Shadow Hand
- Intent: To create a Kainate exclusive auxiliary power and stabilization system that buffers incredible energy output, maintains ship operations during Force suppression, and provides emergency power redundancy for capital vessels using volatile Sith power sources.
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- Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer:
- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Abyssal Reserve Core Mk. I
- Modularity: Yes - Capacitor banks and stabilization pylons may be replaced, core architecture fixed.
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Alchemized Sarrassian Iron
- Bloodsteel
- Bloodpane
- Dark Capacitor Matrices
- Sith Blackstone
- Whisperstone
- Abyssal Energy Buffer Matrix: A massive, distributed capacitor network that absorbs excess power from primary reactors and releases it when needed, preventing overload cascades and stabilizing extreme energy spikes.
- Reserve Reactor Engine: A highly efficient auxiliary reactor that provides baseline power for life support, navigation, internal security, and essential ship systems if primary power sources fail or are suppressed.
- Shadowflux Stabilization Lattice: Rune-etched containment geometry smooths volatile energy fluctuations from Sith-aligned reactors, preventing destructive feedback loops.
- Force Null Operational Mode: Maintains full functionality without reliance on dark side resonance, allowing ship operations while under Force Nullification without suffering a drop in power.
- Power Surge Redistribution: Instantly redirects power to critical systems (shields, engines, security grids) during battle damage or reactor instability.
- Emergency Grid Isolation: Automatically isolates damaged power networks to prevent cascading system collapse.
- Ritual Harmonic Regulation: System regulators synchronize energy flow between Voidflame, Dark Core, and Sacrifice-Fed systems to prevent interference between dark power signatures.
- Capacitor Discharge Protocol: Stored energy may be released in controlled bursts to temporarily overcharge shields, weapons, or defensive systems.
- Operational Redundancy: Allows ship systems to remain functional even if primary power sources fail, ensuring survival under extreme battlefield conditions.
- Reactor Stability Enhancement: Prevents catastrophic overload from volatile Sith energy systems, dramatically improving overall ship survivability.
- Force Independent Functionality: Continues operating at full efficiency in Force-null environments where other Kainate systems weaken.
- Power Quality Control: Smooths energy fluctuations and prevents system damage caused by sudden power surges or violent output spikes.
- Emergency Combat Resilience: Enables rapid power redistribution to maintain shields, weapons, or engines during critical moments.
- Synergy With Sith Power Systems: Improves reliability of dark side technologies by stabilizing their energy demands.
- Lower Output Than Primary Reactors: Cannot match the raw power generation of primary Sith reactors and serves primarily as support rather than replacement.
- Massive Space Requirements: Large capacitor banks and containment structures consume significant internal ship volume.
- Thermal Load Under Extreme Use: Sustained surge buffering generates heavy heat buildup requiring advanced cooling systems.
- Limited Emergency Duration: Reserve mode can only sustain full ship operations for a finite period without primary reactor support.
- Complex Maintenance Needs: Stabilization lattice and capacitor arrays require precise calibration to function correctly.
The Abyssal Reserve Core Mk. I represents the Kainate's recognition that ultimate power without control invites ruin. While the Voidflame Core, Dark Core Reactor, and Sacrifice-Fed Relay embody domination, agony, and apocalyptic output, the Abyssal Reserve Core embodies something equally Sith, inevitability through control.
Forged within the dread laboratories of the Shadow Mind under Darth Prazutis' directive, the system was designed to solve a critical limitation inherent to Sith engineered vessels. Kainate warships wield power sources that devour pain, and burn with shadowflame. Such engines are unmatched in destructive potential, yet their volatile nature threatens the vessel itself if left unchecked. The Abyssal Reserve Core exists as the silent regulator of this chaos, the unseen mechanism that allows monstrous power to function without consuming its wielder.
Encased within layered shells of alchemized Sarrassian Iron and bound by Sith latticework, the core houses immense hyperdense capacitor matrices capable of absorbing catastrophic energy surges. These reservoirs drink excess power from primary reactors, storing it within stabilized fields before redistributing it through the ship's systems as controlled output. Through rune-etched containment geometry and Whisperstone harmonic regulators, the core aligns the disparate energies of Kainate power systems, ensuring that shadowfire, bled kyber resonance, and sacrificial energy flows do not conflict or destabilize one another.
Unlike the primary cores that thrive on suffering and dark side resonance, the Abyssal Reserve Core operates independently of the Force. It continues to provide stable energy when subject to Force Nullification environments where other systems falter. In these moments, the core becomes the ship's final safeguard, sustaining life support, defensive grids, and internal security even as greater engines fall silent.
In battle, the core serves as both shield and weapon. It absorbs destructive feedback from damaged systems, prevents power cascade failures, and redistributes stored energy to critical defenses. A vessel equipped with the Abyssal Reserve Core does not collapse when struck, it endures, stabilizes, and continues forward.
Among the Shadow Armada, the system is regarded not as a secondary engine but as the embodiment of Sith discipline. Where lesser empires pursue raw power alone, the Kainate bind power with will, and will with absolute control. The Abyssal Reserve Core is that control made manifest, the hidden heart that ensures a Kainate warship does not merely burn with darkness, but commands it.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create a Kainate exclusive auxiliary power and stabilization system that buffers incredible energy output, maintains ship operations during Force suppression, and provides emergency power redundancy for capital vessels using volatile Sith power sources.
Canon Link:
N/A
Permissions:
N/A
Primary Source(s):
N/A
Technical Information
Affiliation:
The Kainate
Model:
Abyssal Reserve Core Mk. I
Modular:
Yes
Material:
Alchemized Sarrassian Iron Bloodsteel Bloodpane Dark Capacitor Matrices Sith Blackstone Whisperstone