Approved Tech Winters Wrath - The Queens Lightsabre (Guard Shoto)

[Voices of The Deep]

Winters Wrath

Image Source: Wookipeida - Guard Shoto
Intent: To provide Winter Sovereign with a unique weapon design suited for her style of combat.
Development Thread: If Needed
Manufacturer: Winter Sovereign
Model: Winters Wrath

Affiliation: Winter Sovereign
Modularity: No
Production: Production: Unique
Material: Duranium (Hilt)

Classification: Lightsabre (Guard Shoto)
Size: One-Handed (Dual Wield)
Length: 1.5 Meters
Weight: 0.9 kg
Special Features:

• Hurrikaine Crystal
• Lignan Crystal
• Bifurcating cyclical-ignition pulse
• Force Imbued
• High-density Weight (Blade Emitter)

Description: Winters Wrath is a unique designed Lightsaber that was crafted as a Guard Shoto to compliment Winters style of combat. Winters Wrath is a perpendicular-gripped type of short lightsaber with a second handle extending from the main hilt at 90 degrees. This form of weapon can be used in a number of ways but considering Winters Dual Wield nature it is designed for versatility. It i allows for a wide variety of blocking, jabbing and slashing techniques making it a versatile and extremely dangerous weapon capable of blocking and parrying other light-sabres with vast effectiveness.

Being able to be aimed outward or inward along the forearms/elbows, allowing for defensive cover and letting Winter move in very close to her opponent. However, the perpendicular grip makes it difficult to deliver powerful attacks, resulting in a loss of offense compared to a normal lightsabres. This weapon, while very versatile in its use, has its weaknesses since the common lightsabre forms are not as effective with this style of weapon. It's lack of length and freedom of movement penalizes potential swordplay.

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[Jorus Merrill]

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[Jorus Merrill]

[member="Lady Sovereign"]

Gooood morning. Lessee what we've got here. Couple points off the top:

• Typo in the crystals, 'Huttikaine' instead of 'Hurrikaine.'
• Terenthium is a component in desh-terenthium, the SW equivalent of super tinfoil. An ultralight metal isn't your best choice for a tonfa, a weapon that's all about momentum.
• Momentum's one major issue here. This is a cool piece of art, but this weapon is evenly balanced and thus a deathtrap. It's impossible to swivel this thing with anything like speed. A tonfa absolutely needs an offset weight. I'd recommend putting a high-density weight at the blade emitter.
• The other major issue is that, sure, you can go from long-side-in to long-side-out real quick -- but half the moves that do that involve sweeping inward rather than outward. Put another way: say I'm looking down at the tonfa in your right hand and it's moving on a horizontal plane. You're thinking the quick transition would be counterclockwise, six o'clock to noon. But many moves require six o'clock to noon clockwise, and this weapon's too long and too cutty. This weapon's a great way to cut yourself in half.
• Do yourself a favour and remove this:

Winters aggressive yet defensive style of combat.

• And this:

trapping,

'Aggressive yet defensive style of combat' isn't really a thing. Most tonfa trapping moves require things you can't do when half your tonfa is made of plasma.

Your other weaknesses look accurate. Think this one over, make the edits you see fit, and we'll talk from there. It's never going to be a good weapon, but it can be a weapon that doesn't get you killed, if you make some tweaks and rethink how you'll use it. Fair enough?

 

[Voices of The Deep]

[member="Jorus Merrill"]

edited

 

[Jorus Merrill]

<p>Awesome. Pending Admin Approval. Thanks! [member="Spencer Jacobs"]</p>

 

[Ellie Mors]

<p>Approved.</p>