Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To make an unusual assistive device
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- Permissions: N/A
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- Manufacturer: Lucerne Personal Defense
- Affiliation: Directorate, Silver Jedi Concord, Lucerne Biological Systems Customers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Levare-series AntiGrav Assist
- Modularity: Instant Adhesive or magna lock; can be easily modded to use different power packs or power sources via typical consumer adaptors
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Agrinium hard case, Repulsor coil, Instant Adhesive or magna lock, rechargeable power pack, various electronics
- AntiGrav Lift: Levare is an assistive device designed to help lift heavy objects - originally crates and other cargo containers. To do this, Levare is secured to the object via its modular anchor. Once attached, the repulsorlift is simply turned on, which now provides additional lift to the object as long as Levare's power pack has energy. Thus, with force working against gravity, it's much easier for the object to moved around, whether its a barrel of rhydonium fuel in a warehouse or a massive boulder that's blocking a path in the wilderness. Levare's repulsorlift output is adjustable, allowing users to specify the altitude from anywhere from a couple centimeters to dozens of meters in the air. The altitude of lift along with the object's mass provided determines power drain. Multiple Levares can be used to move especially heavy objects, such as disabled vehicles.
- Modular Anchor: The bottom of Levare contains a slot into which an an instant adhesive panel or magna lock can be fitted and replaced. This allows Levare to securely attach itself to the object being moved. While it sticks to nearly anything, the instant adhesive panel is most commonly used on non-magnetic materials like many rocks and organic matter, but needs a solvent to dissolve once the lifting is done. Conversely, the magna lock readily attaches to most metal, ferromagnetic materials with little effort and easily released by simple turning the magna lock off.
- Lift: Levare allows users to readily and conveniently lift up objects in the air.
- Limited Duration: Levare's power pack is of limited duration, with it being capable of a handful of hours for light use, whereas very demanding jobs may drain it in a matter of seconds.
Lifting heavy objects is one of those hassles that nearly everyone encounters at least once in life. One of LPD's logisticians finally got irritated enough that he caught the attention of one LPD's designers, who came up with the Levare AntiGrav Lift. It's fairly a simple device which marriages a simple repulsorlift mechanism with a modular means to attach it to different objects. It often is substantially powerful enough to effectively make most person-sized objects entirely weightless, and thus easy to move. While most often used to help move heavy objects around - whether its crates, furniture, or damaged droids and vehicles - in simple every day life, it does have more adventurous uses. Rescue crews often use them to help remove debris or disabled vehicles. Explorers often use them to help move obstacles or interesting items back to their base for further study. There have been a few instances where the device has been pressed into impromptu combat use, including a viral case where a home intruder got slapped with one and was elevated up dozens of meters into the air before the device deactivated, sending the hapless robber plummeting to his death. Still, it's generally regarded as a simple tool on most worlds, and is usually not restricted to any sort of weapon regulations.
