B E A C O N
Intent: Old-School Plate Armor for Braith to wear, both because it looks pretty (the picture) and to reflect on the culture and setting of civilization she is from.
Development Thread: Polarity of Night (still continuing)
Manufacturer: Braith
Model: N/A
Affiliation: Braith
Modularity: None
Production: Unique
Material:
- Alchemized Durasteel
- Alchemized Gold
- Simmersilk (Covers inside of joints)
- Rubies (Ornamental)
- Braith's Blood
Weight: 40 kg (Whole) 31 kg (Body) 5 kg (Gauntlets) 4 kg (Helmet)
Quality:
- Lightsabers: 8 (Body) 10 (Gauntlets) 7 (Helmet) 0 (Exposed Joints)
- Blasters: 10 (Body, Gauntlets) 7 (Helmet) 8 (Exposed Joints)
- Kinetic: 4 (Body, Gauntlets) 3 (Helmet) 1 (Exposed Joints)
- Slugthrower Rounds: 4 (Body, Gauntlets) 2 (Helmet) 1 (Exposed Joints)
- Piercing/Slashing(Stab/Slashing): 8 (Body) 10 (Gauntlets) 5 (Helmet) 1 (Exposed Joints)
- Lightsaber Resistance: Made entirely of alchemized metals, the suit of armor known as the "Plates of Scorn", by those who continued to follow the religious order that entombed Braith following her slumber for symbolism of her anger during the slaying of Bathia, is almost impervious to lightsabers. The gauntlets themselves were perhaps the most protected of the entire suit of armor, capable of keeping complete sustained contacts with lightsabers for long periods of time - although the hands of the person underneath would likely begin to burn or blister long before they would be cut through. The body, or main portion of the suit of armor, is less capable of taking hits from such a weapon but is still able to protect the wearer from sustained contact with a lightsaber without being cut through, to a slightly lesser degree than a sith sword. The helmet is about as useful as any helmet, being that it can protect the wearer from both glancing blows and some direct strikes, but sustained contact with a lightsaber will eventually cut right through - and the gaps in the helmet do absolutely nothing to help with this.
- Blaster Begone: As with almost all of Braith's alchemical creations involving metals and the like, the entire armor is almost entirely impervious to blasters. The plate armor and the gauntlets themselves simply reflect blaster rounds, as a Sith Sword would, while the helmet is a bit more tricky - being that it has multiple gaps, is thinner, and isn't quite as protective as the rest of the armor, it generally reflects these hits, but will on occasion simply take the hit like a normal durasteel helmet, though it still offers some decent protection from these strikes.
- Heavy: Compared even to the mighty Beskandar, the 'Plates of Scorn' is incredibly heavy - forty kilograms heavy, at that. The helmet, being the lightest, weighs in at four kilograms, while the gauntlets top that at five, with the suit of armor itself taking the rest of the weight along with it. Any normal person that steps into this armor better hopes they are either able to augment their strength through the force or have cybernetic implants and prosthetics, because this will quickly tire out most humans after a short time, most physically-competent species likely won't have much of an issue with this, such as Wookies, Gen'Dai, or Alunrovaan. Being knocked into by this armor, however, is also going to be much more physically debilitating, aiding not only in allowing the wearer to stand their ground against physically strong opponents but also to fight back with added weight in each of their blows.
- Enchantment: Both gauntlets are inscribed with a series of runes that cover every inch of the alchemized gold and a noticeable percentage of the durasteel, and though the gaunlets already sport spiked knuckles for added back-handed damage, the runes which cover each hand cause those who come in contact with them to immediately receive a searing burn and sustained contact might cause others to spontaneously combust into flames at the point of contact (i.e; hands touching gauntlets catch fire, not random body parts). Due to the process of alchemizing the metal and adding these runes, along with the process taken to add the blood trail - a process Braith has added to nearly all of her creations, this does not effect her.
- Blood Trail: Ever the careful alchemist, Braith included a blood trail on each part of this armor to allow her to locate, track, and observe the armor through the use of the force in much the same way she might track a living target.
Designed and created at some point prior to her imprisonment, the "Plates of Scorn" were forged by Braith, by hand at that, and underwent a long process of alchemy and various other applications of the force to ensure her mastercraft armor was suitable not only for her own figure, fitted specifically to be worn by her, but also to protect her from potential enemies from both the past and present. Tutored and apprenticed by the tribe's top blacksmith, whom at the time made nearly every piece of equipment used in their village and went by the name of Nim, Braith meticulously crafted every single last portion of the suit of armor, from gauntlets to helmet, both by hand and with the guiding sight of the force. Each part of the armor is highly resistant to lightsaber, with the helmet being the least capable of protecting from such both by virtue of exposure and thinness of material. Most blunt force trauma might not break the armor, but due to the nature of it there is little to no shock-absorption present to protect organs, bones, and so on from great kinetic force. Slugthrowers have a slightly better chance than most modes of damage to pierce the armor but will most certainly cause damage to the wearer underneath with a combination of kinetic force and focused impact. While the armor offers supreme protection the exposed portions of joints that allow mobility suffer in such offerings, being covered only by simmersilk to retain over-all consistent protection from blasters and retaining no lightsaber resistance and very little resistance in all other forms of damage.
The sheer size of this armor would likely cause anyone not belonging to physically powerful species, especially humans, but Alunrovaans such as Braith have much less to worry about due to the density of their muscle mass that grants them great strength. However, while hindering, physical strikes are aided by this armor due to the weight that is added to each blow because of how heavy each portion of the armor is. Running along the gauntlets, both on the gold ornamental coverings and the durasteel itself, are a series of runes which offer a replication of the ability of the force's to cause the exterior of the armor to burn at extremely volatile heat on contact with another. Upon coming in contact with these gauntlets one would immediately find themselves being burned or seared, perhaps blistered or mildly scalded if lucky, and eventually - with sustained contact - find the portion of their body touching the gauntlets during this sustained contact to the gauntlets catch fire. And, lastly, as with almost all of Braith's creations there remains a blood trail on each portion of the armor.
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