The Arch Wilder
- Intent: To Add a versatile melee weapon to the VSF catalog
- Image Source: https://imgur.com/A5bCqa0 Originally found at: www.reddit.com/r/SWORDS/comments/38bu6k/my_spanish_montante_i_had_to_wait_but_totally/
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- Primary Source: https://www.starwarsrp.net/threads/vsf-wolf-claw-mk-1.180793/
- Manufacturer: Vitae Security Forces
- Affiliation: VSF and its allies and customers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: VSF Wolf Claw MK-4
- Modularity: Minor Changes such as blade length(to fit height of user) and shape (flamberge models do exist)
- Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel, Energy Cell, High Energy Flux Aperture, Energy Consumption unit, Additional energy and electrical components
- Classification: Energized Claymore
- Size: Large
- Two Handed Hilt (0.4m-0.6m)
- Blade: 1.4-1.7 Meters
- Weight: Heavy
- Fully Energized Blade can absorb blaster bolts and withstand lightsabers for extended periods of time
- Energy blade can he flung out at short range
- Energization level can be adjusted from stun level to lethal levels of electricity
- Energy Consumption unit which allows the blade to absorb energy to recharge its battery
- A fully energized blade can provide defense against lightsabers and blasters
- Energy Consumption unit can absorb blaster bolts and lower energy sources that collide with the blade to increase battery life
- Energy blade can flung at the enemy to deliver a short range electrical attack
- Durasteel blade resists wear and tear to keep its edge.
- Stabilizers in Quillon block to allow for energy sapping from lightsabers
- Energized blade has a limited energy supply (10 minutes at full, 45 minutes at stun)
- Energy Projectiles severely deplete the battery (taking about a fifth of the charge per slash)
- While the blade can block blaster bolts, it does not grant the wielder a force user’s supernatural reflexes
- EMP blast will short circuit the blade, causing it to become a normal sword
- Size of the blade requires good technique to properly use
Designed for close combat forces, the VSF Wolf Claw recognizes that most melee fighters in a combat zone consist of jedi and sith wielding lightsabers. To combat this problem, the Wolf Claw allows for its blade to be wrapped in an electrical field contained in a way similar to a lightsaber. When a fully energized blade comes into contact with a lightsaber, the energized field will repel it, keeping the blade safe from the destructive beam. This protection however, is only possible when the blade is fully energized. When a fully energized blade comes into contact with an individual, it imparts a powerful electrical surge which may cause serious bodily injury or death.
At its lower setting, the blade’s energization can last significantly longer, and can still absorb blaster bolts and lower energy sources that come in contact with the blade to increase battery life. Furthermore, a low energized blade is capable of unleashing a powerful electrical charge similar to a stun baton when it comes in contact with an enemy.
In either mode of energization, there is an additional trigger on the hilt that, when pressed, can allow the user to make a single slash that will produce a projectile line of energy the length of the blade. This return to roots makes the Mk 4 the most similar weapon to the Mk-1 in function, however massive increase in weapon size allows Mk 4 to create massive sweeping lines that are much more deadly than the Mk 1, capable of bisecting closely packed squad formations as rather than rupture and burst into an electrical attack like the Mk 1, the Mk 4 will simply burn and cut through whatever it collides with.
As mentioned previously, every Wolf Claw contains an energy consumption unit which is automatically activated upon any energization of the blade. Unlike the Mk 1 and Mk 2, the Mk 3 has stabilizers placed in the large rings around the quillon to allow for absorption of energy from lightsabers.
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