Research and development

[Shaddi]

He sat in a chair in his office on the Zuguruk station in orbit of Csilla, dressed in the usual garb of executives in the galaxy, to him a very uncomfortable and restrictive clothing. In his hand was a datapad with the newest designs waiting for aprovement to be developed as well as a list of research projects that needed to be managed in his company. "Sir a mister [member="Warren Century"] is here to see you." His secretary and assistant chimed in through the comlink that connected them directly.
Leaning back Erebos or rather T'zanith Zebron let out a slight sigh as he combed his long white hair back. "Send him in and could you perhaps bring up something with caffeine in it to me as well?" He asked and with a slight chime he knew she would bring it up along with Warren. 'Let's see what he's here for shall we?' He thought with a smile as he finished the small glass of water on his table and then stood up to stretch a little and loosen up. "These weekends over in ZTI hq are killing me.." He mumbled to himself as he rubbed the back of his neck and finished going over the reports and then gently tossed the datapad onto his table.

 

[Warren Century]

Coming onto the floor where the individual who was acting as his master was, Warren was carrying a briefcase with a specialized scanner inside of it. The briefcase contained schematics for a device Warren was working on, the energy shield he had told the individual about previously. Said shield was likely going to be useful to many people throughout the galaxy actually. Of course he wasn't going to limit selling the invention to just one party of Force Users when he actually made it.

"You know the shield I discussed? I have a design for it. Building it however will require a better lab than I possess on Tatooine. There is a pest there that keeps bothering me, so with your permission I will build the shield here. In any case, the shield will need a variety of different color options perhaps, but one that doesn't involve multiple crystals. Do you have any ideas, Master?"

 

[Shaddi]

Looking towards [member="Warren Century"] as he walked into his office he nodded to him. "I have a very good facility to do just that but multiple crystals? What is this design capable of exactly?" He then said as he gestured toward a small slot on his desk that could have a datapad or datacard placed inside of. "Please if you would place the designs you brought into this slot so I could look at them and you could explain them a little more to me." He then said as he turned on a holoprojector that would project the designs upon the wall, which like the entire floor was saturated in so much force energy it was like Erebos had full sight on that wall.

 

[Warren Century]

Handing over the design, Warren let Darth Erebos display it. The design called for one crystal used solely as the power supply of the shield device. The device would fit onto the arm and could create a shield one could use to bash someone's face in, but also that could be used to deflect blaster bolts, lightsabers, and perhaps even with some fine tuning, Slugs. The shield system needed a power cell capable of sustaining it, and could likely use some other modifications as well that it didn't have presently in order for it to be of any real use. Like a biometric scanner or something to prevent people from stealing a copy and claiming it as theirs, and Reverse Engineering said device so that they could produce their own 'superior' version of said implement.

"The energy shield was made by me when I realized something. Jedi, Sith and other Force Users could oh so easily cut people down with the Lightsabers they possess. It was a problem that kept me up a few nights, actually but I discovered a solution. Lightsabers cannot cut other lightsabers normally, and so a shield based off of the same principles, but with some modification should be able to provide a solution to that issue. This is what led to the design of the shield being made by me."

 

[Shaddi]

Looking over the design Erebos smiled a little. "And with a lightsaber crystal as it's catalyst it will prove quite effective against energy based weaponry. As far as the energy requirements are concerned I'd go with two Diatium power cells on either side of the crystal would allow you to have a good power supply that you'd only have to charge occasionally like a lightsaber given it's lesser recharging properties." He then said as he pointed towards the section of the design were the power cell's could be placed inside the sheild. "If we could tweak it with a ray shield or even a thermal shield this could work against slugs and solid projectiles as well." He then theorized, but he had to admit he was impressed with the design and the idea behind it. It was quite clear [member="Warren Century"] was quite the genius when it came to tech.

 

[Warren Century]

"Yes. A Ray and Thermal shield would make this implement the perfect anti melee and anti ranged defense. Of course we'd still need to worry about Vibro Blades, and Cortosis/Phrik/Lightsaber resistant materials being used as weapons against the shield. This is why I believe it should have a metal layer as well, but such an idea is probably expensive. Master, do you mind if I don't only give you the design? Because in order to make myself seem unaffiliated to the galaxy I must also provide the designs to the other Force User groups, and Non Force Users. It's a safety net so I don't have to deal with assassins from one side or mercenaries paid to take my designs by Force."

Warren paused for a moment.

"The shield will need some sort of anti-tampering mechanism maybe an explosive charge or something that detonates if it's stolen, or someone tries to reverse engineer?"

 

[Shaddi]

"That is acceptable however I believe we could use deflector shields instead to deflect solid projectiles, that way we could cut the cost of having to include a metal layer as well as make it possible to counter the Cortosis, phrik and Lightsaber resistant material weakness." He then said as he moved to the other wall and pressed a button on it which opened a sliding door made to look like the wall and lead into a private laboratory/workshop/alchemical station that he had set aside for himself for those times he had time to dabble a little, though it was state of the art either way. "Here I believe this would suffice for a laboratory... or am I missing something?" He then said looking back at [member="Warren Century"] with a gesture of his hand for him to enter at his own leisure.

 

[Warren Century]

Warren nodded, and entered the lab. The lab was an impressive place. "I agree. A Deflector Shield would be more than adequate for such a defense. You aren't missing a thing. I have a strong hope the pest who bugs me in my lab back home doesn't find this place, or me. I've tried deporting her all the way across Tatooine to the other side of the planet. She will not leave me alone. Long story short, we are very fortunate she hasn't found the lab we're currently in otherwise it would be burning right now and you'd be drugged as would I. She'd also probably be selling your stuff to rival corporations."

Warren approached where the tools were to build the shield, and immediately started to go to work on the device he was working on, namely the shield. The sooner they had it done, the better.

"We'll need to get the shield done."

 

[Shaddi]

Erebos moved to assist [member="Warren Century"] in the task of building the prototype of the shield. "Well I'm certain my security can handle that as the only way to enter this floor is with the pass-code and a bio scan for permission from myself. I value my privacy after all." He said with a slight smirk as he took up a small datapad and with a few taps the materials and components he suspected they'd need would be sent up with his assistant the only other person that could access the floor freely.

 

[Warren Century]

Warren nodded. Between the two of them, the chances of getting the shield done were actually much superior than if only one of them worked on it. Of course this wasn't the finished product, but merely a prototype of the shield that they were actually working on. Granted the shield was going to be a valuable asset that could be sold to multiple factions of Force Users, as a way of earning Warren quite large amounts of currency.

After all, he'd need the credits anyway to finance expanding his company into gaming, and virtual reality technology but that could come later. The Force Users could chop an individual to pieces with the weapon they possessed known as the "Lightsaber" which was the sole reason Warren was working on the shield. Sure he was a Force User and had some actual training beneath his belt, but he didn't want to be solely reliant on any one weapon. This was why he was developing not a weapon, but a tool. A shield. A shield could be used for a variety of purposes, in combat including blocking doors from closing, or bashing someone in the face.

"So, what shall we call this shield? Also, would you allow me to sell it to every Force User group?"

Working alongside Darth Erebos, Warren continued working on the shield.

 

[Shaddi]

"Well I do have a conflict of interests with the jedi but if I'm allowed to work on the shield to make different variations of it, such as a shield that could expand and cover a larger area in case of an artillery barrage in the battlefield. Anyway you can sell them but I would suggest you have the anti tampering device with both something that fries it's circuitry as well as something that will blow it up so that no one with technical aptitude can reverse engineer it." He then said as he got handed the pieces they'd need by his assistant. Placing the power cells near [member="Warren Century"]'s work space he moved on to leave and came back with a red synthetic crystal that the sith usually used for their own lightsabers.