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Intent: To flesh out a canon drilling and salvage tool and miniaturize it somewhat; To provide a useful tool for salvage and search-and-rescue operations.
Development Thread: No; can be done if required
Manufacturer: Various; this model by Koensayr
Model: KUT-42 'Stark' Plasma Torch
Affiliation: Mass-market
Modularity: No
Production: Mass-produced
Material: Durasteel
Description: Far too bulky and unwieldy to be used as a weapon, the Stark is first and foremost a salvage tool, a refinement of the plasma jet which is so often used for drilling and mining vehicles. These plasma jets were, at one point, used by Grand Admiral Thrawn to punch holes in capital ships. The Stark represents a bridge between the full-scale plasma jet and an ubiquitous plasma cutting torch.
http://starwars.wiki...wiki/Plasma-jet
http://starwars.wiki...ki/Plasma_torch
http://starwars.wiki...i/Cutting_torch
Capable of cutting through ancient, non-military spaceframes with relative ease, the Stark lacks the power to cut through full-scale capital ship armor without concerted effort and a great deal of time. The blade length initializes at roughly a metre and a half, which also represents its minimum length. At full extension, its plasma jet can reach eight metres from the gigantic armature, which is itself over a metre long. It is so bulky that it almost always requires zero-gee for proper manipulation. Maneuvering the Stark plasma drill in gravity requires either a Wookiee or a repulsor sled.
The Stark plasma drill is optimized for salvage, and its lack of heat shield requires it to be used in vacuum, or with an even bulkier cooling apparatus. The Stark plasma torch weighs close to sixty kilograms, and its cooling apparatus adds another thirty. The only way to effectively use it is to mount it on a large mechanical arm, or to be clamped to a spaceframe by magnetic boots. A user must have extensive experience in using heavy equipment of this nature, as well as in moving very heavy objects in zero-gee. The expertise is also required in terms of safety. An inexperienced user could breach pressurized lines, vent radiation, set off explosives or otherwise incur a hasty death. As with most heavy-duty machinery, amateurs need not apply.