Unreviewed Voidchill Containment Furnace Mk. I

[Darth Prazutis]

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• Intent: To create a Kainate exclusive evolution of the Cryo-Furnace used for the crafting of rare alloys, Sith materials, and volatile substances under extreme cryogenic and entropic conditions.
• Image Source:
  • Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
• Canon Link: N/A
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• Primary Source:
  • Cryo-Furnace

• Manufacturer:
  
  • Malsheem Hypernautics and Manufacturing
• Affiliation:
  
  • The Kainate
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Voidchill Containment Furnace Mk. I
• Modularity: No
• Production: Limited
• Material:
  • Alchemized Sarrassian Iron Crucible Lining
  • Sith Blackstone Thermal Stabilizers
  • Cryo-Tethered Bloodsteel Reaction Vats
  • Null-Cascade Freezing Array
  • Entropic Core Sink Lattice

• Entropic Null-Field Freezing Matrix: Uses a field of entropy-suppression to chill target materials to sub-absolute-zero states, halting molecular vibration and allowing ultra-dense crystallization or phase-hardening. This technique stabilizes volatile elements and enables forging of rare alloys beyond the limitations of conventional cryo-furnaces.
• Cryo-Stasis Containment Cradle: A specialized core cradle suspends unstable or corrupted material in suspended cryo-stasis. This makes the furnace not just a forge, but a secure storage vessel for Sith-warped materials, dark resonant components, or experimental volatile alloys until they're ready for integration.
• Decay-Aura Infusion Array: When activated, the furnace can embed materials with low-frequency entropic signatures during the freezing process. These 'decay auras' infuse armors or weapon cores with effects that deteriorate conventional energy matrices or cause accelerated material fatigue in enemy equipment.

• Crafting of Hyperdense Sith Alloys: The furnace allows for the precise shaping of exotic Sith materials like Nethersteel, Voidshard composites, entropically hardened bloodsteel and so much more. Its cryo-field ensures ultra-precise layering and molecular alignment, crafting components previously thought impossible outside Sith rituals.
• Safe Handling of Unstable Materials: Unlike traditional cryo-furnaces, the Voidchill system can secure highly dangerous materials within its core without degradation or risk of explosion. This includes cursed metals, ritual catalysts, or irradiated slag recovered from destroyed alchemical sites.
• Utility in Exotic Weapon Engineering: By applying the decay-aura infusion, materials can be rendered spiritually corrosive or technologically disruptive. This makes the Voidchill furnace a key stage in the creation of advanced Kainate weapons and armor, particularly those with entropy, shadow, or Force-resistant traits.

• Force Nullification: Several containment and decay-infusing systems rely on ambient dark side saturation. Under Force Nullification the system swiftly loses effectiveness. The cryo-forging function may persist, but at reduced efficiency.
• Severe Energy Drain and Maintenance Burden: The entropic freezing matrix and null core systems consume vast amounts of power during operation. Continuous use strains even high tier Sith generators, and the unit requires frequent ritual maintenance to prevent entropy buildup damaging its own containment shell.

The Voidchill Containment Furnace Mk. I represents the Kainate's dark evolution of the cryo-furnace, an ancient Mandalorian forging device traditionally used to temper hardened armor and rare materials. Where the original cryo-furnace relied on raw temperature suppression to mold beskar and similar alloys, the Voidchill advances this process with layered entropy control, cryo-stasis reinforcement, and Sith alchemical integration. Developed by Malsheem Hypernautics and perfected through iterative testing aboard Nexul Station's labs, the Voidchill is not merely a forge, it is an entropic crucible designed to produce relics of fear, decay, and domination.

Used in the creation of ultra-dense alloys like Nethersteel and void-tempered armor plating, the furnace pushes matter into cold so extreme it can only exist within its null matrix. With its stasis cradle, the furnace can hold raw Force reactive materials or unstable ritual residue for later integration. But its greatest innovation lies in the Decay Aura Infusion Array, a terrifying technique that embeds lingering entropy into materials, causing weapons to corrode shields and armor or armor to rot the very energy that strikes it. This makes the furnace not only a tool of production, but of desecration.

Despite its power, the Voidchill is not without limitations. In areas where the Force is silenced, its higher functions falter. Its energy demands and ritual upkeep also make it viable only for installations with significant power capacity and dedicated Sith maintenance cults. But for the Kainate, these are acceptable costs. The battlefield is not just where Sith weapons are used, it is where they are forged. The Voidchill Containment Furnace is the cold heart of that process.