The Arch Wilder
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To Add a versatile melee weapon to the VSF catalog
- Image Source: https://www.deviantart.com/nano-core/gallery
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Vitae Security Forces
- Affiliation: VSF and its allies and customers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: VSF Wolf Claw MK-1
- Modularity: No
- Production: Minor
- Material: Durasteel, Energy Cell, High Energy Flux Aperture, Energy Consumption unit, Additional energy and electrical components
- Classification: Energized Sword
- Size: Average
- One handed Hilt
- Blade: 0.7-0.9 Meters
- Weight: Average
- Fully Energized Blade can absorb blaster bolts and withstand lightsabers for extended periods of time
- Energy blade can he flung out at short range
- Energization level can be adjusted from stun level to lethal levels of electricity
- Energy Consumption unit which allows the blade to absorb energy to recharge its battery
- A fully energized blade can provide defense against lightsabers and blasters
- Energy Consumption unit can absorb blaster bolts and lower energy sources that collide with the blade to increase battery life
- Energy blade can flung at the enemy to deliver a short range electrical attack
- Durasteel blade resists wear and tear to keep its edge.
- Energized blade has a limited energy supply (10 minutes at full, 45 minutes at stun)
- Energy Projectiles severely deplete the battery (taking about a fifth of the charge per slash)
- Due to the high energy output of a lightsaber, the the energy consumption unit will cut off during contact rather than risk overloading the battery
- While the blade can block blaster bolts, it does not grant the wielder a force user’s supernatural reflexes
- EMP blast will short circuit the blade, causing it to become a normal sword
Designed for close combat forces, the VSF Wolf Claw recognizes that most melee fighters in a combat zone consist of jedi and sith wielding lightsabers. To combat this problem, the Wolf Claw allows for its blade to be wrapped in an electrical field contained in a way similar to a lightsaber. When a fully energized blade comes into contact with a lightsaber, the energized field will repel it, keeping the blade safe from the destructive beam. This protection however, is only possible when the blade is fully energized. When a fully energized blade comes into contact with an individual, it imparts a powerful electrical surge which may cause serious bodily injury or death.
At its lower setting, the blade’s energization can last significantly longer, and can still absorb blaster bolts and lower energy sources that come in contact with the blade to increase battery life. Furthermore, a low energized blade is capable of unleashing a powerful electrical charge similar to a stun baton when it comes in contact with an enemy.
In either mode of energization, there is an additional trigger on the hilt that which pressed, can allow the user to make a single slash that will produce a projectile line of energy the length of the blade. The angle of this line matches the path of the slash and moves forward in a containment field for approximately five meters. Any obstacle in the path of this projectile will cause the containment field to rupture, making the obstacle absorb the electrical charge.
As mentioned previously, every Wolf Claw contains an energy consumption unit which is automatically activated upon any energization of the blade. Due to its smaller size, the unit is unable to process energy beyond that of a normal blaster and will overload if it attempts to recharge the battery with overpowering energy sources such as a lightsaber beam. To prevent this, the unit will reject any significantly powerful surges that would cause an overload.
