Igni Irae
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To resub Elpsis' lightsabre.
- Image Credit: Here. By Moon Spider.
- Canon Link: N/A.
- Restricted Missions: N/A.
- Primary Source: Vanquish.
- Manufacturer: Elpsis Kerrigan-Alcori.
- Model: N/A
- Affiliation: Elpsis Kerrigan-Alcori
- Modularity: Crystals and power cells can be swapped.
- Production: Unique
- Krayt Dragon Pearl (primary focusing crystal)
- Dantari Crystal (secondary focusing crystal)
- Turadium hilt.
- Leather.
- Standard lightsabre components
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Lightsabre.
- Size: Average to Large (one-handed or two-handed)
- Specifications: Hilt 25 cm, blade 110 cm - 145 cm.
- Weight: Average
- Bifurcating Cyclical Ignition Pulse
- Non-dimetris circuits
- Dual-phase lightsabre
- Biometric Pressure Grip
- Force imbuement. Through some effort and focus, Elpsis is able to channel her Force potential through the weapon so that its blade is able to harm spirits, demons, and Force apparitions.
- Faraday Cage
- Reduces Force Fatigue
- Crossguards
- Crossguards.
- Due to Non-dimetris circuitry, it cannot be shorted out by cortosis, only blocked.
- Reduces Force Fatigue
- Due to the imbuement, Elpsis can channel the Force through the weapon so that the sabre is able to harm demons, spirits and other Force apparitions.
- Channelling the Force requires some concentration and focus. The weapon is attuned to Elpsis' Force presence, but she must actively channel her power through it to harm the aforementioned entities. This can be distracting.
- Possesses most customary weaknesses of a lightsabre. Namely a weakness in penetrating lightsabre-resistant alloys (beskar, phrik, cortosis, songsteel etc.), Vonduun Skerr Kyrric and Amphistaffs.
- Ssi-Ruuvi ion paddle beams can only be deflected by a lightsabre if it has been specially calibrated beforehand. It is unable to deflect blaster bolts while in that setting.
- Lightsabres are weak at blocking conventional bullets (slug rounds etc.).
As a Jedi, Elpsis never got around to building her own lightsabre. Or even utilising anything beyond a standard training sabre. (Un)fortunately, her career as a Jedi was cut short by a traumatic encounter with her father Xerexes, a sadistic Sith Lord. Though she was saved from the torment he inflicted upon her, she was unable to cope and ran away from the Jedi Temple. What followed were many years spent on the streets of Coruscant and Nar Shaddaa, the underworld and general scumpits. Eventually, she acquired a real lightsabre by taking it from the corpse of a dead Sith on Ossus during the Netherworld Event. She used this weapon until she lost it while fighting One Sith minions during the Corellian League's raid on Sith-held Corellia. Finally she decided that it was time to build her own. At this point, she'd become a good deal less angsty and joined Firemane Industries as a semi-independent contractor.
Her new glowstick served her through many battles, such as the Omega War, Atrisia, Kaeshana and Mustafar. It was a utilitarian and fairly standard weapon. More recently, she and and her buddy Laira Darkhold fought and killed a Krayt Dragon on Terax. During the course of the brutal fight, Elpsis tossed her lightsabre into its mouth, which helped end the beast. Rather than retrieve the blade, she decided to make a new, more customised one, since the pair had conveniently acquired Krayt Dragon Pearls. One was used by Laira for her first sabre, the other was claimed by Elpsis. Hopefully she will not end up losing her third sabre as well. She called it Inferno.
Inferno received its first serious trial by fire in her second duel with the Witch-Necromancer Matsu Xiangu aboard the Acerbitas. During the course of the fight, both combatants traded vicious blows, drawing upon their knowledge of swordplay and prowess in the Force. Their fight produced devastation and left both fighters spent and badly injured. Elpsis was able to cook one of her opponent's lungs, but lost her left arm in the fight. One thing that the fight showed was that a conventional lightsabre offered no hand protection. The Sith Sorceress had taken advantage of this by targeting Elpsis' wrist, burning them. In the aftermath, Elpsis redesigned her weapon. Inspired by the lightsabre designs of other members of the Order of Fire, she decided to add crossguards to her weapon.
The new Inferno served her well when she found herself facing fundamentalist Jedi on Tephrike, a war-torn planet that had gone off the deep end during the dark age. When a Firemane delegation was ambushed by fanatics, Elpsis was able to hold off the attackers and cover its retreat. However, she was eventually overwhelmed and captured. Inferno was handed over to the Grand Inquisitor of the Dominion of Light. Elpsis was tortured and brainwashed in a labour camp. Eventually she overcame her brainwashing and took vengeance on her captors, slaying them without mercy with the help of rebellious prisoners The Grand Inquisitor battled her, but she was able to seize the weapon he had claimed as a trophy and destroy him. However, her experiences had left her physically and emotionlly scarred.
The weapon has been imbued, enabling Elpsis to channel the Force through it like one would do with a Force imbued blade. This allows it to harm Force apparitions such as spirits and demons, in the same way as a Force imbued blade would. Elpsis has a personal reason for this since while her father was killed many years ago by Siobhan Kerrigan, she ran into him in the Netherworld. So if he returns as a spirit, this gives her a tool to slay him. Besides, she's run into her share of malevolent spirits and Force abominations during her travels. Leather is wrapped around the hilt, and there's a small bone talisman hanging off a chain. Said talisman does not yield any benefits whatsoever. Both are just there because Elpsis is nature girl.
The second important feature is the inclusion of a Dantari crystal. Elpsis is more of a mage in combat, as she relies heavily on her Force powers, especially her pyromancy. Moreover, she's physically blind and depends on the Force to see. Thus the Dantari was included to serve as a secondary focusing crystal. This allows her to recover faster from Force fatigue and delay the moment she reaches that point to begin with. A refined Krayt Dragon Pearl acts as primary focusing crystal. The blade has an orange colour, projecting an appropriately fiery light.
Aside from these components, the features of the lightsabre are quite standard in this day and age. A bifurcating cyclical ignition pulse enables underwater use. Non-dimetris circuitry ensures that contact with cortosis will not short out the blade. The Faraday Cage gives the electronic components limited resistance against ion attacks and the like. Due to a dual phase setting, the length of the blade can be adjusted, giving Elpsis a potential reach advantage. However, the weapon has the standard lightsabre weaknesses against lightsabre-resistant alloys such as beskar, phrik and so on. Elpsis considers this acceptable since she views her lightsabre as more of a backup, as opposed to a primary weapon.
