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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To sub a semi-unique alloy for future submissions.
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Name: Hodharium-Infused Shock-Steel (HISS)
Manufacturer: Visanj T’shkali
Affiliation: Locke and Key Mechanics / Segroth Materials Corporation
Homeworld (optional): N/A
Production: Semi-Unique
Modularity: No
Material: Hodharium, Segroth Shocksteel
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Alloy
Weight: Light
Resistances:
- Blasters (And other plasma type weapons): High
- Kinetic, Projectiles: High
- Kinetic, Concussion: Average
- Lightsabers: Average
- Other, EMP/Ion: High
- Other, Electrical: Average
- Other, Sonic: Low
- Other, Acid (And other corrosive materials): Average
- Other, Biological: Average
- Other, Elemental: Average
Color: Light grey blotchy pattern with light coppery micro-hexagonal pattern throughout.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Shocksteel is a patented product created by Segroth Materials which uses cutting-edge metallurgical science to produce one of the strongest, most versatile, and resilient alloys on the market today. Our scientists discovered that while most alusteel alloys are brittle, when the B2 crystalline structures within them grew too close together, giving the material incredible strength but causing it to be brittle. The solution was simple: An alternating heat-treating and rolling process which allows us to control when and where B2 crystals are formed. By adding a small amount of nickel to the alloy, even greater control over the process was gained. This solved the problem of brittleness and created a flexible, very lightweight material with a strength-to-weight ratio that matches even the finest titanium alloys. However, this brought a second issue to play: How to protect the material from oxidation and contamination to allow it to be put into practical use. After carefully studying a variety of potential replacements for the usual silicate protection layer used in weaker, more common metals, it was found that absorbital contained the exact necessary chemical components to offer high-grade protection and maintain material purity. When these discoveries were paired with emerging anti-EMP/Ion technologies, a miracle material was born.
By adding a tiny hexagonal pattern of micron-ized copper conduction wire filament throughout the Shocksteel, we learned that these filaments would absorb EMP/Ion energy, carrying it across the total surface of the material away from the point of contact, thereby allowing it to be dissipated and return to the air, thus rendering Shocksteel to be one of the galaxy’s most resilient metal alloys being produced today. With added benefit of high resistance to blasters and similar plasma energy weapons because of the addition of absorbital, Shocksteel is pound-for-pound a top choice for shipwrights, mechanics, electronics producers, and others in need of a lightweight, versatile, flexible, and resilient material that will hold up against wear, tear, and decay.
To further improve on this alloy, small amounts of Hodharium were included into the alloy, which augmented the material’s abilities, and gave it Force-Dampening characteristics. Not as strong as pure Hodharium, it still hinders the abilities of Force Users to detect objects covered with HISS, and requires focused, extraordinary effort to ‘peer’ beyond the material. This dramatically improves the stealthiness of such objects, like vehicles, pods, and small ships.
Intent: To sub a semi-unique alloy for future submissions.
Image Source: N/A
Primary Source(s):
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Name: Hodharium-Infused Shock-Steel (HISS)
Manufacturer: Visanj T’shkali
Affiliation: Locke and Key Mechanics / Segroth Materials Corporation
Homeworld (optional): N/A
Production: Semi-Unique
Modularity: No
Material: Hodharium, Segroth Shocksteel
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Alloy
Weight: Light
Resistances:
- Blasters (And other plasma type weapons): High
- Kinetic, Projectiles: High
- Kinetic, Concussion: Average
- Lightsabers: Average
- Other, EMP/Ion: High
- Other, Electrical: Average
- Other, Sonic: Low
- Other, Acid (And other corrosive materials): Average
- Other, Biological: Average
- Other, Elemental: Average
Color: Light grey blotchy pattern with light coppery micro-hexagonal pattern throughout.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Micro-carbon powder coating is applied to micron-ized copper conduction wiring, which is added to the alloy, making it incredibly resistance to EMP/Ion threats and blasters/plasma weapons.
- Aluminum-steel alloy is as strong as titanium, but significantly lighter weight and more flexibility.
- Increased material strength and flexibility over titanium allows for myriad uses in manufacturing to produce lighter, stronger products with exceptional resistance to EMP/Ion threats; ideals for starships, droids, all electronics products.
- Force-Dampening effects
- Long-Lasting, durable metal.
- Stronger than titanium and significantly more flexible and easy to work with.
- Lightweight and durable material is highly resistant to EMP/Ion threats as well as blasters and similar plasma energy weapons.
- Force Dampening: The metal makes it harder (but not remotely impossible) to use the force through it. It's akin to making it take more power, concentration and time to effect whatever is on the other side.
- Limited quantity: It cannot be synthesized or fielded in large amounts, and its use is restricted only to the corporations which developed it.
- Vibrations: Strong vibrations destabilize the more crystalline matrix of the metal, meaning sonic attacks are more effective against it than normal.
- Force Dampening: If used in a practical application, it would hinder force use, making it harder for the consumer to use the force while in/holding it.
- A crushing attack will damage the copper wiring rendering it useless.
Shocksteel is a patented product created by Segroth Materials which uses cutting-edge metallurgical science to produce one of the strongest, most versatile, and resilient alloys on the market today. Our scientists discovered that while most alusteel alloys are brittle, when the B2 crystalline structures within them grew too close together, giving the material incredible strength but causing it to be brittle. The solution was simple: An alternating heat-treating and rolling process which allows us to control when and where B2 crystals are formed. By adding a small amount of nickel to the alloy, even greater control over the process was gained. This solved the problem of brittleness and created a flexible, very lightweight material with a strength-to-weight ratio that matches even the finest titanium alloys. However, this brought a second issue to play: How to protect the material from oxidation and contamination to allow it to be put into practical use. After carefully studying a variety of potential replacements for the usual silicate protection layer used in weaker, more common metals, it was found that absorbital contained the exact necessary chemical components to offer high-grade protection and maintain material purity. When these discoveries were paired with emerging anti-EMP/Ion technologies, a miracle material was born.
By adding a tiny hexagonal pattern of micron-ized copper conduction wire filament throughout the Shocksteel, we learned that these filaments would absorb EMP/Ion energy, carrying it across the total surface of the material away from the point of contact, thereby allowing it to be dissipated and return to the air, thus rendering Shocksteel to be one of the galaxy’s most resilient metal alloys being produced today. With added benefit of high resistance to blasters and similar plasma energy weapons because of the addition of absorbital, Shocksteel is pound-for-pound a top choice for shipwrights, mechanics, electronics producers, and others in need of a lightweight, versatile, flexible, and resilient material that will hold up against wear, tear, and decay.
To further improve on this alloy, small amounts of Hodharium were included into the alloy, which augmented the material’s abilities, and gave it Force-Dampening characteristics. Not as strong as pure Hodharium, it still hinders the abilities of Force Users to detect objects covered with HISS, and requires focused, extraordinary effort to ‘peer’ beyond the material. This dramatically improves the stealthiness of such objects, like vehicles, pods, and small ships.
