Unreviewed Strainlash Tensor Mine Mk. I

[Darth Prazutis]

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• Intent: To create a limited production Sith aligned mine for the Kainate designed for spatial disruption and anti-fighter area denial via tensor field mechanics.
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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: Strainlash Tensor Mine Mk. I
• Modularity: No
• Production: Limited
• Material:
  • Alchemized Sarrassian Iron Shell
  • Gravematter Core Matrix
  • Void-Spiral Containment Lattice
  • Null-Grav Inductor Coils

• Dark Resonance Detonation Core: The mine houses a Gravematter Core Matrix, a carefully controlled fusion of unstable mass and void-charged isotopes, sealed within a ritual-hardened containment shell. When triggered, the mine creates a short-lived tensor field, powerful enough to distort local gravitational fields and violently alter the trajectory of fighters, missiles, or debris without fully consuming them.
• Void-Spiral Collapse Mechanism: Utilizing a timed Null-Grav Inductor Coil array, the singularity collapses upon itself within seconds of detonation. This ensures the effect does not escalate beyond battlefield parameters, while still exerting a brief, violent gravitational pull that pulls apart formations, deflects incoming fire, or even hurls lighter craft into fatal vectors.
• Disruption Pulse Echo: Upon detonation, a residual shockwave of spatial distortion reverberates outward. While not destructive in itself, this pulse temporarily destabilizes local inertial dampeners and repulsorlift systems and more, forcing nearby ships to adjust power distribution and maneuvering to compensate, opening brief but critical windows of vulnerability.

• Trajectory Disruption Effect: The mine's tensor field is designed not to destroy, but to force movement. Fighters and missile formations caught in its radius are yanked off course, slingshotted into open space, or pulled apart from squadron cohesion, creating exploitable openings for ambush or pursuit.
• Formation Breaker: By creating zones of localized gravitational chaos, the mine is devastating to enemy coordination. Fighter wings forced to scatter mid-approach risk losing sensor locks, disrupting their targeting solutions and reducing the effectiveness of coordinated strikes against Kainate formations.
• Non-Lethal Control Tool: The Strainlash's purpose is battlefield control, not raw destruction. This allows its deployment even in sensitive scenarios, such as trap corridors, civilian-adjacent engagements, or boarding defense, without the risks associated with full-scale explosive weapons.

• Capital-Scale Ineffectiveness: The gravitational pull of the singularity is precisely limited to avoid structural collapse. Capital ships, large freighters, or heavily shielded transports will barely register its presence, making it suitable only against smaller, more agile threats.
• Force Nullification: The presence of Force Nullification may weaken the mine's core stability, as the singularity matrix is partially stabilized through darkside ritual encoding.

The Strainlash Tensor Mine Mk. I is the Kainate's answer to swarming fighter formations, missile salvos, and high-speed battlefield engagements that rely on tight maneuvering and squadron cohesion. Conceived in the gravitational research vaults beneath Malsheem and tempered through ritual refinement, the mine reflects the Kainate's strategic philosophy: break the enemy's will by first shattering their control.

Upon triggering, the Strainlash releases a tensor field designed to last only seconds, sufficient enough to drag fighters from their intended paths, break sensor locks, and hurl projectiles off course. It does not kill by explosion, but through chaos. Pilots caught in its range must immediately compensate or find themselves flung from formation, twisted into crossfire, or stranded in the path of heavier weaponry.

The use of void-aligned materials and Sith alchemical construction ensures its behavior remains consistent and controllable despite the inherently unstable nature of singularity tech. Its non-lethal design allows it to be used where destruction would be politically costly or tactically unwise. However, the Strainlash is not infallible. Its effect is localized and short-lived, and it is vulnerable to calibration faults and advanced countermeasures.

Still, in the right hands, deployed at the right moment, the Strainlash is a weapon of battlefield influence rather than annihilation, disrupting the enemy not with fire, but with gravitational fear.