Is there friction/traction while gripping a lightsaber with saber-resistant gloves?

[Darth Xerac]

As a way of keeping myself protected in the short-range and as a unique feature to throw-off opponents, my left glove has pieces of Songsteel bracketed on to it to allow me to grab a lightsaber blade. What I would like to know, is that upon grabbing a blade, would there be any sort of friction/traction between the Songsteel and the lightsaber blade, or would it be frictionless?

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

First off, you would need a thread to obtain the songsteel, a thread to make the gloves, and a submission in the factory, in that order. As for your question, i'll leave that to the material buffs around here.

 

[Sarge Potteiger]

The answer would be yes and no.

We know from the movies that cutting through metal creates resistance, so if you grab a blade and it doesn't immediately go through the metal on your hand then there would be 'friction' up until there was no more metal.

 

[Darth Xerac]

First off, you would need a thread to obtain the songsteel, a thread to make the gloves, and a submission in the factory, in that order. As for your question, i'll leave that to the material buffs around here.

Wait... so we're not allowed to start out with anything?

 

[Tormax Tryte]

you're able to. just not stuff that is like..game breaking.

 

[Sarge Potteiger]

You can start out with things, but not 'restricted items' such as Songsteel, Cortosis, etc.

Here's the list

http://starwarsrp.net/topic/14385-restricted-items-list/

We had to make the list because people were making full armor suits of phrik and beskar, etc. These metals are known for being exceedingly rare, expensive, hard to smelt, etc. So we make it so you have to work for them, that way not everyone and their mother has access to the most rare materials in the universe.

If you want to start out with standard armor, blaster, whatever... that's fine. But if it's something you've made for yourself - say, a gauntlet with songsteel plates, you'd need a factory sub and a thread to get the Songsteel.

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

@[member="Darth Xerac"] Restricted items. Anything like durasteel or some such doesn't require a submission of development thread, unless it's a special case. Any of these materials have certain requirements to obtain.

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Aaaaand Sarge beat me to it.

 

[Darth Xerac]

You can start out with things, but not 'restricted items' such as Songsteel, Cortosis, etc.

Here's the list

http://starwarsrp.net/topic/14385-restricted-items-list/

We had to make the list because people were making full armor suits of phrik and beskar, etc. These metals are known for being exceedingly rare, expensive, hard to smelt, etc. So we make it so you have to work for them, that way not everyone and their mother has access to the most rare materials in the universe.

If you want to start out with standard armor, blaster, whatever... that's fine. But if it's something you've made for yourself - say, a gauntlet with songsteel plates, you'd need a factory sub and a thread to get the Songsteel.

@[member="Darth Xerac"] Restricted items. Anything like durasteel or some such doesn't require a submission of development thread, unless it's a special case. Any of these materials have certain requirements to obtain.

I had read that, but I figured I'd let the judges decide.

I suppose at the very least, I could start my character just as he decides to go about getting the glove.

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

A good way of looking at it.

 

[Popo]

I think the only people not really affected by the restricted items, and only in the case of Mandalorian Iron, are the Mandalorians, though even then anything more extreme than "Standard" beskar plates require a sub in the Factory, though probably not a mining thread. That said, that's only for Beskar.

*has mando character*

 

[Sarah Frostlight]

one of the main points behind a lightsaber is that it has no weight other than the hilt, and most materials provide little to no resistance to its cutting effects, until you get into special materials that mostly just don't cut easily. cortosis weave/ore/plates while fragile and worthless (or virtually so) for conventional armor, somehow disrupt the energy flow (if enough cortosis is present) which shuts the saber down, although if there is enough energy remaining in the cell it can usually just be reactivated.
beskar aka mandilorian iron is resistant to the cutting effects it doesn't STOP it completely, mind you but for the sake of an analogy 1 inch of mando steel is like cutting through a foot or so of normal steel (this is mostly a wag but its the principle) so if Jengo, had had a gorget of mando steel protecting his neck mace might not have decapped him so easily, My read is that jango didn't worry about it much because he felt, most jedi couldn't hit with the precision needed, they would either hit the shoulder, or helmet if they tried.....

songsteel from the wookipedia article is similar, and noted as being a complete pain to work, so I would guess its mostly a saber resistant alloy, functions as if there is a lot more material present than actually exists through techno babble ...
with that said it depends on what you mean by friction /traction if you grab a saber blade. can you block or parry? absolutely, can you grab their blade and hold it for a moment so that they have to take a moment to pull it back out of your grip? sure, can you "grab the blade and yank it out of their hand? I really don't think so, because the way I read it, much like ultrachrome most of the saber resistant alloys /materials basically just resist the cutting effect of a lightsabre.

at least that's my opinion.

 

[Vulpesen]

Lets also not forget that a lightsaber is less like a sword and more like a compact laser chainsaw. The blade rotates as it loops through the hilt and out again. Grabbing the blade would likely be difficult as even with powerful gloves as you would have to deal with the rotations.

 

[Vereaux]

We actually discussed a bit about the lightsaber in another thread (can't remember where off the top of my head), but I can give my two cents =)

If you ignore the hilt for a moment, the lightsaber is essentially plasma inside a containment field. The cutting power of the lightsaber is in both the plasma and the field, the field because it has to constantly loop, thus the difficulty in using it in the first place and why it's kinda like a saw (thousands and thousands of little teeth that rip you to shreds). Just as said before, you can block it, parry it, etc., but the difficulty is not the holding it in place. You can hold the blade in place for a little bit, maybe a minute with the material described. Trying to move it, however, requires applying a force to move it. Trying to do so will create more friction and traction against the blade, and it'll go through even faster. The glove would essentially be a one time use thing for the purpose described >.> You'd be better off using it just to block and parry every so often; then you will at least get a few uses out of it.

 

[Alan]

It'd be smart to acquire Crushgaunts, as they can easily catch and hold a blade.