Controller Force Pike

Name/Model# : | Controller FP Force Pike <<Stats taken from WEG and EG>>
Designer/Manufacturer : | SoroSuub Corporation
Combat Designation : | Personal Force Pike
Scale of Weapon : | Character
Skills Required : | Melee Combat: Force Pike
Difficulty : | Moderate
Length : | 2 Metres
Mass : | Barely 7 kg
Construction : | Spun Graphite Composition
Availability : | 2, R
Cost of Weapon : | 500 Credits
Ammunition : | None
Range of Weapon : | 4 cm (For Stun Feature) [Stun charge is emitted from vibrating power tip]
Destructive Power : | Strength + 2D. Stun Setting is capable of knocking a full-grown Wookie unconscious.

The Controller FP Force Pike is light weight for its size and in the right hands it can be manipulated with stunning swiftness. The long pole of this weapon is perfect for thrusting attacks, giving it a considerably longer reach compared to standard vibroblades while allowing the wielder to apply their full physical strength to an attack. As like other vibroweapons, the force pike features an ultrasonic vibration generator and when activated produces a distinctive low hum. Due to the nature of the vibrating blade, even a grazing attack can inflict serious lacerations, dismemberment, and other grievous injuries. Even with the generator deactivated, the metal blade is extremely sharp.

Conductive circuits that line the shaft's interior carry the ultrasonic charge to the power tip, which emits thousands of microscopic vibrations per second. This rapid motion of the blade allows it to slice effortlessly through stone, metal, and flesh and bone. A two-setting power-output panel is located near the base of this force pike. The two settings are stun and lethal. The base of the weapon holds the power cell. Above it are the vibration generator and the shock generator. Conductive shock filaments can be found inside the vibrating power tip. Underneath the insulated handgrip are energy cycling coils. The material used in the construction of the reinforced shaft allows it to flex and temporarily bend rather than break while it is under extreme pressure.

First introduced during the Begali Uprising, force pikes or as they are also known as "electro-jabbers" are primarily used by planetary police and local military units to stun opponents or disperse crowds, and to round up demonstrators for detention and questioning. Imperial troops, however employ force pikes to terminate opponents in situations where blaster fire is inappropriate or unavailable. Force pikes are useful in boarding actions as they allow the boarders to slice through bulkheads and air locks in a few seconds without having to resort to dangerously unpredictable explosive charges. Personal bodyguards to high officials, honour guards and diplomatic corps troops also carry force pikes, although these pikes are primarily for ceremonial purposes. The most notable wielders of force pikes are the Emperor's Royal Guard.

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