Approved Tech Beskadetr Transparent Armor Composite

[Sahan Dragr]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a Semi-Unique Mandalorian transparent armor composite for Iron Covenant starship viewports, vehicle windscreens, armored windows, helmet visors, and sensor lenses.
• Image Source: N/A
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: Manda Kyber Crystal, Beskar, Glasteel, Ceraglass, Plexalloy, Transparisteel

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Sahan Dragr & Kyr'bes Buy'ce
• Affiliation: Sahan Dragr; Kyr'bes Buy'ce; Iron Covenant
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Beskadetr Transparent Armor Composite
• Modularity: No. It can be fabricated in different thicknesses for viewports, windscreens, visors, armored windows, and sensor covers.
• Production: Semi-Unique
• Material: Refined Manda kyber crystal glass, ceraglass, glasteel, plexalloy, lommite, zersium, beskar microcrystalline lattice, ultrachrome microfilament mesh, Haysian smelt micro-circuitry, aurodium trace treatment, neutronium trace dispersion layer.

Standard Composite Composition:​

• 48.00% Refined Manda Kyber Crystal Glass
• 20.00% Ceraglass
• 14.00% Glasteel
• 8.00% Plexalloy
• 3.00% Lommite
• 2.00% Zersium
• 1.50% Beskar Microcrystalline Lattice
• 1.25% Ultrachrome Microfilament Mesh
• 1.00% Haysian Smelt Micro-Circuitry
• 0.75% Aurodium Trace Treatment
• 0.50% Neutronium Trace Dispersion Layer

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Manda Crystal Armorglass: Refined Manda kyber crystal glass forms the base of this Mandalorian transparent armor composite.
• Reinforced Laminate: Ceraglass, glasteel, plexalloy, and a beskar-bearing lattice strengthen the crystal glass while preserving clarity.
• Energy-Dispersion Matrix: Lommite, zersium, and neutronium traces help spread thermal, blaster, and impact stress through the pane.
• Smart Layer Compatible: Ultrachrome and Haysian smelt layers can support tinting, HUD projection, glare control, de-icing, defogging, and sensor overlays when properly wired.
• Multiple Grades: Beskadetr can be made as thick starship panes or thinner helmet-visor laminates.

STRENGTHS

• Elite Transparent Armor: Beskadetr is far stronger than standard transparisteel, using Manda crystal glass and reinforced transparent armor materials for high protection without sacrificing visibility.
• Exceptional Energy Resistance: The refined Manda crystal glass and beskar lattice provide excellent resistance to blasters, heat, radiation, plasma wash, and lightsaber-scale contact.
• Armored Clarity: The material remains clear enough for viewports, visors, windscreens, and observation panels while offering serious protection.
• Helmet and Ship Use: Beskadetr can be fabricated for both heavy starship viewports and lighter sealed Mandalorian helmet visors.
• Smart Pane Functions: Properly integrated panes can support tinting, HUD overlays, anti-glare, de-icing, defogging, and sensor-linked opacity.

WEAKNESSES

• Transparent Armor Tradeoff: Beskadetr is not solid beskar or uninterrupted hull plating. Panes, visors, seals, edges, and frames remain weaker than solid armor.
• Kinetic Limits: It is far tougher than raw crystal glass, but repeated impacts, heavy kinetic trauma, or focused strikes can still crack, craze, or shatter it.
• Sonic and Vibration Weakness: Resonance attacks can exploit edges, seals, microfractures, or damaged laminate layers.
• Poor Disruptor Resistance: Matter-disrupting weapons remain especially dangerous.
• Edge and Seal Vulnerability: A pane may survive while its frame, seal, hinge, shutter, or mount fails.
• No Force Function: Beskadetr is not ritually tuned and provides no Force-sense, Force-resistance, or mystical warning effect.
• Smart Layer Failure: HUD, tinting, de-icing, glare control, and sensor functions can fail from ion damage, EMP, slicing, power loss, or broken circuitry.
• Difficult to Manufacture: It requires refined Manda kyber crystal glass, precise laminate forging, and Mandalorian expertise.
• Supply Limited: Manda kyber crystals are rare. Beskadetr is restricted to specialized Semi-Unique or Unique projects, not standard fleet or mass issue.
• Repair Burden: Cracked or breached Beskadetr usually requires replacement, re-lamination, or specialized forge/lab repair.

DESCRIPTION

Beskadetr Transparent Armor Composite was developed by Sahan Dragr and Kyr'bes Buy'ce as a Mandalorian answer to weak viewports, windscreens, armored windows, and helmet visors. It uses refined Manda kyber crystal glass as its base, then reinforces it with ceraglass, glasteel, plexalloy, and a beskar microcrystalline lattice to create a clear armor material stronger than standard transparisteel.

Unlike shaman-tuned Manda crystals, Beskadetr is inert and non-glowing. It has no Force-detection or mystical function. Its value is structural: the crystal's beskar-bearing nature provides strong energy resistance, while the laminate structure improves the kinetic durability raw crystal glass lacks.

The material can be made into thick starship viewport panes, vehicle windscreens, armored observation panels, sensor covers, or thinner Mandalorian visor laminates. Properly wired versions can support tinting, HUD projection, de-icing, anti-glare, defogging, and sensor-linked opacity through ultrachrome and Haysian smelt smart layers.

Beskadetr is not equal to uninterrupted solid armor. Edges, seals, frames, and damaged panes remain vulnerable, and disruptors, sonic resonance, repeated impacts, or focused kinetic trauma can still defeat it. Because it requires significant refined Manda kyber crystal glass, it is reserved for specialized Iron Covenant projects rather than broad fleet or mass issue.

 

[Darth Prazutis]

Under Review.

 

[Darth Prazutis]

Sahan Dragr

Great work, I love material submissions. Looks good. Approved.