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Intent: Personal weapon for an Approved species submission and the character @Mornhun.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: [member="Valik"]
Model: Alchemized blade
Affiliation: Mornhun
Modularity: No
Production: Unique
Material: Alchemized Durasteel
Classification: Bastard Sword
Size: One handed, can use two
Length: 160cm
Weight: 5kg
Special Features: Standard alchemy. Stays sharp and can deflect lightsabers.
Description: The sword was to be used by the neverborn known as Mornhun. It was a standard blade designed to be used as the sithspawn carried out missions for his master. Due to the failure of his master in his creation he now uses the sword to hunt sithspawn and sith rather than aid them. The blade itself is made of glorious and rare durasteel. the straight blade is distinguished by the lovely tapered edge with beautiful cross guard turned up toward the tip on each end. The hilt is the magnificent renewable resource of black wroshyr wood that has been polished and wrapped in black nerf leather. The pommel is of delicately carved alchemized durasteel and polished to a beautiful finish using the finest methods available. The three indentations are a design common to sword and helps to aid blood flow of enemies who have been pierced with the weapon. The double edge makes it excellent for slashing both to and fro while the pointed tip makes it quite good a piercing most flesh clear through and maybe some forms of armor that are typically susceptible to being damaged by alchemized blades.
Alchemical process and description:
The sword was constructed through metallurgical and arcane means, transmuting base the base metal into an alchemical alloy possessing an unusual affinity for dark side energies. The rare metallic used in its construction could result in blades varying in weight from 3 kilograms up to 6.5 kilograms, a blade far heavier than its length would indicate. It would required great strength of body as well as in the Force to successfully wield the weapon and make it as dangerous as a lightsaber. In fact, the alchemical alterations allow the sword to block incoming lightsaber attacks, as well as deflect and redirect blaster bolts in much the same way a lightsaber.
The alchemist used the dark side to alter the weapon's molecular structure, making it stronger and sharper, and reverse its magnetic polarity, turning it into a high-temperature superconductor that could deflect blaster bolts and other particle weapons as if magnetically sealed. The ores used in its construction resisted lightsabers in much the same manner as cortosis and Phrik alloy, while its polished surface reflected laser beams and other coherent light weapons like a mirror. But perhaps most significantly, the weapon served as a focus for the dark energies of its wielder, amplifying their power and refining their control until they became a walking nexus of dark side power.
The weapon's magnetic properties, combined with its attraction to the dark side of the Force, caused it to react unusually to discharges of Force lightning; The blade would attract and absorb the energy, storing it like an electric capacitor until the blade made contact with a substantial physical object, whereupon the amplified electrical energy was discharged— to an extremely devastating effect.
Forging process:
The versatility and strength of the Takan'dar starts in the forging process. The smiths discovered that iron sand (with little to no sulfur and phosphorus) heated together with coal (carbon) made a form of durasteel. This allows the sword to have strength and the ability to hold a sharp edge, as well as the flexibility to take blows without breaking. The process starts in the combining of the iron and carbon, by heating iron sand to 1200-1500 degrees Celsius in a traditional furnace for 72 hours. The alloy is then cooled and the smelter selects the best pieces to send to the swordsmith.
Swordsmithing:
The swordsmith took the hand picked nuggets and forged them into a block. In the process of forming, the block was heated to around 900 degrees celsius. Taken out of the fire and hammered into a thinner block, the block was scored in the center with an axe and folded over, making it thick again. The block was then placed back in the fire. The durasteel could be folded transversely or longitudinally. Both folding directions were used to produce the desired grain pattern. This process, called the folding technique, was repeated 16 times. After 20 foldings, there is too much diffusion in the carbon content; the steel becomes almost homogeneous in this respect, and the act of folding no longer gives any benefit to the steel.
Depending on the amount of carbon introduced, this process forms either the very hard durasteel for the edge, or the slightly less hardenable spring durasteel which is often used for the sides and the back. The swordsmith made the sword light but very durable. Other swords were thick, heavy and took a lot of force to use. The swordsmith worked on forming the sword for around 7 months. Once the sword took the shape the swordsmith wanted, the metal was heated once more. Once the sword was red hot the swordsmith took the newly formed sword and quenched it in water, hardening the blade. Then he passed it on to a polisher and finisher.
Polishers and finishers:
Once the blade had been heat treated, a sword was ground with progressively finer abrasives, in this case different types of rock. Some grinding rocks can range in the thousands of credits in aome circles. They polish ed and sharpened the sword until the desired finish was achieved. This process is long and tedious, but well worth the effort. After the sword was polished, the fine tip was sharpened. The sharpness of a sword, and ability to keep that edge, was based on the angle of the edge and the width of the body of the sword. How long it would hold the edge was dependent on the material used and the success of the alchemical process.
