OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a modernized droid skeletal system.
- Image Source: X
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Eshan Industrial Corporation
- Affiliation: Eshan Industrial Corporation, The Directorate, Closed-Market
- Model: Hardfiber Droid Skeletal System
- Modularity: None
- Production: Minor
- Material: Echani Graphite, Alusteel
- Lattice Structure
- Lightsaber and Blaster Resistance
- Lightsaber and Blaster Resistance: Because of the use of Echani Graphite in the structure, the skeletal system has a natural resistance to attacks from energy-based weapons.
- Strength: The use of a lattice system, and the materials indicated, makes these particular bones more tensile and durable than the standard droid skeletal system.
- Lightweight: Because it's a lattice system rather than solid metal, the usual weight of a droids skeletal system is lessened considerably.
- Resistant, Not Proof: The material is resistant to lightsabers and blasters, but repeated strikes from either will eventually wear it down.
- Acid: As with most metals, this system is vulnerable to high strength acids.
- Fusing: Requires alusteel fusing at joints, thus no saber/blaster resistance at joints.
DESCRIPTION
Typical droid construction consists of tubes or solid metal for the musculature of the droid. While this has been the practice for quite some time and has produced optimal results among droids to date, there is no reason this can't be improved upon. For this reason, EchaniTech, a subsidiary of Eshan Industrial Corporation, has been looking into redesigning the skeletal system for droids they produce. Numerous iterations of designs based on the conventional methodology were designed and tested. Numerous composite metals were tested in an effort to eliminate weight while maintaining strength. These tests didn't yield anything remarkably different from what was already in use, only serving to make current production slightly more efficient.
One of the scientists, however, had an idea and approached a medical professional to discuss the goal. That medical professional told them that the basic structure of bones amongst most bipedal species is not solid, but a latticework of different strands of material to make the bones both lightweight and strong. With this revelation, and after studying bones under a microscope, the scientist returned and informed the others that instead of what they were doing, they needed to make a microscopic lattice of metal to achieve the strength required while reducing the weight, but they also needed to utilize the right materials to make that work. Throwing durasteel at it wasn't going to make it much lighter.
In the end, they settled on a combination of Echani Graphite and Alusteel to achieve the strength and durability required of bones. Adding the graphite offered a protection not available from most tensile materials. This also allows the bones to flex a bit under strain, unlike traditional metal, which will become dented or wrinkled as a result of pressure beyond the norm. Breaks are also easily repairable and generally only require no soldering with the same materials as the bones are made of.
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