The Monster
Monster
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an Energy Field Manipulator
- Image Source(s): Gallery
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- Permissions: None
- Primary Source: None
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer(s): Freebirds Industries
- Affiliation: Freebirds Industries
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: FI-27
- Modularity: Man portable, however can be scaled up for starship use.
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material(s): Various micro-electronics, field generation and manipulation technologies
STANDARD FEATURES
- Phrik-B construction in the housing and framework of these projectors makes them excessively durable. Their casings also come ready to accept various protective laminates to allow for their quick repurposing for various worlds, allowing for flexible redeployments or mountings on various vehicles/equipment. Also lightweight due to the strength of the building materials requiring little materials to achieve said durability.
- Rigorous testing and fine tuning controls and sensors allows for units to have extreme accuracy in their control over various projected/manipulated fields. This allows for exceptional accuracy and precision in the use of this projector both in manipulation of various fields of energy, but also their replication.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- This Projector allows for previously the impossible for those not sensitive to the Force, the ability to tap into and manipulate the spectrum of energy of The Force and adjacent energies on that spectrum. This Projector allows for very basic controls of these fields, for example not allowing for the use of Force Abilities, but instead control over the various fields that might be generated by the Force. This would allow repulsion of the negative effects of Dark Side nexuses, concentration of light side auras into concentrations of energy, or even the manipulation of those fields to see what happens when they interact. This is also true for force adjacent energy, such as the fields produced by Ysalamiri, allowing for even more in depth study as to energy field manipulation and interaction.
- It also allows for the replication of fields that occur, and allows for those fields to be controlled precisely by the users. This means that you can generate a small sphere of Dark Side Energy, Light Side Energy, or even Ysalamiri Field Energy (and more) in a controlled bubble. The ability to replicate these fields of energy allows for the projectors to not only be used with fields of science and study, but also in protection and regulation. For example if you're a group of explorers heading to a dangerous Dark Side Nexus with the intent to study it, you could carry a few man-portable versions of this projector in place of a personal shield to protect yourselves from the Dark Side Aura. You could use it to safely generate a miniaturized version for preliminary testing of materials and sensors allowing for better preparations for such expeditions. This also isn't limited to the current understanding of energies on the Force Spectrum, as it allows for expansion into Force Adjacent energies as well (for example Ysalamiri fields).
STRENGTHS
- Precise field replication and manipulation: This projector allows for the replication of Force and Force Adjacent energies in a controlled and precise manner. This would render such things as Ysalamiri nutrient frames obsolete both in their capacity to generate energy fields, and their lack of any ability to precisely control it. On top of this, these projectors are able to produce more than one kind of field, allowing for their use not only as protective devices, but also in their original intended capacity as tools for research. Their modularity also allows for these devices to either be scaled down to something that a person can easily carry as an individual, or scaled up to starship level. This allows for more research to be done with higher concentrations of energy, or can generate larger fields.
WEAKNESSES
- It's science not magic: This allows for the replication or manipulation of energy fields. It doesn't allow for people to suddenly get force powers, become force sensitive, or suddenly become a L337 Jedi Grand Master/Sith Overlord or what have you. It's very basic field manipulation, generation, and replication. Nothing more. Can this energy be funneled into something and used by someone knowledgeable/Force Sensitive? Sure. But then again they could already do that via Space Magic. That means you're not gonna be able to suddenly go full Palpatine with one of these bad boys all of a sudden.
DESCRIPTION
One of the first developments during the Exodus's first excursion was the creation of energy field projectors capable of holding back the energies of Force Storms in the vastness of space. This development was a huge necessity as while the current protective laminates of the station they all called home could hold, such laminates couldn't be expected to hold forever. This is due to the laminates relatively fragile nature compared to most forms of armor and protective coatings as while they were excellent at repelling the dangers of corrosives, force storms, or other forms of danger, they were weak to things such as micro-meteorites. And during a force storm which is essentially the purest form of chaos, the normal protective qualities of shields were absolutely useless, as the storms themselves could render shields inoperable in seconds. This made ship travel in these storms nigh impossible if not excessively dangerous, as the only way to possibly survive was to hole up in something with armor that thick and layered. This would change however with the discovery of Aetherial and Umbral energy fields, and the spectrum of energy that most sensitive to it simply called "The Force".
This discovery would lead to sensors capable of detecting this energy spectrum effectively and more importantly, an energy projector that's capable of replicating or manipulating those fields of energy. And while that level of control was still nothing compared to the magical powers of say a Jedi or Sith, this breakthrough was huge to those on the Exodus. It allowed for study of these fields with various materials to find possible alternatives to current protective laminates that don't need to be grown and manufactured in painstakingly exact circumstances, and also making them much better at doing so. It also allows for the protection against various fields both of The Force and Force Adjacent energies, as the projectors can act as sort of a shield or anchor of sorts. Its ability to replicate very stable fields of Force Energy allow for very chaotic storms or overwhelming Dark Side auras to be mitigated by these projectors. In short, this tool allows for those not normally attuned or trained in the arts of The Force to now either study it, or defend themselves against it in some capacity. Is it as powerful and capable as training and sensitivity to the Force? No. But it does give the other side something help, or for some creative force users a tool to enhance their own abilities.
Posting Template credit goes to Darth Metus , picture edits to Oleander Webb and John Locke .
