Approved Tech The Seven Husbands, a set of alien artifacts

[Jend-Ro Quill]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: A reward for participants in an expedition to Firefist; a strange, protective alien artifact.
• Image Source: Martin Elsaesser
• Canon Link: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: A light-oriented, toned-down, and less combat-focused version of the Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Unknown ancient Force-sensitive aliens.
• Affiliation: Jend-Ro Quill , Amea Virou , Atlas Drake , Griet van Vliet , Cotan Sar'andor , Eldin Daine
• Model: The Seven Husbands
• Modularity: No
• Production: Semi-Unique (only seven)
• Material: Alien alloy comparable to bronzium

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Exotic defense
• Weight: Heavy
• Resistances (section describes protective aura when active):
  • Energy: Extreme
  • Kinetic: Extreme
  • Lightsabers: High
  • Force: High
  • Sonic: None
  • Biological and chemical weapons: None

SPECIAL FEATURES

• If held in both hands, will protect itself and its owner by repelling many kinds of attack or even normal contact.

STRENGTHS

• Will repel attacks from energy weapons and kinetic weapons. Laser cannon bombardments will dissipate; bullets will miss or stop midflight; bombs will leave the owner toasted but alive.
• Will repel lightsaber and Force-based attacks within reason.
• Will repel attacks that the owner is not aware of.

WEAKNESSES

• Simple bronzium; can be destroyed.
• Can't protect against sonic weapons.
• Can't protect against biological or chemical weapons.
• Must be held in both hands to work (unlike the Gauntlet of Kressh, which one can wear).
• Protects only one person per statuette.
• Fairly heavy and cumbersome; each of the Seven Husbands is a metal statue the size of an average human forearm.
• Won't protect droids or Vong.
• Unlike the Gauntlet of Kressh, it won't strike back; it just interrupts the attack peacefully.
• Ysalamiri will negate the protection; void stone can pass through it uninterrupted.
• Multiple statues can't reinforce each other in any significant way.

DESCRIPTION
The Seven Husbands are identical pseudo-bronzium statuettes, 21cm tall and 5.3kg in mass. Each depicts the abstracted, sweeping form of a hunched near-humanoid. The base holds a completely untranslateable inscription. Their species and world of origin are lost to time, but are presumably related to the satellite galaxy Firefist or the Nagai Trade Spine. The statues are powerful light-oriented Force artifacts.

A group of travelers found the Seven Husbands at a bazaar on the Nagai colony world of Jaibrek, just inside Firefist. The merchant claimed the statues had once protected an alien palace from invasion. Quill identified them as strong in the Force and bought one from a certain Captain Jerec Asyr, who didn't at all know what he had. Curiosity drove Quill to experiment with visions, but he learned very little about the origins of the Seven Husbands. He did, however, divine that their original purpose had nothing to do with combat. Quill suspects that the Husbands were designed for unknown social and ritual functions.

Holding one of the statues with both hands applies a protective Force effect to the statue and its holder. Much like the probably-unrelated Gauntlet of Kressh the Younger, an activated statue's defensive aura will prevent contact that the holder does not allow. The aura is highly effective against conventional weapons and moderately effective against lightsabers and Force attacks. Unlike the Gauntlet, each of the Husbands is heavy, cumbersome, and unable to strike back against enemy contact. While the Husbands are unusually powerful defensive artifacts, they are only useful in limited and specific circumstances.

 

[Alkor Centaris]

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