Approved Tech Onslaught Surge Drive Mk. I

[Darth Prazutis]

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• Intent: To create an advanced Sith engineered afterburn overdrive system for starfighters and interceptors of the Kainate Shadow Armada, providing sudden, violent acceleration bursts to outmaneuver and overwhelm enemy formations.
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• Manufacturer:
  
  • Malsheem Hypernautics and Manufacturing
• Affiliation:
  
  • The Kainate
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Onslaught Surge Drive Mk. I
• Modularity: No
• Production: Limited
• Material:
  • Alchemized Sarrassian Iron
  • Hexphase Inductor Conduits
  • Shadow-Vent Thermal Relays
  • Crystallite Capacitor Arrays

• Surge Ignition Core: At the heart of the system lies a multi-chambered combustion matrix layered with Sith-forged catalytic channels. When activated, the core instantaneously diverts stored energy reserves into a volatile plasma surge, driving engine output to near-overload for a brief window of extraordinary thrust. This ignition sequence is stabilized by intricate micro-channel lattices, preventing catastrophic feedback while maintaining maximum acceleration.
• Shadow-Vent Thermal Exhaust: To survive the extreme heat buildup during surge activation, the system employs specialized thermal relays composed of heat-conductive alloys interlaced with alchemized cooling channels. These exhaust paths vent a shimmering trail of dark ion residue, both masking the vessel's precise vector and complicating enemy targeting solutions. This vapor trail has earned the nickname "the Wraithwake" among Sith interceptor pilots.
• Resonance Overdrive Conduits: The power conduits feeding the drive are reinforced with harmonic resonance stabilizers. These structures dynamically adjust the frequency of energy transfer, allowing the drive to maintain efficiency during sudden surges and preventing systemic power collapse. The conduits also amplify engine roar into a distinctive, unnerving howl that echoes across comm frequencies.
• Command Glyph Imprint: A Sith inscribed control manifold synchronizes surge activation with pilot biometrics and vessel telemetry, ensuring only authorized Kainate pilots can unlock the drive's full capabilities. This ritual seal prevents theft or sabotage while binding the system's performance to Sith doctrine and command authority.

• Predator's Lunge: The Onslaught Surge Drive grants a starfighter the capacity to accelerate to over double its baseline sublight speed for a short duration. This makes it perfect for lethal attack runs, disengagement from superior forces, or evasive maneuvers through tight formations. Few systems can match the sudden velocity spike without risking total engine burnout.
• Sensor Disruption Wake: The surge exhaust disperses charged particulate clouds laced with ionized microfields, degrading both visual and electromagnetic tracking. In the moments after activation, comm channels often fill with static bursts, further sowing confusion among enemy squadrons and complicating pursuit coordination.

• Calibration Reliance: The system requires extensive pre-sortie alignment and ritual calibration to maintain stability. If the resonance conduits are misaligned or the ignition core's channels clogged by particulate buildup, activation can cause power failure, drive seizure, or even reactor feedback into the main fuselage.
• Cooldown Interval: After each surge activation, the drive requires a cooldown cycle before it can be safely used again. Pushing it beyond recommended cycling risks catastrophic drive meltdown or a complete propulsion lockout, potentially leaving the craft stranded and helpless in open space.
• Force Nullification: The Sith runes embedded in the drives stabilizers can be disrupted by Force Nullification. Under such conditions, surge output is reduced and thermal regulation is compromised, making repeated activations especially dangerous.

Forged in the hidden depths of Malsheem and perfected by the elite Sith engineers of the Shadow Mind, the Onslaught Surge Drive Mk. I represents the Kainate's vision of total battlefield dominance. Where most militaries rely on incremental improvements to sublight engines, the Kainate demanded an instrument of absolute, overwhelming acceleration, something that could drive their warcraft to the edge of endurance and hurl them through enemy lines like obsidian tipped spears.

The system was conceived in response to a simple problem: too often, Kainate pilots faced numerical inferiority or superior defensive formations. The solution was not merely to escape but to turn any engagement into a moment of sudden, undeniable advantage. Drawing on the principles of the SubLight Acceleration Motor but elevating them through Sith science and alchemical ritual, Malsheem's artificers created a device that could flood an engine's channels with violent, carefully modulated energy surges.

When engaged, the Surge Ignition Core floods the conduits with a pulse of searing power, hurling the ship forward in an instant. To onlookers, the vessel seems to blur and vanish, trailing a ghostly pall of charged vapor and the banshee wail of overstressed engines. In countless engagements, this moment of acceleration has spelled doom for pilots who thought themselves safe behind escort screens or within turret clusters. For Sith aces, the drive is not just a means of escape or pursuit, it is an assertion of dominance, a declaration that no enemy formation is truly secure.

Yet the power of the Onslaught Surge Drive comes with cost. Its alchemized channels must be realigned, and reckless use can turn the starfighter into a pyre or leave it drifting dead among the wreckage. But for those who embrace its demands, it offers the ultimate weapon of maneuver: the ability to strike first, strike hardest, and disappear before any retaliation can arrive. In the cold dark of space, where hesitation kills and speed is life, the Surge Drive is the final word in predatory supremacy, a hunter's promise that no prey will ever escape.

 

[MANIAC]

Darth Prazutis

Amazing, as usual!

Approved.