She Left Behind A Legacy
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To document, and codify a lightsaber combat training exercise created by Romi Jade
- Image Credit: Texture, Top Image, Video Link
- Canon: Lightsaber Combat, Stun
- Permissions: N/A
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"Her teaching program is brutal...but effective."
-- Jakku Enclave Student
"Trial by fire style. It was her way. Every Padawan she had under her had befallen the same style. Trials by combat, and training. It was the first of any trial given to her students. Even when speaking to her in the past, she always mentioned of needing to trust that we, would be able bodied, and with the capability to defend ourselves. Considering I am still alive, it should be a testament to that."
-- Kaleleon
-- Jakku Enclave Student
"Trial by fire style. It was her way. Every Padawan she had under her had befallen the same style. Trials by combat, and training. It was the first of any trial given to her students. Even when speaking to her in the past, she always mentioned of needing to trust that we, would be able bodied, and with the capability to defend ourselves. Considering I am still alive, it should be a testament to that."
-- Kaleleon
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Media Name: The Stun Test
- Format: Pages (Book)
- Distribution: Rare (also backed up to a memory crystal in her possession which only a select people know exist)
- Length: Medium
- Description: A page of notes detailing Jade's process in discovering and creating a training exercise suitable in lightsaber combat training, and how to go about practising it.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
- Author: Jedi Master Romi Jade
- Publisher: Self
- Reception: These are thoughts, observations, experiences, and lessons that Romi has learned over time. She decided to muse and document in her private time with the intention of it helping those who wanted to practice and learn more in the area of lightsaber combat. It's a piece of a larger book she is writing. It's not widely known or available anywhere else for there to be tons of reception. Beyond the pages she authored and spare memory crystal she keeps, this is flying under the radar.
FORMAT INFORMATION
To be included in a larger book Romi is authoring, this reads from left to right on two pages. Handwritten notes, illustrations, and marks that outline her thoughts and her reflections on them, along with pointers, and tips for the studier. The information contained in the crystal could only be accessed when placed in a holocron which, in turn, could only be opened with the Force. Once opened, the three-dimensional appearance and cognitive networks of Master Jade, that could sense the ability and level of a Jedi, would appear to begin explaining the exercise and teaching it's tactics and maneuvers.
CONTENT INFORMATION
These pages detail each of the chambers within the 25 Chambers training philosophy:
"The best way I can protect you is by teaching you to protect yourself."
-- Romi Jade
-- Romi Jade
Description:
The Stun Test involves shooting stun blasters from multiple directions at the trainee and seeing how long they can last before being knocked out. While brutal, it pushes the training Jedi to their limits. They are knocked out over and over, each time being encouraged to stand back up and try again, fighting through that disorienting feeling.
The test is designed to train and build a Jedi's resilience, endurance, and sense. The stun setting on blasters are designed to incapacitate a subject without permanently hurting or killing them by overloading their nervous system, knocking the target unconscious -- it's primarily used for apprehending. Upon contact, charged particles overloaded the nervous system, sending the receiver's biosigns wild. In less than a second, the target's nervous system would return to baseline as the electrical impulses force the organism to mentally and physically reset due to the shock to their system. Upon being knocked unconscious, the target would remain limp, unable to move and comprehend their surroundings.
Most victims experience: nausea, dizziness and body aches for a short time after. While uncommon, irregular heartbeats and seizures could result from the procedure, and in rare cases, death.
This effect usually lasts for several minutes before regaining consciousness. However, powerful enough stun blasts against an inexperienced target could leave them unconscious for up to an hour. The test is designed to train a Jedi in a less-than-ideal physical state, testing their limitations and helping them build up their nervous system by pushing through the mental grogginess and lack of balance -- the better they got at recognizing and working through the effects the quicker they were able to wake up.
"Sense where the shot will come from first."
-- Romi Jade
As much as the test focused on physical conditioning, and training the body's nervous system, the test was also used to train a Jedi to immerse themselves in the environment and recognize the Force in the universe outside themselves. This test having real opponents as opposed to droids removes the predictability, better preparing them for battle against other enemies. The Jedi has to try and feel their opponents intention to surmise where the next shot will come from or risk being hit -- just like being out in the actual Galaxy.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Romi Jade has always been somewhat of an anomaly when it comes to the Jedi Path. Between 830-840s ABY, In her youth, padawanship to Knighthood, Romi chose the unorthodox in every approach to her training, and highly emphasized overall preparedness for any situation. These traits stuck with her well into her Mastership when she began to take on apprentices of her own. With the structure listed above in mind, she was a hardy and tough Master who ran an intense program that often proved extremely difficult for her students to withstand in the beginning stages.
She went on to open her own Enclave on Jakku that adopted similar practices and used a harsh environment to instruct students in the ways of the Jedi. These practices were still in place when she moved to be Headmaster of the Ossus Jedi Praxeum. Her methodology has always been to provide students with what she believed they needed to start and maintain a Jedi career with longevity in a Galaxy engulfed in constant war.
It wasn't until recently that she decided to document and record her personal history, experiences, and new discoveries. Becoming Headmaster of an Enclave and then a Praxeum, and a bunch of near-death experiences made her want to author some sort of tome and record data for her Holocron one day. The tome once complete will be used to teach the next generations.
