The Dead God
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a highly advanced, dangerous traversal drive.
- Image Source: Here.
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Force Teleport
- Manufacturer: Sith Imperial Alchemists
- Sub-Contractors:
- Jaeger Solutions
- Sith Imperial Engineering Corp
- Sub-Contractors:
- Affiliation: Sith Order
- Market Status: Closed Market
- Model: X-06 'Janus' Traversal Drive
- Modularity: N/A
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Material:
- Crystal: Kyber Amalgmation
- Inlay: Obsidian ur-Kittat Symbolage
- Foundation: Engraved Granite
- Force Based Traversal Crystal
- Bypasses Mass Shadows
- Instant Traversal across Galaxy
- Can include a full fleet.
- Undetectable by Normal Sensors
- Omnipresent -
- The 'Janus' Traversal Drive allows the flagship, and by proxy the entire fleet, to teleport across the galaxy after a short build up power. This requires numerous Sith of great power - if not a singular extremely powerful Sith. This can be used for both short range jumps behind enemy vessels, or more carefully a retreat to safe territory. More dangerous that even those, it can also allow the ship to appear over hostile worlds at a moments notice - making the device extremely dangerous against foreign entities.
- Gravity Well -
- Due to the methodology in which the 'Janus' traverses the galaxy, and its focus on the Force instead of hyperlanes, it is not able to be stopped by traditional methods. Interdiction, Gravity Wells, and methods that require traditional hyperdrives to spoof into interdiction do not work against the 'Janus'.
- Surprise Attack -
- Since the 'Janus' does not require conventional hyperlanes, nor the same power structures - it is not detectable on conventional scanners. Ships can not sense a power surge when it begins to charge, and they can not detect or trace where it went or came from. Lastly, this also allows for very immediate ambushes with little notice against conventional fleets.
- Ol' Reliable -
- The 'Janus' may not suffer the same issues as other hyperdrives, and can overcome them entirely - but in the situation that the Crystal Core comes under the influence of Ysalamiri or Force Light, it would not be able to survive the encounter. Without the Force it would crack and shatter, ruining the system entirely - and with Force Light, it would simply break apart and be purified. In this situation, it would not be able to operate as it should.
- Interdiction -
- While most ships can not activate their hyperdrives under gravity wells or mass shadows, the 'Janus' can not be activated in the situation Sith can not reach the crystal's chamber. Simply locking the doors, standing between them and the crystal, or otherwise damaging the ship in a way they can not reach the crystal can all cause the ship to no longer be able to utilize the 'Janus'.
- Peace and Perception -
- Since it operates in the Force, and does so on a grand scale, the sensory input of its activation screams like a beacon to all force sensitives in an area. Like the screams of hundreds, everyone would be able to sense it powering up - and know what is about to occur. Force Sensitives can feel a touch of insanity come over them when a teleportation is in range of a planet, and worse if they are near the ritual to cast the teleportation.
With the rise of technology companies and their hyper focus on increasing the speed of hyperdrives, Darth Empyrean and his control over both alchemy and manufacturing groups moved to settle the debate of 'who traverses the galaxy faster' by simply avoiding hyperdrives entirely. His efforts created the crystal amalgamation of the X-06 'Janus' Traversal Drive - a highly complicated, nearly unreplaceable, kyber crystal traversal artifact that uses Sith magicks and rituals to teleport across the galaxy on a whim.
This works by holding a massive engraved crystal in stasis using other ritual artifacts. A base of granite inlayed greatly with obsidian and gold ur-Kittat symbolage, duplicated and mirrored above it so that the crystal is not affected by normal universal forces. Within the two pedestals the crystal experiences no gravity, no magnetism, nor any other force. Between the two slabs, there is nothing that exists besides what was created inside the cyrstal during its manufacturing. This makes them extremely delicate to outside forces - and are under nigh constant lock and key to sustain them.
To activate it, one must enact the ritual kept hidden to a select few. As it is Darth Empyrean's design, he generally holds the key to every single existing 'Janus' drive, and passes on the knowledge of how to operate them exclusively to the Sepulchral a few he trusts. As the ritual begins, many thousands of kilometers people of Force Sensitivity will feel it charging - until it hits an apex, and a snap crosses the Force. The time it takes to build the energies required to operate the device increases with both the size of the ship, and the amount of ships it is moving at once.
For this reason, the 'Janus' has settled the debate on 'who has the fastest hyperdrive' by simply ignoring hyperdrives. It powerfully becomes a fleet device that accounts for the Sith's ability to project power across the galaxy on a whim, and can double as a method to escape dangerous battles or losing conflicts. It is exceptionally dangerous for this reason, and its nature and design is kept under extremely confidential means.