Darth Ventus
BANSHEE TECH
† OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION †
- Intent: Specialized sublight engine for the Brigands of Candoria
- Image Source: Christophe Durand Deshaies
- Canon Link: WhisperThrust Engine, Advanced SLAM
- Permissions: None
- Primary Source: IE-10 "Event Horizon" Class Ion Engines
† PRODUCTION INFORMATION †
- Manufacturer: Banshee Tech
- Affiliation:
Viktor
, Banshee Tech - Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: None
- Modularity: None
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Material:
- Hull: Sith Alchemized Chromium Armor Panels Infused with Lignan Ore and Coated with Nightshadow, Sith Alchemized Orichalum Frame, Desh Overdrive Thruster
- Power Systems: Phantom Energy Dark Matter Reactor, Impervium Reactor Core, Quintessence Dark Matter, Coaxium-powered Fusion Generators
- Fuel: Super-Cooled, Refined Ipsium Fuel with Trace Amounts of Coaxium
- Electronic Systems: Gabonna Memory Crystal, Vonium Circuits and Electronic Components
- Fail-Safe Systems: Chepatite Impact Explosives on Strategic Components and Elements
† SPECIAL FEATURES †
- Umbral Engine: The Umbral Engine is unlike most common sublight engines, relying upon a unique implosion drive design that utilizes energy derived from a Phantom Energy Dark Matter Reactor. Small amounts of quintessence is transformed into phantom energy within a super-dense Impervium reactor core, filled with a steady stream of super-cooled, refined Ipsium fuel mixed with trace amounts of coaxium. The resulting reaction implodes the coaxium, propagating the entire system forward at rapid speeds. The resulting baffled drive is not only capable of immense speeds, but also has a completely invisible profile only marked by its after-effects on surrounding debris or objects.
- Auxiliary Engine System Components
- x1 Overdrive Thruster
- x1 Advanced SLAM
- x1 Anti-Ion Emission Tracer
- x1 Auxiliary Repulsorlift Engine with Maneuvering Repulsorjets
- x1 High Pressure, Super-Cooled Radioactive Gas Fuel Tank containing Liquid Carbonite Super-Cooled, Refined Ipsium Fuel with Trace Amounts of Coaxium
- x4 Reinforced Energizer Lines with Built-In Coaxium-powered Fusion Generators
- x4 Dedicated Coaxium Fuel Injector
- x4 Rechargeable Cryogenic Cells
- Baffled Lateral Thrusters
- Baffled Maneuvering Jets
- Advanced Microthrusters
- Auxiliary Engine System Components
- Zuguruk Encryptions and Fail Safes: In order to guard the designs of the Umbral Engine, fail safes have been built into the design. The entire engine system is managed by a sophisticated droid brain constructed from the technologies of the Zuguruk Caste, with advanced encryption schemes and security systems for its internal processes. Furthermore, the droid brain has complete control over Chepatite impact explosives embedded within strategic positions, ensuring that any breaches to intellectual property are met with the complete annihilation of the engine and its Gabonna Memory Crystal.
† STRENGTHS †
- Silent Executioner: The unique properties of the Umbral Engine as an implosion drive make the propulsion mechanisms invisible, undetectable by sensors or the naked eye. The engine system is built with stealth in mind, equipped with chromium armor panels and sensor dampening Nightshadow coating as a default.
- Blessing of Ventus: The vast amounts of energy created by the transformation of quintessence into phantom energy propagate the Umbral Engine faster and farther than any traditional sublight engine, equipped with an Advanced SubLight Acceleration Motor for additional bursts of speed and acceleration. Furthermore, an extensive system of lateral thrusters, maneuvering jets and advanced microthrusters enable unparalleled amounts of maneuverability powered with Coaxium, a rare and potent power source. Finally, overdrive thrusters come pre-equipped, providing a temporary yet relentless boost to the engine block that disengages missile locks, breaking away from the engine after use.
† WEAKNESSES †
- Underworld Pact: Due to the highly sensitive and volatile nature of Coaxium and quintessence dark matter utilized by the system, even the slightest amount of damage to the Umbral Engine will result in catastrophic failure, creating a vast explosion that will sunder realspace and leave a gash into sub-hyperspace. The unlikely starship wielding the Umbral Engine will be torn apart, broken in pieces scattered across realspace and in unfathomable gaps of sub-hyperspace.
- Sinister Design: Light Side Force Abilities inflict damage onto the engine itself, as its overall hull and frame were reinforced with Sith Alchemy.
† DESCRIPTION †
Phantom Energy has always been an interesting area of discovery and investigation for
Viktor
, first encountering the idea and concept when presented with the various means of FTL. Native to sub-hyperspace, navigating through pockets of phantom energy were at the forefront of utilizing sub-hyperspace engines, being vast, chaotic elements of immense destruction and raw energy that sundered any starship that ventured too close. Obsessed with the idea of harnessing the raw power behind these forces, he delved deeper into the subject.Enacting on the schematics for the Starkiller Base that once devastated the galaxy, Viktor compartmentalized the lethality of the weapon into an efficient engine system he dubbed the Umbral Engine. Transforming quintessence into phantom energy led to an implosion powerful enough to create rifts in realspace into sub-hyperspace, and the very source of this reaction served as the basis for the new sublight engine design. By vastly scaling down the process, the complete tears into realspace were prevented and instead, reduced to small bubbles and inflection points between realspace and sub-hyperspace. The subsequent re-stabilization and collapse of this bubble led to a controllable and directional propulsion force that enabled the Umbral Engine to function. The by-products of typical ion or chemical sublight engines were now entirely eliminated, the reaction itself sealed within an impervium reactor core. Instead, the only detectable phenomenon was distortions in realspace itself, hairline fractures between realspace and sub-hyperspace that were naturally restored and smoothed over by a built-in anti-ion emission tracer.
Due to the complex processes involved with the Umbral Engine, the engine system was built around a Gabonna Memory Crystal which functions as a droid brain that manages its operations. Programmed in ancient Sith, the archaic computing system originates from the Zuguruk Caste, only decipherable by those well-versed in both ancient Sith language and slicing. With an advanced security system protecting its core mechanics, the droid brain is capable of processing complex maneuvers and fully managing its various sub-systems to great efficiency.
The Umbral Engine is ultimately a double-edged sword to its user: the slightest breach to its quintessence reserves or Impervium reactor core will yield a destructive force beyond any other.
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