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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To sub an official version of Zark's saber that uses a specially developed crystal.
- Image Source: Pinterest (Unknown original source)
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- Primary Source: Heart of Sullust
- Manufacturer: Hammer and Honey Workshop, Zark
- Model: N/A
- Affiliation: Zark Pulsar
- Modularity: Yes; swappable crystal housing.
- Production: Unique
- Material: Duraplast, Durachrome, Alusteel, Heart of Sullust
- Classification: Lightsaber
- Size: One-handed
- Length: 20cm (hilt), 90cm (blade)
- Weight: 1.5kg
- Rare Core: Harvested, cut, and imbued with its power by Master Sionoma himself of the Hammer and Honey on Sulon, the lightsaber's sculpted core holds several innate properties, including allowing the wielder to activate Force Body and Force Valor. It also enhances the saber's power unpredictably on magma based planets.
- Compact: Shorter, and slightly slimmer than most sabers of a more standard design, the saber was specially assembled so as to be storeable and deployable from the hidden compartment in its owner's prosthetic arm.
Heart of Sullust
- Lightsaber crystal capable of enhancing the fighting prowess of the wielder substantially (Force Body)
- Lightsaber crystal capable of emanating Force Valor to those around the wielder.
- Cannot be used by darksiders, and causes discomfort in those tempted. If the wielder should be too eagerly tempted, or the weapon picked up by a darksider, a chain reaction can cause the casing around the stone to erupt, destroying the components of the weapon and causing harm to the wielder.
- Unstable power boost on magma planets: In such environments, the blade's beam begins to lose cohesion, giving the appearance of smoldering magma and causing it to drip molten ore.
Strengths:
- Empowered: Its blade generated by a fragment of the Heart of Sullust, the lightsaber is capable of enhancing the wielder's abilities in battle as well as violently detecting darkside influence in its user. When activated on magma worlds or planets with much volcanic activity, the blade takes on the form of a lavasaber.
- Concealable: Built specifically to be deployed from within the hidden compartment of its architect's prosthetic, when wielded by its original creator the blade is easily hidden, although the power readings from its potent power source can still potentially give it away.
- Unstable Core: While the Heart of Sullust provides several potential boons to the blade's wielder in battle, these benefits come at a price. Whoever possesses the blade must ensure they stay as much in the light as possible, lest they risk pain or even the weapon's destruction. When activating either Force Valor or Force Body, additional physical and spiritual demands are placed upon the user, requiring the risk of self-sacrifice, and using Force Body causes the user to lose sense of weakness or harm. The saber's unstable form while on magma worlds is also just as much a danger to the wielder as their opponent, as the dripping and splashing of the saber's magma cannot be controlled or anticipated.
- Simple Design: With the need for a compact frame and the requirement of additional space for venting heat to prevent the core from causing physical discomfort or doing damage to circuitry, the blade possesses no other special qualities besides its power source. With no natural resistances, reinforced shell, or protective guards, the hilt is just as vulnerable as any other saber of basic design's, and with the awesome power just barely contained within, a particularly precise strike to the center of the hilt could even potentially cause a similarly explosive chain reaction in its power source.
DESCRIPTION
On the Omega station, the yellow lightsaber Zark had first constructed when he was but a Padawan had been lost to him forever, along with much of his saber arm in one deft blow by a powerful Sith Lord as he led part of a team on a mission to sabotage the superweapon's generators and send it crashing to the planet below. Already struggling with his faith and resolve to practice the Jedi way of life, in the time since the Jedi Knight put off constructing a new, personal replacement. Wielding a borrowed blade on loan from the armories of the New Jedi Order, the Jedi developed very little in the way of a new personal attachment to his weapon, as his duties as a naval officer kept it disused and often left stored away.
But the first time he had seen Master Gabriel Sionoma's distinctive lightsaber in action, something about the qualities of the weapon and the relationship its power source bore to the human's adopted home of Sullust had inspired his imagination, and he had made sure to inquire after its make. And so, some time later, when a chain of events led him back to the Force with a new, almost fanatical zeal, it was the Hammer and Honey workshop in Baron's Hed, Sulon that the Jedi Knight went to for assistance in forging his replacement. By no means an expert blacksmith or alchemist, Zark was nonetheless determined to take a personal hand into the look and feel of the hilt's design, as was the Jedi way. So while its core, the Heart of Sullust, is a true work of art and master craftsmanship, its housing is basic and utilitarian.
Desiring something that could fit comfortably in the special compartment built into his custom prosthesis, in order to keep the hilt short and thin enough, a section of the middle housing remains somewhat exposed to vent the extra heat its lava crystal generates. When activated, this additional venting snaps shut to protect its wielder and maintain beam coherency, but at rest the core of the blade remains somewhat exposed and visible. The glow is bright enough that it could serve as a minor light source, although it is much brighter on volcanic worlds.
When activated, the blade itself takes on a distinctive appearance. The outer core is a burnt orange while the inner core resembles a rotating and statuesque spread of smoke. Between the two flecks of ember appear to be suspended throughout. However, when the blade is taken to molten type surfaces and activated it takes on the appearance of a lava based beam. Losing cohesion, the blade appears as lava and can splash around with real force. This state reverts upon departure from the molten planet.
