Approved Tech Fragmentation Scream Warhead Mk. I

[Darth Prazutis]

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• Intent: To develop a unique Kainate missile warhead that combines physical fragmentation damage with psychic disruption via embedded scream runes.
• Image Source:
  
  • Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

• Manufacturer:
  
  • Malsheem Automated Factories
  • Shadow Mind
• Affiliation:
  
  • The Kainate
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Fragmentation Scream Warhead Mk. I
• Modularity: Yes (Can be loaded into different Kainate missile platforms)
• Production: Limited
• Material:
  
  • Bloodsteel Casing
  • Sacrificial Crystal Core
  • Fear Pulse Resonator
  • Internal Rune Circuitry
  • Emotion-Amplifying Soul Cage

• Scream Runes: Upon detonation, warhead emits a metaphysical scream heard only through the Force, disorienting Force users and disrupting calm-based powers (e.g., Battle Meditation).
• Shatterburst Payload: Warhead explodes into a storm of razor-sharp fragments alchemically reinforced to tear through starfighter hulls and light armor.
• Trauma Echo: The psychic scream leaves behind a faint metaphysical residue, causing momentary confusion or distraction among survivors in the blast radius.
• Modular Deployment: Designed to be compatible with standard Kainate launchers like the Shriekfang Pod System.

• Swarm Shredder: Particularly effective against tight starfighter formations, missile swarms, and boarding pods.
• Psychic Disruption: The embedded scream rune disorients Force sensitives, delays response times, and disrupts spiritual clarity.
• Force Visibility: The metaphysical scream can mask other psychic signatures momentarily, providing cover for Sith infiltration or misdirection.

• Limited Armor Penetration: Not designed to damage heavy armor or capital-scale defenses.
• Area Saturation Risk: Can be dangerous to nearby allies, including Sith forces, due to uncontrolled psychic fallout.
• Force Nullification: In Force-dead zones or areas with Voidstone interference, the psychic component is completely nullified, reducing the warhead to a simple fragmentation round.

The Fragmentation Scream Warhead Mk. I is one of the Kainate's most fearsome psychological weapons. Built for maximum carnage against light targets and precision disruption of Force users, it functions as both a weapon of destruction and spiritual terror. Each warhead is forged in Bloodsteel and alchemically filled with shardcore fragments. At its heart lies a scream rune, carved with anguish siphoned from Sith rituals and encoded in spiritual resonance.

When the warhead detonates, it releases not just deadly shrapnel, but a scream that tears through the Force itself. Jedi hear it as the voices of the dead. Pilots experience vertigo, nausea, or momentary loss of control. The air becomes heavy with psychic residue, casting a shadow of dread over the battlefield.

While limited in scope and armor penetration, the Fragmentation Scream Warhead excels at disrupting squadrons, shredding light craft, and terrorizing any Force-sensitive caught in its range. Deployed en masse, it turns the void into a graveyard of screams.

 

[MANIAC]

Darth Prazutis

Another cool sub.

Approved.