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Approved Tech Nabrina Vao's Force-Activated, Cross-Hilt Lightsaber

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Intent: A personal weapon for Nabrina Vao.
Development Thread: If Needed.
Manufacturer: Nabrina Vao
Model: Modified Cross-Hilt Lightsaber
Affiliation: N/A
Modularity: Except for the Kyber Crystal, NO.
Production: Semi-Unique
Material: Reinforced Duraplast (Hilt Shell), Diatium (Hilt component), Eralam Kyber Crystal
Classification: Lightsaber (Melee)
Size: Two-Handed
Length: 140cm (20cm/7in longer than standard ~120in lightsaber)
Weight: 2.2 kilograms
Special Features:

1. Longer reach advantage over standard lightsabers (140cm vs. 120cm)
2. Crossguards offer added protection to user's hands, upper extremities
3. Crossguards offer added offensive capabilities during close-range melee righting
4. Cannot be activated by Non-Force Users

Strengths:

(+) - Longer Reach: The primary advantage of Vao's personal weapon is its definite reach advantage over other standard-issue lightsaber.

(+) - Eralam Beam: The slightly thicker laser blade on Vao's lightsaber is powered by a rare Eralam Kyber crystal, which produces a robust, far less volatile beam than most.

Weaknesses:

(-) - Specialized: Unfit for use with lightsaber forms "Makashi", "Soresu", "Ataru" or "Niman" due to its heftier size.

(-) - Specialized: Without use of the Force, the weapon cannot be activated.

Description:

Nabrina Vao's customized lightsaber is a complement to her Sith focus on the Djem So and Juyo lightsaber forms, which emphasize ripostes and aggression respectively. The product of many years of research and observation as she repeatedly dismantled and reassembled her slain instructor's lightsaber in the traditional Telekinetic fashion typical of Force-Sensitive lightsaber wielders and her years of practice and application working with the lightsaber in general, the lightsaber also reflects Nabrina's personality and general approach to combat - quick, decisive, pragmatic, and no dawdling.

While the lightsaber components were either crafted in accordance with acquired holobook manuscripts or procured parts from others and then customized for specific use in a lightsaber, its defining component is the Kyber Crystal it houses. A powerful Eralam crystal "repossessed" by Nabrina from a Bothan merchant powers the weapon, producing a clear, superior but also more powerful laser beam - so much so that the weapon design had to include crossguard "vents" just to let the excess energy produced bleed out. The complete weapon was assembled over the course of 2 years, and was something of a personal project for the Twi'lek.

It is also worth noting some of the finer points in the weapon's more technical modifications: since it is a Force-activated weapon, the lightsaber has no external activation stud (only the triggering/ignition mechanism inside), and only a simplified locking activator to prevent deactivation upon impact - the need for a fully operating locking activator unit was unnecessary, since throwing a larger lightsaber such as this one was impractical. It has no power adjustment nob or ion energy cell either, meaning that the beam's strength cannot be modified specifically for situations - its sole purpose is to cut, burn, gut and disembowel. It is a rather savage and direct weapon.

Function-wise, the lightsaber works best with Djem So - its crossguard vents and longer beam length allow for devastating parries, counters and ripostes. The vents themselves have since become both protective and offensive attributes. They at once protect the hands/wrists and upper limbs from being sniped at by more pugilistic melee combatants, but can also be used as perpendicular extensions to surprise opponents.

There is a notable, characteristic half-second delay between the ignition of the mean beam and the vents.

Primary Source: IRL, Traditional European Longswords (German), Kylo Ren's Lightsaber
 
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