Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To provide an multipurpose individual field disruptor in Lucerne Personal Defense's catalogue
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- Manufacturer: Lucerne Personal Defense
- Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi Concord, Lucerne Personal Defense customers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Droch-series Individual Field Disruptor
- Modularity: different fastening attachements (to attach to different battle armors, belts, etc)
- Production: Mass-Produced.
- Material: Carbo-plas casing, Biolux series Organoform Circuitry, capacitator, individual field disruptor components
- Classification: Individual Field Disruptor
- Size: Small
- Weight: Light
- Individual Field Disruptor: The Droch-series typically acts as an individual field disruptor to allow its wearer to penetrate through different shields and energy fences. In terms of rough performance and capabilities, it is largely equivalent to the earlier Evasive-13 Individual Field Disruptor, easily capable of running through low-grade shields and fences for hours, while it may only have enough power for a few minutes of use against the highest-powered shields and energy fences.
- Melee Weapon: As with older individual field disruptor designs, the Droch in its standard mode encompasses the user in an energy field that is dangerous for opponents to touch - with each touch typically being equivalent to a heavy blaster bolt. Lucerne Personal Defense decided to add some additional components to modulate that field to get different effects. It can act as a short-range ion field generator - anything the user touches is rapidly drained of power as long as that physical contact is maintained. This is often used to disable droids and security features. Similarly, the Droch can also be switched to produce a stun field not unsimilar to the field produced by a stunner, allowing Droch users to incapacitate organic opponents with a simple touch.
- Dataport: Droch features a scomp-link accessible dataport on its underside. This allows its status and settings to be accessed and changed through a datapad, droid, or armor suit HUD. This is usually used to activate and configure the disruptor's configuration through voice commands or an armor's HUD system.
- Modular Power Supply: The Droch uses many existing parts from Lucerne Personal Defense's personal shield generators, including its capacitor to store charged energy. However, this capacity can be connected to other power sources such as powercells or generators to resupply the Droch's power.
- Shield Penetrator: The Droch allows wearers to penetrate through shields, energy fences, and other similar force field technologies.
- Versatile Melee Weapon: The Droch can act as a versatile melee weapon in a pinch, making it ideal for spies and saboteurs.
- Flimsy Casing: While the carbo-plas provides reasonable protection from the elements and the simple knocks and dings of everyday life, it is very easily damaged and rendered entirely inoperable with even a single shot from a blaster pistol.
- Short Reach: As a melee weapon, Droch has extremely short reach and doesn't provide any ability to parry or protect on its own, making attacks with it risky against a prepared defender.
Individual Field Disruptors have existed for hundreds of years with little change. Ever seeking to expand their market, Lucerne Personal Defense opted to make a version of the device with the consortium's characteristic touch of versatility. To that end, the resulting Droch is largely a copy of the earlier Evasive-13 Individual Field Disruptor with a few modifications, primarily in using different basic electronic components already used in other Lucerne Personal Defense electronics and the ability to adjust its field output. This last ability is probably the most unique feature of the Droch - effectively turning it from a shield bypasser and into a melee energy, stun, and ion weapon. This allows spies and saboteurs who might need the device's most basic function to additionally have a potent melee weapon without having to carry any extra gear. Not an item that officially exists in the Lucerne Personal Defense's public catalogue, the Droch is likely to be issued in small numbers to special operations and intelligence groups affiliated with the Lucerne consortium, notably the Diretorate and Silver Jedi Concord as well as their allies.
