Approved Tech Ripple-Shock Warhead Mk. I

[Darth Prazutis]

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• Intent: To develop a Sith designed concussion-based warhead that delivers both kinetic impact and dark shockwaves, ideal for disrupting enemy ship formations and command cohesion.
• Image Source:
  
  • Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: N/A

• Manufacturer:
  
  • Malsheem Automated Factories
  • Shadow Mind
• Affiliation:
  
  • The Kainate
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Ripple-Shock Warhead Mk. I
• Modularity: Yes (Can be loaded into different Kainate missile platforms)
• Production: Limited
• Material:
  
  • Bloodsteel Casing
  • Dark Energetic Core
  • Sonic Focusing Chamber
  • Resonance Crystal Array

• Concussion Blast: High-impact kinetic explosion on detonation.
• Metaphysical Shockwave: Releases a spherical dark disruption wave that disorients enemy formations and rattles unshielded bridge crews.
• Disruption Echo: Disrupts coordination, sensor syncing, and battle meditation in nearby vessels.
• Silent Trauma: Despite the lack of audible sound in space, the echo pulse manifests as pain, confusion, and static in the minds of Force sensitives and AI alike.

• Formation Breaker: Exceptionally useful against close-knit squadrons and command ships due to its wide-area disruption effect.
• Dual Damage Profile: Delivers both physical and metaphysical trauma, impacting both structure and crew morale.
• Non-Energetic: Harder to detect or jam mid-flight compared to traditional energy warheads.

• Non-Discriminatory Effect: The metaphysical shockwave affects all ships in its radius, including allies if misfired.
• Force Nullification: The dark disruption effect is suppressed in Force-dead zones or near Voidstone interference.

The Ripple-Shock Warhead Mk. I was developed in the deep arsenals of the Kainate to fulfill a specific battlefield need: destroy not just ships, but the cohesion that binds them. Designed for launch from Shriekfang Swarm Pods and similar platforms, the warhead combines a traditional concussion burst with a metaphysical shockwave that radiates outward upon impact.

At its core is a resonance crystal chamber alchemized to fracture reality itself for a moment, distorting senses, rattling coordination, and sending shivers through Force-tuned minds. AI targeting systems reel as their calculations spike with noise. Pilots feel their control waver. For Force-sensitives, it is like being struck with a hammer made of silence and pain.

Though it lacks precision, its area denial capabilities and psychological effects make it a preferred warhead when overwhelming swarms, tight battle lines, or defending chokepoints. Where the Ripple-Shock detonates, structure collapses, and formation dies.

 

[MANIAC]

Darth Prazutis

Another cool sub.

Approved.