Riptide, the Lightsaber of Zak Dymo

[Micah tol Powl]

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Image Source: JNetRocks (DeviantArt) (photoshop by me)

Intent: A personal weapon for Zak Dymo.

Development Thread:
• Obtaining the Greater Krayt Dragon Pearl: Quest for a Kaiburr (38 posts)
• Cutting the Greater Krayt Dragon Pearl: Lightsaber 101: Introduction to Gem Cutting (26 posts)
• Designing the weapon: The Sky Temple (40 posts)
• Obtaining the duralumin: Your Lightsaber and You: Aquatic Edition
• Assembling the lightsaber: The Weapon of a Jedi Knight

Manufacturer: [member="Zak Dymo"]

Model: N/A

Affiliation: Order of the Silver Jedi

Modularity: Lightsaber crystal may be replaced to produce different blade color.

Production: Unique

Material: Duralumin, Agrinium, 1x Diatium power cell, 1x discharge energy cell, 1x Ossus dueling lens, shard of a Greater Krayt Dragon Pearl

Classification: Lightsaber, dueling style hilt

Size: Hand-and-a-Half (one- and two-hand use alternately)

Length: 91cm overall (24cm hilt, 67cm blade)

Weight: 1 kg

Special Features:
• Duralumin construction resists oxidation or corrosion against salt-spray or ocean water
• Agrinium lining resists ion energy or electro-magnetic interference of the internal circuitry
• Blade Power Adjustment Knob allows for non-lethal use
• Bifurcating Cyclical Ignition Pulse allows the lightsaber to function underwater

Description: The weapon of a Jedi Knight, Riptide is an antiquated design that harkens back to the days of the Old Republic when Sith and Jedi clashed in lightsaber combat and the Second Form of lightsaber combat, Makashi, was at its prime. A student of Jedi Knight [member="Nefertari Sovint"], who studied the classical form and taught it to her padawan, Zak incorporated the retro ideal into his design to produce a curved-hilt, shoto lightsaber that was ideal for the Makashi-Djem So style that the boy has developed. The addition of a focusing lens supplies a finely-tuned blade, while the discharge energy cells makes this shoto pack a punch when it strikes. The downside to the curvature in the design is that it required a variation in how the handle is held, as a result of which the lightsaber is more difficult to wield for blaster-bolt deflection. The core krayt dragon shard produced an opalescent white blade and the handle design would allow for a different focusing lens or a second crystal to lend color to the blade produced. However, as he's yet uncertain what kind of Jedi he wishes to be, Zak has left the blade white.

Primary Source: N/A

References
Canon:
• Curved Hilt Lightsaber @ Wookieepedia
• Focusing Lens @ Wookieepedia
• Bifurcating Cyclical Ignition Pulse @ Wookeepedia

Factory Canon:
• Paperweight, the Lightsaber of Sor-Jan Xantha
• Papercut, the Dueling Saber of Sor-Jan Xantha

 

[Carona Totsari]

This looks beautiful! Wow, so many development threads!

 

[Matsu Ike]

[member="Zak Dymo"] now that is what I call a cool padawan's lightsaber. If you need more help just say what and I am there. ALso you never know what you might find in the sky temple.

 

[Micah tol Powl]

This looks beautiful! Wow, so many development threads!

Thanks! It's been a lot of fun to develop it slowly through storytelling. Next, I'll start doing threads where Zak is practicing with his saber to get used to the curve of the hilt.

[member="Zak Dymo"] now that is what I call a cool padawan's lightsaber. If you need more help just say what and I am there. ALso you never know what you might find in the sky temple.

Thanks! I'm looking forward to where that thread goes!

 

[George O Rourke]

Nice work [member="Zak Dymo"] looks real nice, Can't wait to make myself a lightsaber.

 

[Judah Dashiell]

Snazzy! I also love your aquatic theme/names going on....I thought I was the only one who did that

 

[Micah tol Powl]

Thanks, [member="Judah Dashiell"]

I developed a name and theme for my lightsabers with [member="Sor-Jan Xantha"] and decided to do the same with Zak.