Darth Strelok
- Intent: Create standard use semi unique lightsabers for the open market and as loot for quests/dungeons, and also because our fine members should not have to hunt Wookieepedia quite so much if they don't want to
- Image Source: N/A (Impossible to provide image as there are so many examples)
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Lightsaber
- Manufacturer: Various
- Affiliation: Various
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: N/A
- Modularity: Yes (Lens, Emitter, Power Cell, Aesthetics)
- Production: Semi Unique
- Material: Durasteel, Rubat, lightsaber components
- Classification: Lightsaber
- Size: Average
- Weight: Light
- Lightsaber Blades with Rubat Crystals often have sharp looking appearances and definition, allowing the blade to be tracked more easily and struck at targets with more precision. The blades also swing faster due to lessened gyroscopic forces
- Can cut through nearly any material
- Rip and Tear: Even the simplest Lightsaber made for genuine field use can cut through almost anything, save rare or Alchemized Materials, and of course other Lightsabers. They are omni directional, and nearly weightless save for the powerful gyroscopic effect when active that takes skill to learn how to work with, lessened in Lightsaber blades with Rubat crystals which allows their owners increased swing and stab speeds
- Deflector: Most Lightsaber Blades have the ability to deflect blaster bolts or even, in some cases, with the correct training, upgrades, or both, reflect them back upon their source. Long time users of Rubat blades may become more skilled at deflecting multiple sources of blaster fire in front of them, or more skilled at fighting Multiple opponents in duels
- Fight anywhere: Both Ancient and modern examples can function in space
- Attunement: Attuned crystals may become potent tool for meditation and responds much more easily to the user as time moves on, especially in duels against other opponents. It may also become much easier to sense and manipulate with the Force, Specifically Telekinesis, Or it May Channel or grind Force Lightning easier.
- Variety: Basic Rubat Crystal Lightsabers come in 3 forms:
Lightsaber Shoto
Long Handle Lightsaber
- Rep Maker: Even Millennia after it's introduction, Lightsabers and their exotic variants are still near universally respected and feared. How you use it is up to you, but if you do and let the Galaxy see it, you'll have a high chance of getting a reputation for better or worse.
- PC--Friendly: The sub has been made specifically Semi Unique OOC so that players can have as nice and neat a sub as possible that allows them to get into Force User Role Play so they don't have to spend hours hunting Wookieepedia and just use a Rubat Crystal Lightsaber and pass this sub out as reward loot for stories and quests or as a starting weapon for new Force Characters
- Cortosis: Bog Standard Lightsabers and their variants typically cannot or otherwise have great difficulty cutting through anything with Cortosis. Most Lightsabers will also shut down if exposed to pure Cortosis and must be reset to be reactivated
- Sonics: Sonic Projectiles typically bend around ordinary Lightsaber Blades
- Slugthrowers: Solid ammo typically melts when hitting lightsaber blades, potentially causing splash damage and making bullets extremely difficult to defend against
- Paddle Beams: Paddle Beams typically bend around these Lightsaber Blades
- Force Voids: Most Lightsabers will typically shut off in Force Voids
- Breakage Chance: They also have a slightly higher chance of breaking to synth blades than normal: Part of the Reason Rubats were eventually supplanted is that Kybers were much more stable and reliable. As Rubats have been almost completely supplanted by Kyber/Ilum crystals, most examples encountered will often be especially Ancient, and more fragile as a result, requiring more repairs than average and often rendering them as museum pieces for Force Users, to be wielded only in an emergency.
- Modifications may affect performance: Altering these "common" Rubat Lightsabers Power Cell, Lens, and Emitter may make them excellent for some situations but weaker in others, and these weaknesses and strengths grow more or less pronounced given the variant of Lightsaber one is using. The Variants of each Lightsaber itself have a wide variety of pros and cons each if found IC
- Acquisition Difficulty: Due to the era such blades often came from, it will often be more difficult to locate and acquire IC than Kyber or Synth Lightsabers: The places which guard them are often more deadly, their owners often are deadlier duelists than average. Often the simplest method to acquire a Rubat Lightsaber will be to acquire and build one yourself (With this sub used as a placeholder for that), and due to Rubats being rarer than Kybers, that will come with it's own headaches IC
Lightsabers have been in use for thousands of years by various Force Orders and come in many forms. Rubat Crystal Lightsabers were once the norm for Jedi before Ilum was discovered, and nearly all encountered examples of Rubat powered Sabers today tend to come from that time period, though there is nothing preventing a modern vanilla version from being crafted save time and resources. Often found on a Force User's person, they are often tied to that individuals very being, and can be located in ancient tombs, vaults, or taken off the slain bodies of their owners. Can come in any color. Excellent all around blades good for duels or crowds, and are often ceremonial weapons in Temples if old enough. Excellent as mid tier dungeon loot or as starting weapons for player characters or as the basis for a sub of their own, but slightly more fragile and difficult to earn/locate IC as a counterbalance
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