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Intent: A personal weapon of Krest and a symbol of his loyalty to the Templar Order of old.
Development Thread: Rusty
Manufacturer: Krest
Model: N/A
Affiliation: Krest
Modularity: No
Production: Production: Unique
Material: Manipulated Desh-Terenthium (Sword and Sheath), Lightsaber Components (Hilt), Correllian Hardwood (Sheath)
Classification: Yatagan
Size: One-Handed
Length:
Whole: 1 m.
Blade: .85 m.
Hilt: .15 m.
Weight: 2.3 kg.
Special Features:
- The sword gives Krest an option between the super sharp lightsaber edge and the dull lightsaber resistant material of the Manipulated Durasteel.
- Being manipulated by Art of the Small both the metal blade, wooden sheath, and hilt are all similar to a Sith Sword in it's resistances.
- Due to the lightsaber attachment, the blade cannot absorb Force Lighting like a Sith Sword.
- Because of the size of the lightsaber built into the hilt, the blade cannot be modified asides from color. Should the lightsaber edge come in contact with Cortosis, the blade will shut off and be unable to turn back on for near ten minutes.
- The metal blade is dull to keep from affecting the lightsaber edge, as well as Krest's own preference, meaning it is unable to cut anything unless the saber edge is active. However, it's still a metal stick. With enough force behind it, it can shatter bones and even puncture with a hard thrust.
The Templar's Edge is Krest's way to 'fix' the weaknesses he see's within a lightsaber, as well as his past blade Deus. A lightsaber is weightless, making it fairly easy to cut quickly with, and the plasma blade can cut through almost anything effortlessly. But without weight, there is nothing behind a strike save for the wielders own strength. His own blade Deus had the weight, but unlike a lightsaber it couldn't cut as well. Taking this into account, he chose to simply combine the two. A thin emitter was built into the guard of the normal blade, with the rest of the components built into the hilt itself, much like a normal lightsaber. The energy blade when active goes along what would normally be the edge of the sword itself.
Because of this, however, the blade has no edge without the plasma. To keep the metal from interfering with the lightsaber, it was flattened. Without the energy blade activated, the sword cannot cut. This is something Krest prefers however, meaning he has a non lethal option with the metal part, and a lethal with the energy. With the addition of the small lightsaber however, the blade has several problems. First, unlike it's predecessor, the blade cannot withstand lighting charges. Force Lightning and anything similar will short out the energy blade for around ten minutes. Similarly, Cortosis Ore will shut down the small blade for the same amount of time, due to it's small size. It is neither as fast as cutting as a normal lightsaber, and it can only cut on the active lightsaber side.
At the end of the day, this is a weapon of personal preference for Krest, made to take what he liked most about his lightsaber and his sword.
Primary Source:
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/24181-deus/ (Scrapping)
http://starwarsrp.net/topic/49349-the-sixth-swords-blades/
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darksaber_(lightsaber) Example of a curved lightsaber.
