements. While nearly undetectable through the Force, the Distortion Field has its limitations. It is entirely reliant on dark side energies, meaning that it is less effective in light-side-rich environments such as Jedi temples or Force nexuses aligned with the Light. Furthermore, excessive use drains power from other ship systems, requiring careful management. The field is also useless against traditional scanners, meaning a stealth ship must rely on physical cloaking mechanisms in conjunction with this technology.
Despite these weaknesses, the Dark Side Distortion Field is a weapon of absolute deception, a tool of Sith phantom warfare, ensuring that Kainite operatives strike from the void itself, unseen and unstoppable.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create an advanced Sith stealth technology that manipulates Force perception, making ships undetectable or generating false Force signatures.
Canon Link:
N/A
Permissions:
N/A
Primary Source(s):
N/A
Technical Information
Affiliation:
The Kainate
Model:
Dark Side Distortion Field Generator Mk. I
Modular:
Yes
Material:
Obsidian Voidshards: Absorbs and disrupts Force-based detection. Sith Rune-Inscribed Blackstone: Enhances dark side resonance and facilitates Sith rituals. Blood-Forged Aurodium: Strengthens Sith runic inscriptions and amplifies concealment effects. Nullification Resin Infusions: Suppresses psychic imprints and reduces Force-based recognition. Shadowed Kyber Crystals: Infused with Sith rituals to manipulate and generate false Force echoes.