Approved Tech Repulsion Super-Drill Mark I

[Cassus Akovin]

Image Source: N/a
Intent: To create a high-tech "drill" that can break lots of material (such as the material around ores) with a singular individual
Development Thread: N/a
Manufacturer: A.S.Co.
Model: Ore Drilling Repulsion Beam Generator Prototype
Affiliation: A.S.Co. Buyers
Modularity: Not easily
Production: Minor
Material: Basic Electronic Components, etc.
Description:

Strengths

• Is it a plane? Is it a bird? No it's super... drill?: Utilizing the same Repulsor beam technology as used in the Super-Shovel, the Super-Drill is built for a completely different application. Similar to the Super-Shovel, the drill produces a repulsive shell around a particular region of material, but then launches a high velocity repulsive shell on top of the targeted area, forcing all of the material to compress in a particular direction due to the repulsive nature of the shells interacting with each other, causing it to fracture. The drill continues to fire these high velocity repulsive shells until the target area fractures enough to break apart into smaller pieces. It's upper limit is 100 kilograms of material at once.
• Power Tools can do more than intended...: A natural consequence of the design, is that while the device is designed with mining in mind, it isn't inconceivable that someone will attempt to use it for some other purpose.

Weaknesses

• Limited Power Supply: Converting reverse engineered technology meant for tasks much larger than the one it is currently being used for, means that there is a huge draw on power, and will require an energy pack (backpack sized) for extended use. Otherwise, consistent use of the device without a connected power supply will last all of five minutes. With the power supply, it can last up to an hour of consistent use before a recharge is necessary.
• Fracture Limit: There is an upper limit to what kinds of materials the device can break. For instance, this device is likely to do nothing against a starship hull. It is designed solely for the purpose of unlodging large amounts of material encountered when mining.
• Heavy Device: The technology that makes remote destruction of objects without the use of the force is no laughing matter, and neither is its weight. Holding the "drill", is like holding a minigun, or a full flamethrower if you have a power pack on your back. It probably isn't a super practical weapon, given that it weighs roughly 25 kilograms.
• Moderately Fragile: Anything from blaster shots, electricity, or large impacts can disrupt the mechanisms in the device and render it in need of internal repair. However, it is robust enough due to its size that after a short repair it will function entirely normally, if the damage was slight.
• Doesn't Work In Space: Fairly simple weakness, Repulsor Technology doesn't work outside of a gravity well. Not that you'd typically be mining in an environment without a gravity well, but it is a technical limitation.

Recognizing the need to streamline the process of mining materials, an effective means of dislodging lots of material on a personal level beyond what she can physically do with nothing but a mining laser, and utilizing her limited knowledge of Verpine technology and common technology in general, through general research and experience with repulsion devices, she decided to make the most advanced personal "drill" in the galaxy. Essentially, she utilized her research on the Verpine Repulsor Beams which were intended to shepherd the asteroids in the system from crashing into anything important, by wrapping them in repulsor field shells that repelled and ricocheted off of each other harmlessly, to design a means by which this could be altered to vibrate fixed objects until it shattered. By forcing a target with the repulsive shells into a direction that was already occupied by material, it would be pressed against a rock and a hard place, and would eventually give way to the pulsating region of space. It gains most of its strength from the Repulsor Hitch technology used in the Super-Shovel, allowing the repulse shells to have enough force to break 100 kilograms of material at once.
Primary Source: Repulsion Super-Shovel Mark I, Repulsor Hitch, Repulsor Beam, Repulsorfield Shell

 

[Laira Darkhold]

RESEARCH REVIEW

Star Wars Canon:
Pending initial review

Starwars Chaos:
Pending initial review

WITHOUT DEV THREADS
Pending initial review

WITH DEV THREADS
Pending Initial review

SUGGESTIONS
Pending Inital review

 

[Laira Darkhold]

[member="Triam Akovin"]
Alright. So two questions.

What kind of Size is this? Could it be effectively used as a close combat weapon, or is it too bulky and awkward for that?

And How does it fair against the stronger more resilient metals on the board?

 

[Cassus Akovin]

First part:

Heavy Device: The technology that makes remote destruction of objects without the use of the force is no laughing matter, and neither is its weight. Holding the "drill", is like holding a minigun, or a full flamethrower if you have a power pack on your back. It probably isn't a super practical weapon, given that it weighs roughly 25 kilograms.

Second part:

Fracture Limit: There is an upper limit to what kinds of materials the device can break. For instance, this device is likely to do nothing against a starship hull. It is designed solely for the purpose of unlodging large amounts of material encountered when mining.

Do those parts not apply to your questions, or did you just overlook them?

The way this works, is that it vibrates weak materials that surround ores until they fracture and fall away. It isn't going to do squat against a solid wall of refined material. The prospect of using it as a weapon is quite laughable.

[member="Draco Vereen"]

 

[Laira Darkhold]

[member="Triam Akovin"]
I'd like to apologize, as I don't remember replying to this submission. Yes those do answer the questions I asked.

Approved Pending Secondary

 

[Tefka]

Approved.