HK-36
The Iron Lord Protector (Neutral Good)
Image: Screenshot taken from Jedi Knight Academy, by me, of my character's avatar with his white-blade training lightsaber.
Intent: To re-submit my submission for approved Sliver of Light lightsaber, lost during the Wipe, in order to provide a reference sheet for PvP encounters.
Development Thread: None, previously I have listed the descriptions of the lightsaber's properties in Little Swamp of Terror threads, as well as others, but since the Wipe they were erased.
Manufacturer: Jedi Council of Old Republic
Model: Old Republic Training Lightsaber
Affiliation: HK-36, Old Republic, Jedi
Modularity: None
Production: Unique
Material: Durasteel hilt, Imbued Solari crystal
Description: "Sliver of Light" or "Little Ray of Sunshine" as HK calls it, is his personal relic lightsaber, an artifact of his service for the Jedi during the times of Old Republic when he was their teacher and trainer of Lightsaber Combat Arts. The training sword became his personal weapon of choice over time, as he carried it everywhere either way, and often used it to stun or knock his enemies unconscious, causing death with it only when necessary.
As every training lightsaber, its core burns as hot as most lightsabers, however, the magnetic containment field around the plasma core is much thicker and stronger, causing less energy damage upon contact and more blunt, in contact the blade causes burns and bruises to its victims as opposed to burning right through them as a normal lightsaber would.
This particular training lightsaber wields a Solari crystal in its core used during HK's service with the Republic as a weapon against a Wound in the Force and a pack of Force Vampires which attempted multiple times to raid the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. At the time the Solari crystal was wielded by the Grandmaster of the Order who faced off with the Wound in the Force, vanquishing it with the crystal's powers. However, the Grandmaster had to leave the Order due to complications and other manners, he decide to choose HK as the guardian of the crystal, instructing the droid to use it with his training lightsaber as the weapon of the Light Side, only to maintain peace and in time of darkness.
Before the Grandmaster gave the crystal to HK, he imbued it with the powers of the Light-Side in order to give it special properties. He surrounded the crystal in the Light-Side, running the positive energy through it. As such, it enabled for Neutral and Non-Force beings, like droids, to use the lightsaber when usually the crystal could be used only by Light-Siders. However, the crystal would still not work when a Dark-sided being wields the hilt of the saber, and the properties of the Light-side imbued into the crystal would disperse, should the saber be ever turned into combat-setting, the Grandmaster put those restrictions onto the weapon to ensure that it will be used to kill only when necessary.
The imbued Light-Side energy in the blade gives off an Aura of the Light Side in HK's immediate area and only when the lightsaber is activated. This can be potentially used to motivate beings around him with the Light-Side presence, but just as well it can give away HK's position to other Force-Users who are able to sense such manners. Upon contact the lightsaber can cause additional damage against beings born of Dark-Side due to Light-Presence, this includes some Sith Spawn, Shadow Magic constructs, or Wounds-in-the-Force. The touch of Light-Presence could potentially be used to interact with other Light-Side artifacts, like the Sigils of Hope, but to what extend, that is unknown (And depends on other writer who possesses such an artifact).
The lightsaber blade has also a special property when facing against Lightning attacks born of the Dark-Side. It causes the lightning to arc about the blade, reflecting some of it back at the attacker. However, this is not as effective in hands of HK as it would be when wielded by a trained Force-Users, when HK uses it, while some lightning reflects back at the attacker, or to the sides, some still arcs about the blade to attack droids hands and forearms, sometimes his head, causing some electronic damage, if unprotected, that can result in issues during pro-longed exposure.
Classification: Lightsaber
Size: One-and-a-Half Hand
Length: 175 centimeters, (Hilt 30 centimeters, blade 145, taken from article on Lightsabers)
Weight: 1 kilogram (Taken from article on Lightsabers)
Other Features: Ability to partially deflect Force Lightning, limited Light Force Aura, cannot be set into Combat Setting, cannot be wielded by a Dark-Sider.
