OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an alternative weapon to the Lightsaber that draws from the roots of the Je’daii Orders ancient past.
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- Primary Source: Force Imbued Blade.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: The Je’daii Order.
- Affiliation: Closed Market.
- Model: Force Imbued sword.
- Modularity: No.
- Production: Semi-Unique.
- Material: Durasteel, Sword components.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Swords, Force Weapon.
- Size: Average.
- Weight: Average.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Force Imbued.
- Lightsaber Resistant.
Strengths:
- Can fend off against Lightsabers and energy based weapons.
- Force Imbued, Enhanced edge - can cut through dense alloys/materials.
- No power source required.
Weaknesses:
- Solid, full length weapon making the Force Imbued Blade near impossible to hide upon one’s person.
- The power of the Force can be felt within this weapon, making the user easier to target by other Force Practitioners.
- Cannot deflect incoming Blaster-Fire, unlike the Lightsaber.
DESCRIPTION
Force-imbued blades were solid metal blades that required no power source, and that glowed with the power of the Force coursing through them. This glow could manifest itself in multiple ways, ranging from lightning-like striations, a discoloration of the blade, a fire like manifestation, or lack any form of visual manifestation at all. Imbued with the Force, the blades were preternaturally strong and sharp, being capable of cutting effortlessly through most materials, with the exception of reinforced metals such as durasteel, which took more effort. Force-imbued blades could also damage and destroy dark side spirits.
An initiate would select a bar of high-carbon metal, typically durasteel, and would hammer the bar into a blade; as it was forged, the Force was channeled into the blade, altering the molecular structure of the metal into a reinforced lattice. This lattice both hardened the blade and sharpened the edge, as well as prepared the blade for the next step.
Once the blade was forged, an initiate would place an energy crystal into the hilt of the blade, and then would marry the lattices of the crystal and the blade together - this was accomplished by submerging oneself deep into the Force, and then meditating on the blade and crystal until blade, crystal, and smith became as one. Once the lattices were married, the wielder would channel energy through the crystal and into the blade until it began to glow with a nimbus of energy, signifying that the blade had been permanently infused with the Force.
The forging process was both physically and mentally taxing. Smiths ran the risk of shattering the blade, crystal, or both when channeling energy - whether due to imperfections in the lattices, or due to their inadequate skill.
