The Bonesaber

[Skorn Draclau]

Intent: Skorn's personal lightsaber

Development Thread: N/A

Manufacturer: Sith Alchemical make/Skorn Dracalu

Model: Unique

Affiliation: Skorn Dracalu

Modularity: Non modular

Production: Unique

Material: Shi'ido Bone, Cortosis, Hurrikaine crystals

Classification: Lightsaber/Lightwhip

Size: The hilt has the following dimensions
18 x 2(dia of the crosssection) inches

Length:

Only hilt: 18 inches
Blade extended: 5 Feet
Whip extended: 9 Feet

Weight: 2kgs


Special Features:
- Limited shapeshifting abilities.


Description:

Another successful experiment from Skorn's dabbling in alchemy and sorcery. The Bonesaber is a unique lightsaber. The saber's hilt has been crafted from Skorn's own bone, extracted and kept alive by alchemy. Once extracted the bone was imbued with a part of Skorn's life force, allowing it to stay alive outside his body as a living extension of Skorn Draclau. Engraved beautifully by some of the greatest Sith artisans of the time it is an aesthetic masterpiece in it's own right. The bone has been coated with a cortosis weave to make it resistant to lightsaber blows.

The lightsaber hilt is slightly longer than the standard size, possessing a central hurrikaine crystal that gives it a distinctive violet blade. In addition there are also hurrikaine crystal fragments stored within. the fragments are melded with two long ligaments that are wrapped around in the interior of the hilt. On a mental command the ligaments can stretch out transforming the lightsaber into a lightwhip.(two stranded lightwhip)

The Bonesaber is stored within Skorn's body, his innate shapeshifting abilities allowing for safe storage and concealment of the weapon from most scanning technologies. To any biological scanner it would appear to be a part of Skorn's body(which it is).

 

[Sanya Val Lerium]

Under review

 

[Sanya Val Lerium]

[member="Skorn Draclau"]

Cortosis

This will require a dev thread, if you have one please link it in the submission. If not...


Cortosis(( Objective : Perform a mining operation, a raid, an excavation, or steal to obtain cortosis ore from any of the following planets: Apatros, Obredaan, Katanos VII, Duro, Bal’demnic, Mnencheiasus, Gallos or Bespin –OR—suffer a devastating defeat at the hands of a Force User Character written by another writer. ))

 

[Skorn Draclau]

[member="Sanya Val Lerium"]

Working on a Cortosis acquisition thread.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

[member="Skorn Draclau"]
I'll be taking over this one for Sanya.

I have a few questions in addition to needing a thread for Cortosis.

Classification: Lightsaber/Lightwhip

I take it this weapon is meant to be both. Well, that has been attempted before and didn't work out with a single blade operating as either Lightsaber or Lightwhip. What you could do however is have a double bladed lightsaber, Much like Darth Maul's with one Side being Lightsaber, one side being Light Whip.

Hurrikaine crystals

With the removal of the ligaments bit that change the weapon from Lightwhip to Lightsaber and vice versa it appears you only want purple blades. If that is correct I don't see a problem with that.

You will need to adjust to use this template as well please.

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[Skorn Draclau]

[member="Draco Vereen"]

Hi Draco, could you please elaborate as to why this wouldn't work as a lightsaber/lightwhip?

Just to be clear the saber and the whip cannot operate simultaneously.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

[member="Skorn Draclau"]

Different Passive components for it to be the same blade. But two blades (One Lightsaber and one Lightwhip) and it works fine because you can exclude the passive components from one emitter and then the blade lacks rigidity.

Don't forget to edit to conform to the Melee Weapon Template.

 

[Skorn Draclau]

[member="Draco Vereen"]


Ok, that still does not explain much to me. So I'm quoting wookiepedia on this.

Lightwhips generally functioned on the same principles and mechanics as lightsabers, emitting a coherent beam of energy that was used as a weapon. However, rather than the straight, meter long blades emitted by standard lightsabers, lightwhips featured long, flexible blades that often exceeded several meters in length.[1] Instead of one large crystal, they contained multiple small crystals and the plasma in the blade had no cell barriers to keep it straight.

I see nothing about different passive components, so if you are talking about different passive components than I would need you to elaborate on what exact components you are referring to.

Furthermore my understanding of a passive component is a component that does not need any external power source to function. So even if I accept this as a fact that there are two hypothetical and different passive components utilized in creating a saber blade and whip,. I see no reason why they cannot both be accommodated in the same hilt and the generated energy directed through the same blade outlet.

I still don't get why this is not possible.

Also edited.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

they contained multiple small crystals and the plasma in the blade had no cell barriers to keep it straight.

This is the reason. Passive as in, not something you can turn off and on with a switch. Something you either have and thus blade, or don't and thus whip.

 

[Allyson Locke]

[member="Skorn Draclau"] archiving for inactivity

 

[Allyson Locke]

Closed for Archival.