Shadow Hand


- Intent: To create a Sith exclusive, alchemized life support system for use aboard Kainate warships, stations, and ritual environments, capable of sustaining life through both biological and arcane threats.
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- Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A

- Manufacturer:
- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Sarcostel Life Preservation System Mk. I
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Bloodsteel Mesh Veins
- Alchemized Bio-Filtration Webbing
- Soulglass Breather Lenses
- Void-Honeycomb Containment Cells
- Arc-Scribed Sith Blackstone Core
- Carbonweave-Vented Circulatory Systems

- Tri-Covenant Atmospheric Matrix: A three-tiered system that filters, purifies, and reconditions atmospheric input via alchemical glyph-laced filters, sacrificial soul-binders, and active metabolic synthesis from biografted fungal lattices. Each layer harmonizes biological and esoteric purification, ensuring breathable air even amid ritual combustion, pathogen release, or exotic atmospheric shifts.
- Nether-Taint Purge Protocols: Can isolate and neutralize arcane corruption such as Force plagues, dark side rot, or lingering Force echoes from catastrophic events. The system actively scans for spiritual resonance anomalies and triggers containment cycles when ambient aura thresholds exceed safe limits.
- Sith Sealing System: In the event of hull breach, the system projects arcane containment glyphs and emergency null fields to maintain life viability until full restoration is completed or escape is viable. This sealing not only halts physical decompression but suppresses spiritual bleed-through from force effects.
- Necrospore Detox Core: Specialized mycological cultures that feed on viral, biological, and necrotic agents, including modified strains of the Blackwing virus, Sithspawn contaminants, and more. These cultivated bio-fungi are alchemically bred to devour hostile genetic codes and adapt mutagenically for future immune pattern imprinting.
- Adaptive Alchemic Ventilation Veins: Modular veins run throughout the hull like artificial circulatory systems, capable of adjusting air composition, humidity, and temperature per room or biome, reacting to species, state, and mood via biometric-rune resonance. This network responds to emotional and hormonal signals, subtly calibrating atmospheres for focus, sedation, or battle-readiness in Sith command zones.
- Hemoglyph Respiratory Stabilizers: Ensures steady oxygenation during high-G maneuvers or Force-induced environmental anomalies, using bloodline-linked glyphs to stabilize respiration across physical and spiritual disruptions. When activated, they override failing physiology, drawing oxygen through blood-encoded rites even in conditions that would normally induce blackout or suffocation.
- Soulbound Fail-Safe Ducting: In dire scenarios, the system can be sealed with "Last Breath Wards" that bind the dying breath of the crew to emergency soul jars for future ritual resurrection or information retrieval. The preserved essence can later be siphoned into Sith rituals, databanks, or necro-echo interfaces, preserving combat memories or final orders beyond death.
- Bio-Encoded Scent Chambers (Optional): Designed for high-ranking Sith or elite command cadres, these chambers subtly alter scent profiles to induce calm, fear, aggression, or meditation states via scent-glyph resonation. Through trace chemical and olfactory glyph signatures, these chambers subtly shape the psychological environment for optimal command or ritual atmosphere.

- Total Biological & Arcane Defense: The Sarcostel system goes far beyond normal environmental management, it safeguards against Force-based plagues, esoteric contamination, and atmospheric collapse through layered alchemical and ritual systems. It is one of the only known systems capable of isolating and cleansing exposure to Force born infections without relying on mechanical scrubbers alone.
- Redundant, Decentralized Architecture: The system is built like a living network of lungs and veins throughout a structure or vessel. Each zone functions autonomously if others fail, giving it extraordinary redundancy in the face of damage, sabotage, or boarding actions.

- Force Nullification: Much of the Sarcostel's strength relies on dark side resonance and Sith alchemical glyphs. In areas affected by Force nullification, its arcane filters may become inert, reducing the system to its fallback biological baseline, which is slightly above galactic standard.
- Alchemical Maintenance Requirement: The system must be ritually maintained by Sith-aligned technicians or alchemists. Without regular recharging of glyphs, sacrifice renewal, or biotissue reseeding, performance begins to degrade within standard operational cycles, making it unsustainable for neutral or non-Sith users.

The Sarcostel Life Preservation System Mk. I is not merely a life support mechanism, it is a ritualized survival architecture, grown and assembled under the direction of Darth Prazutis and the Shadow Mind's necrotech division. Originally conceived after a particular incident, where dozens of elite Sith perished to an unknown arcane contagion in deep void space, the Sarcostel was engineered to ensure no such fate would befall the Kainate again.
Rather than rely solely on tech-based filtration, Sarcostel integrates alchemical fungal matrices, Force-reactive biomechanical membranes, and rune-bound sealant systems to protect life in the most hostile or spiritually tainted environments. Whether it's a starship enduring a psychic bombardment, a void-fortress adrift in the Netherworld's borderstorms, or a birthing chamber containing volatile Sithspawn embryos, the Sarcostel breathes, stabilizes, and shields life across all levels of preternatural threat.
Every Sarcostel unit is tuned to its vessel or chamber like a phylactery to a sorcerer. It does not simply recognize crew biologically, but resonates with their fear, breath, and hunger. Some Sith Lords claim the system murmurs to them at night, whispering updates and emotional echoes through the circulatory vents.
Field trials aboard the Malsheem confirmed its resilience. During the Gloamreach Plague Trials, the system was exposed to extensively corrupted spores. Not only did it neutralize the incursion, but the Sarcostel sample mutated to form a glyph specific immunity that would later be shared across all other nodes. Though powerful, it demands loyalty and sacrifice. The Sarcostel is not meant for the faint of spirit, it requires blood to breathe and faith to flourish. Yet those who dwell within its breath walk the stars unafraid, for the system does more than protect, it remembers them, binds them, and in time, calls them back.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create a Sith exclusive, alchemized life support system for use aboard Kainate warships, stations, and ritual environments, capable of sustaining life through both biological and arcane threats.
Canon Link:
N/A
Permissions:
N/A
Primary Source(s):
N/A
Technical Information
Affiliation:
The Kainate
Model:
Sarcostel Life Preservation System Mk. I
Modular:
No
Material:
Bloodsteel Mesh Veins Alchemized Bio-Filtration Webbing Soulglass Breather Lenses Void-Honeycomb Containment Cells Arc-Scribed Sith Blackstone Core Carbonweave-Vented Circulatory Systems