The Arch Wilder
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an elegant, longer ranged edition of the Wolf Claw sword
- Image Source: https://the-griffons-saddlebag.tumblr.com/post/612757494019817472/%F0%9D%97%A1%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%98%84-%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%97%BA-charged-rapier-weapon-rapier Used Nightcafe to straighten the point
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: https://www.starwarsrp.net/threads/vsf-wolf-claw-mk-1.180793/#post-2332601
- Manufacturer: Vitae Security Forces
- Affiliation: VSF allies and customers
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: VSF Wolf Claw Mk-3
- Modularity: None
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Durasteel, Energy Cell, High Energy Flux Aperture, Energy Consumption unit, Additional energy and electrical components
- Classification: Energized Vibrosword
- Size: Average
- Weight: Light
- Ammunition Type: Energy Cell
- Ammunition Capacity: Very Small
- Effective Range: Average
- Rate of Fire: Low
- Damage Output: High
- Recoil: Low
- Fully Energized Blade can absorb blaster bolts and withstand lightsabers for extended periods of time
- Blade can shoot out a bolt of energy
- 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
- Blade can shoot a bolt of energy at the enemy
- Durasteel blade resists wear and tear to keep its edge.
- Longer Blade than the Mk-1
- Well balanced to allow for easy point control and one handed use
- Longer range projectile than Mk-1 and mk-2
- Battery stabilizers in the guard allow the mk-3 to recharge from lightsaber strikes
- Energized blade has a limited energy supply (10 minutes at full, 45 minutes at stun)
- Energy Projectiles severely deplete the battery (taking about a tenth of the charge per slash)
- 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
- Narrow blade makes blocking blasters more difficult
- Long blade makes it impractical for swinging in confined places
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. 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 engages the Wolf Claw’s ranged function. Unlike the previous Mk-1 and Mk-2 editions. The Mk-3 will release a bolt of plasma, similar to a blaster at whatever the weapon pointed at. When fired on the low energization setting, this bolt will stun a target by way of neuromuscular incapacitation, rather than pierce it.
As mentioned previously, every Wolf Claw contains an energy consumption unit which is automatically activated upon any energization of the blade.Unlike previous editions of the Wolf Claw series, the Mk-3 uses the extra mass in its guard to incorporate a stabilizer which allows the battery to regulate how much power it absorbs. This allows the Mk-3 to recharge from contact with a lightsaber.
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