John Locke
V U L K A N
- Intent: To submit a material for use as a component in later submissions
- Image Source: Voith Infinity
- Canon Link: N/a
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- Primary Source:
- Manufacturer: Locke and Key Mechanics
- Affiliation: Company Name Locke and Key Mechanics
- Model: Sichouweave
- Modularity: No
- Production: Mass-produced
- Material: Songsteel, Shell Spider Silk, Ultrachrome
- Classification: Textile
- Weight: Average
- Color: Black as standard, can be created in other colours as required.
- Resistances:
- Energy (And other Blaster type weapons): Very High
- Kinetic: (Piercing): High
- Kinetic: (Bludgeoning): Very Low
- Lightsabers: High
- Sonic: Very Low
- Acid: Very Low
- EMP: High
- Elemental: High
- Defences
- E-textile
- Blaster Resistance: The defensive ability of the Songsteel and the Spidersilk combine in a mesh providing the best of both materials, and giving the resultant material a very high resistance to blaster fire.
- Lightsaber Resistance: As a material, Sichouweave has a significant resistance to lightsabers. While not a truly lightsaber proof material it is more than capable of taking hits from the signature weapon without being cut through.
- EMP/Ion Resistance: Current e-textiles threaded through with gold fibres provide an element of shielding from Electromagnetic Forces be constructing an effective Faraday cage which provides protection from electrical, Ion and EMP based attacks. The ultrachrome fibre running through the fabric also allows the transmission of power through the fabric, allowing it to be used as an e-textile.
- Kinetic Resistance: The strands of Phrik and Hodharium which make up the weave retain the properties of the metal they were spun out from, allowing the Mesh to resist kinetic strikes, preventing most strikes from penetrating the material.
- E-textile: The material contains bundles of spun ultrachrome fibres running through it sandwiched into the weave. Ultrachrome Fibres are extremely electrically conductive (And are currently used in smart textiles) allowing the bundles to carry power through the textile itself as well as electrical commands, allowing the fabric to act as a connector to computer systems if necessary. The lattice of ultrachrome fibres can also be used to create a magnetic field if necessary.
- Kinetic Resistance: Although the weave is able to mostly prevent kinetic attacks from penetrating the mesh it is unable to mitigate the force of the impact which will still be passed through the fabric. Like any soft body armour it will spread the force over a small area, however, the stronger a strike the more likely it is to still impart enough force to cause trauma.
- Sonic Resistance: In the same way that the force of a kinetic strike cannot be truly mitigated by the armour, a sonic attack is all about the impact created. The Sichouweave functions as a cloth, albeit an armoured one, meaning that an impact strike will deform the cloth, pressing it against its wearer and transferring the impact. The density of the metal strands might mitigate this somewhat, but the sonic attack is one of the most effective means of countering the weave.
- Chemical/Biological Resistance: The woven structure of the material provides a rough surface at the microscopic level, allowing any chemical agents to gain a hold on the surface of the material and work their way through.
Locke and Key Mechanics prided themselves on living at the forefront of the technological wave, constantly pushing the boundary to create new technologies that could push both themselves and the galaxy on to higher levels. As their technological offerings expanded the engineers at Locke and Key Mechanics found that they needed more and more advanced materials to fully utilise the technology and concepts they had in mind. Sichouweave was such a material, the little sister of the Neithweave, the Sichoue weave was a silk-based smart fabric designed to be used in the next generation of armour and bodysuits.
The Materials
Sichouweave is made up of a mix of several materials, both metal and fabric. The base used in the construction of the weave is shell spider silk, a sturdy and capable armour material in its own right, shell spider silk was specifically chosen because it looked so normal, nearly indistinguishable from normal cloth to the untrained eye it imparted the same property to the weave, while at the same time being more than capable of stopping a blaster bolt in it's own right. Additional fibres were woven into the Shell Spider Silk to provide additional benefits.
Thinly spun strands of Songsteel were then threaded through the fabric to provide additional protection. While the strands failed to provide the same level of protection as a solid plate of songsteel might, it still enhanced the shell spider silk's natural resistance to blasters while providing a strong level of protection against penetrative kinetic strikes and other attacks. John chose to use Songsteel over his go-to armour material of Phrik because of the metal's weight, songsteel was considerably lighter, making the Neithweave a fabric that could be worn much more easily than the heavier Duramesh.
The final material component of the weave was the ultrachrome fibres that were threaded through the fabric. Although Ultrachrome had significant defensive properties in its own right, John was more interested in an alternate ability of the metal. Ultrachrome was perhaps one of the best superconductors in the galaxy. The network of ultrachrome threads running through the fabric had three purposes.
1) To provide an effective Faraday cage, providing protection from emp, ion and electrical-based attacks
2) To provide a system to transfer power to armour components.
3) To allow the fabric to be used as a connector to computers and other circuits.
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