Custom alloys rivaling beskar

[Julius Sedaire]

Question from a user is as follows:

While I'm still waiting for the company to be approved, I do want to make the 'Iridonian steel' regardless. What I wonder is could I make the material lets say Beskar grade with a long and detailed enough Dev thread? And I'm not talking 20 posts or so, but in the hundreds.

Recently learned about a crystal that could prevent the Cortosis effect made with a massive dev thread. I'm more than willing to put in the work to make Iridonians a threat in the galaxy again ^^

So... I suppose discuss. My initial reaction is no. I can provide supporting reasons if someone really wants to know.

[member="Spencer Jacobs"]

 

[Darth Avida]

I'll talk when I get home, but there's a carbon alloy which is inferior to it but is not anywhere near as durable and has an array of weaknesses.

 

[Julius Sedaire]

I don't personally want to see a material anywhere near as easy to get or strong as phrik or beskar. For any member. Beskar especially, for a mando, is stupid easy to use. Phrik only slightly less so. If there was a precedent to let him make this, cool, we have to allow it. But i'd want a massive, quality dev thread and a good solid chunk of weaknesses and a lot of restrictions to use. Honestly? If beskar weren't cannon, would we approve it balance wise if someone submitted it? lol

 

[Arage Bao]

That one crystal you were talking about had about 800 quality posts backing it. With that being said, blocking the cortosis effect does not need a special crystal. If you read canon, you will see that modifying your lightsaber in a special way will remove the 'shorting out'-strength of the material.

Anyway, if a guy comes in with an 800-post dev thread, quality, good posts and tells me he wants to create a metal like beskar? I would look at it, get 'im some reasonable weaknesses and then stamp it. Because ya gotta reward people for doing quality work.

 

[Allyson Locke]

Yes but it has to be quality work. Also if it was anyone else I'd be more open to it, Krest is known for the abuse and over use.

 

[Julius Sedaire]

[member="Spencer Jacobs"] - Did you want me to reply to his PM with the denial, or would you prefer to handle it?

Also, yes... We do have to take into account *who* uses it... And what their idea of 'quality' posting likely would be in a dev thread. And he wants this to make arms and armor for a company with. We don't need mass flooding of lightsaber proof/resistant weaponry. I love arms races, but i'd throw in the towel there.