B E A C O N
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Intent: Create a Sith Sword to be passed down through the Kuhn family for generations.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Silara Kuhn
Model: N/A
Affiliation: Kuhn Family
Modularity: Hilt may be covered with a properly fitted material. (Any modifications to this must be submitted to the factory in order to have alchemical properties.)
Production: Unique
Material:
- Alchemized Mullinine Carbide
- Alchemized Martensite Matrix
- Alchemized Cementite Nanowiring
Size: One-Handed
Length: 113 cm - Blade 95 cm - Hilt 18 cm
Weight: 1.6 kg
Special Features:
- Lightsaber Resistant.
- Absorbs and Discharges Force Lightning.
- Blade never dulls.
- Incredibly sharp.
- Reflects blaster bolts.
The blend of metals, minerals, carbon, and so on, allowed the blade to reach a level of hardness seen generally in the sort of swords used ages before the Hyperspace War by the likes of those such as Naga Sadow or Ludo Kressh. Rather than using plain steel, or even durasteel, the metal known as Mullinine was decided upon for its known durability and hardness. Hardness in a blade, as well as most metals and such, define the potential for its peak level of sharpness, and the careful smelting of the mullinine in a very traditional, ancient even, method of forging led to the formation of nanowirings of carbon nanotubes - something which occurs naturally through the forging of metals with the use of plant matter as the plants burn and form carbon deposits on the metals that then melt and naturally configure into such an alignment. However, the process did not simply end with making a carbon-steel blade. Continuing with the nearly molten carbide mixture, martensite and cementite were introduced and hammered in with blows guided directly with the application of the force for three days and nights. The force of the strikes and the configuration of the metals as they pressed against each other into the shape of a blade formed a matrix of martensite around the carbide core with cementite nanowiring creating the visible pattern seen on the blade - only they meshed together in a more rightful way rather than forming two separate layers in a transitory fashion. The end result, with the addition of alchemy throughout and afterwards, was a blade that never dulled from its peak sharpness.
