Xzaien
Catharian Autocrat
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To Create a ultra-durable and corrosion resistant Model of Durasteel + Universal Armor Material for the Catharian Hegemony
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- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Here
- Manufacturer: Catharian Institute of Engineering and the Sciences
- Affiliation: Catharian Hegemony | Closed Market
- Model: X1
- Modularity: N/A
- Production: Mass Produced | Closed Market
- Material: Durasteel, Small Amounts of Songsteel, Titanium + Nano-Tubes, Aerogel
- Classification: Alloy
- Weight: Light
- Color: Matte Silver in Coloration, Allows for Paints and can be polished to a mirror shine like Durasteel
- Resistances:
- Energy (And other Blaster type weapons): High
- Kinetic: High
- Lightsabers: Average
- Sonic: Average
- ION: Average
- Heat: Average
- Cold: None
- Tensile Strength: Ceramite makes a great building material, and often comes in a plethera of grades to suit any sort of building or armor project. Lower quality Ceramite is often used in Penal Battalion Armor Vests, and in Housing. Higher grades are used for Marine Power armor, and Ships Hulls.
- Heat Resistant: Aerogel interwoven with the Metal's fibers can conduct heat to an extent and prevents burning. However it is useless against Plasma Based projectiles.
- Corrosion Resistant: The thin oxide covering prevents any sort of surface corrosion and forms a natural paint primer which allows for easy customization. This also makes it highly resistant to rust, the elements, and corrosive materials.
- Durable: A straight upgrade to Durasteel, 1 millimeter thick Ceramite is roughly equal to a a quarter inch of Durasteel when used as armor.
- Relatively Lightweight: The introduction of a synthetic polymer consisting of Titanium metal, Carbon Nano-tubes, Durasteel, and a small amount of Aerogel makes this metal rather light. Equal to Plastoid in weight.
- Energy Weapon Resistance: The molecular structure of Ceramite is essentially a woven structure of a crystalline structure. Instead of absorbing the energy of a blaster bolt directly, It would rather deflect off. In the case for high-powered bolts, it can absorb and dissipate the heat of a blaster bolt hit to an amazing degree. However, with any sort of material it can be defeated by a series of hits in a quick succession by a high volume of fire weapon.
- Kinetic Resistance: Ceramite itself is a highly densely packed material despite its rather light-weight nature. Allowing it to defeat almost all hand-held slug-thrower projectiles like Clone and Storm-Trooper armors.
- No Cold Resistance: Do not use Ceramite for an insulator in a jacket. It doesn't work, and allows cold to conduct through it rather than keeping it away from the skin. Like all metals, when its cold, wear plenty of layers of a warm fabric undercoat for best effect.
- Fractures Easily in the Cold: In extreme sub-zero temperatures. Space Marines, and other Catharian Ground Forces must wear externally powered heating backs to heat the armor up. If left in sub zero temperatures for a very long time. It becomes prone to fracturing upon hits. Reducing its effectiveness to around Storm Trooper Plastoid.
Ceramite is a alloy long in development. Almost five-thousand years of research into mechanical and bio-tech have finally come up with the material known as Ceramite. Derived from a un-reproducible ultra-strong alloy found on Cathay's Precursor buildings and fortifications. Ceramite was designed to roughly mimick the features of this unknown alloy, by reproducing the structure and general analysis of materials found in samples. As a result, Ceramite is the closest thing to this mystery alloy the bright minds of Cathay have been able to scrape together using ancient schematics and hand-made samples. Developed as a replacement for Dura-crete and the older Plastoid Composites used by both Republic and Durasteel Composites used by Sith Troopers of the Jedi Civil War era. Ceramite came to fruition a few decades ago as the go-to material for both armor, weapons, and building components.
Roughly a straight upgrade to durasteel, though it isn't as pretty to look at when polished. Ceramite does have its usage in the Catharian Hegemony's engineering scene as a strong but light alternative to dura-crete. Considered about two times stronger than Duracrete, Ceramite now is used for prefabricated fortifications and repair components to the aging Precursor weapons found on Cathay. As for armor, it is considered 15x stronger than Betaplast composite used by Ancient First Order Stormtroopers and about 5x stronger than the purest Durasteel available on the Civilian Market. A beautiful blend of many materials into a single alloy, makes Ceramite a highly demanded and rather cheap commodity as it comes in many grades based upon the purity and amount of its core material components.
As of now, the Catharian Army uses Ceramite extensively in its fortifications, and armor. With famous useage of it being relegated to Space Marine power armor used by the elite Transhuman Warriors of Cathay. Even some of the Progenitor Sons of Xzaien also use Ceramite armor in conjunction with rarer materials because of its strength and common-use inside of the Hegemon's borders.
However, as it first came into use by the Catharians, it had its downsides. For one, it was extremely malleable. Able to be deformed with a pair of tongs and a piece of Iron. But thanks to Azel Moran , incumbent Master Armorer of Cathay, it has been refined to remove this flaw. Making it, an incredibly dangerous, and powerful material in the Hegemon's arsenal. Unfortunately, thanks to Catharian Customs agents, the exports of Ceramite outside of the Hegemon's borders is tightly regulated with scant materials falling into the hands of its allies, the Imperial Confederation among others.
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