Unreviewed GKG-455 "Inversion" Inertial Lance

[Helix]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a melee weapon for the Dzara's bodyguard droids
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Helix Privateers
• Affiliation: The Dzara
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: GKG-455 Inversion
• Modularity: Yes
• Production: Semi-Unique
• Material:
  • Blades: Helsteel/Helixium
  • Haft/General Construction: Helixium
  • Electronics: Storm Iron/Helglass

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Glaive
• Size: Large
• Weight: Very Heavy

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Self-Repairing Construction
• Able to generate shockwaves
• Integrated Keystone Gravitic Edge generators

STRENGTHS

• Wall-Breaker: The Inversion is, in effect, a melee anti-materiel weapon. It is very effective against vehicles, structures, or armored soldiers.
• Durable: The Inversion is exceptionally difficult to damage, and seldom requires maintenance or repair.

WEAKNESSES

• Unwieldy: The inertial lance requires gargantuan brawn to use at all, and typically functions best from a firm stance. In either case, it is not the swiftest weapon in existence.

DESCRIPTION

Created solely for the use of Darth Nefaron 's bodyguard droids, the Inversion is thus rarely seen in the galaxy.

It is not uncommon for individual examples of these weapons to vary radically in appearance from one another, as the droids in question tend to customize them to their own exact liking. Nonetheless, they are broadly similar in function.

Each one of these weapons is almost comically overbuilt, forged of Helixium-Helsteel alloy and rendered all but indestructible (at a price that would beggar a king). In initial testing, these weapons withstood repeated impacts from starship-grade weaponry with no apparent negative impact on their continued function. Indeed, it is likely that most will outlive their intended users.

The business end of each weapon is typically topped with a Helixium-Helsteel blade, repeatedly molecule-bonded to ensure excellent durability and edge retention. These are in turn latticed with multiple, high-grade Keystone grav-shear generators, which run the entire length of the weapon.

While most weapons can barely withstand the installation of a single one of these systems, the Inversion's top-of-the-line construction ensures that each weapon carries several, lending them absolutely tremendous striking force.

A solid blow from an Inversion staff can hurl away an armored vehicle, crack the hull of a starship, or topple a small wroshyr tree. Traditionally, individual soldiers (unless particularly well-armored) have a very poor survival prognosis, if struck directly.

Such is the lance's force of impact that it can be used to direct devastating shockwaves along the ground, a capability a skilled wielder can use to disrupt enemy formations or destroy fortifications.

Needless to say, the Inversion requires incredible physical might to wield. The sheer physical force of its swings can off-balance most humanoid wielders, and it is typically required that a skilled user have strength well into the range of the superhuman.