Approved Tech Shadowwell Entanglement Mine Mk. I

[Darth Prazutis]

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• Intent: To develop a Sith engineered gravitic mine designed for immobilizing starfighters and light vessels, enabling focused fire from Kainate forces during space engagements. The mine represents the Kainate's dark technological approach to battlefield control and mechanical entrapment.
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  • Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
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• Manufacturer:
  
  • Malsheem Hypernautics and Manufacturing
• Affiliation:
  
  • The Kainate
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Shadowwell Entanglement Mine Mk. I
• Modularity: No
• Production: Limited
• Material:
  • Alchemized Sarrassian Iron Casing
  • Compressed Graviton Sheath Lining
  • Grav-Flux Generator Core
  • Sith Runed Anchor Plates

• Gravitic Tether Array: Upon activation, the mine triggers a field of dense gravity tethers that latch onto nearby starships, pulling them inward with steadily increasing force. This localized gravity sink temporarily disrupts maneuverability and flight paths, rendering agile starfighters momentarily helpless and exposing them to lethal fire.
• Delayed Field Collapse: The gravitic field persists for several seconds after detonation before violently collapsing. This collapse creates a brief but hazardous implosion effect that can jolt or damage vessels caught too close to the center, giving Kainate warships a chance to fire on immobilized prey before they can regain control.
• Battlefield Deployment Timing: Incorporated Sith runes etched onto internal plates create a hostile alignment with targeted energy signatures, focusing the gravitational drag toward known enemy profiles. While not intelligent AI, the mine can prioritize certain emissions or power configurations, making it especially dangerous to enemy formations using standardized systems.

• Combat Immobilization: The mine excels at temporarily anchoring fast-moving vessels such as interceptors, bombers, or nimble corvettes. By halting or severely slowing their motion, it opens them to volleys from capital ships or wingmates.
• Kill Zone Generation: Its ability to create a tactical choke point during heated battle makes it ideal for coordinated fire. Used in conjunction with Sith targeting protocols or fire control nodes, it enables devastating kill boxes to form around trapped opponents.
• Tactical Deployment Mid-Battle: Kainate starfighters and other vessels can deploy the mine mid-engagement, allowing it to disrupt enemy pursuit or disable a flanking wave. Its compact priming system allows quick activation and battlefield responsiveness without requiring pre-set minefields.

• Short Field Duration: The gravitational field only lasts a handful of seconds before collapsing. This gives skilled pilots a small window to escape its grip or initiate emergency thrusts to avoid full entrapment.
• Limited Area of Effect: The radius of the Shadowwell is moderate, capable of affecting only a small formation or a few tightly packed ships. Lone ships or scattered groups may evade its range entirely. It's only powerful enough to effect smaller craft such as starfighters or support vessels.
• Force Nullification: The mine's grav-flux core is destabilized in areas influenced by Force Nullification. In such zones, the tether generation loses effectiveness.

The Shadowwell Entanglement Mine Mk. I is one of the most insidious space control tools developed by Malsheem Hypernautics and Manufacturing. Unlike traditional high-yield explosives or sensor decoys, the Shadowwell is a weapon of restraint. It is not designed to destroy, but to prevent escape, holding victims in place for a death they can see coming.

The mine's core is built around a compact grav-flux generator reinforced with Sith forged anchor plates. Upon detonation, the device generates a dense gravitic implosion field that lashes out with pulsing tethers of inertial drag, ensnaring vessels within a limited radius. Lighter ships are most susceptible, as their thrust systems often cannot overcome the generated pull. These tethers are tuned to ship emissions, allowing the mine to preferentially draw in enemy vessels while ignoring debris and background matter.

The mine's effect is not indefinite. After a short but lethal period of entrapment, the gravitational field collapses inward in a violent convulsion. This final spasm can throw ships off course, damage sensitive thruster fins, or cause mid-pursuit collisions, especially if multiple fighters are caught in the same pull. As with many Kainate weapons, the Shadowwell emphasizes battlefield cruelty and controlled pacing, rewarding trap-setting and tactical coordination.

Whether dropped behind retreating bombers or embedded into asteroid fields to deny flanking approaches, the Shadowwell Entanglement Mine has become a staple in Kainate hit-and-run formations and interceptor deterrence. Its ability to disrupt tempo, break formations, and induce fear in high-speed skirmishes makes it a surgical tool of control in a fleet doctrine defined by domination and calculated savagery.

 

[MANIAC]

Darth Prazutis

Cool sub again!

Approved.