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From:   <genghis12@a...>
Date: Wed Sep 6, 2000 8:10pm
Subject: Re: Darth Tyranus - 3 STATS: 2. Stygian Crystal


In a message dated 8/31/00 2:28:51 AM !!!First Boot!!!, GENGHIS12 writes:

<< 2.  The Stygian Crystal.
      The Stygian Crystal is the only perfectly flawless specimen of a 
species of gemstone found on Aeten II.  The Stygian gems have existed in 
rumors for thousands of years.  Supposedly, due to their unique nature with 
the Force, they are able to reshape the fabric of space, allowing one to 
power a cloaking field much more efficiently.  The Sith have found such gems 
on the volcanically turbulent planet Aeten II in the Outer Rim.  However, it 
wasn't until Darth Maul, Dark Lord of the Sith, found the unique Stygian 
Crystal that the truly unique nature of the crystal became known.  By 
inducing power directly into the Stygian Crystal, Maul was able to use just 
the one crystal in place of  hundreds of the smaller Stygian gems.
 
      "An invisibility field is a terrifying
      weapon, since it can defeat most security
      systems and make acts of theft, sabotage,
      and assassination all but unstoppable."
           --Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith
 
 Because of the Stygian Crystal, the cloaking field generated by the 
Infiltrator has some major advantages over the minor Stygian gems and  
theoretical technological-based cloaking field, as well as some drawbacks.  
The advantage is that Darth Maul is not "blind" as hypothesized for other 
cloaking fields.  He has available to him the full range of sensors.
 
      "While the cloaking device prevented
      the Infiltrator from being viewed by
      outsiders, the cruiser's interior was
      visible to Maul and C-3PX.  Maul
      checked the sensors and saw that the
      trail ended at the rim of a wide
      canyon."
      (The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 31)
 
 Unfortunately, because Darth Maul was unaware of the full power of the 
Stygian Crystal , the Infiltrator's cloaking field is not completely 
invisible.  Some rare forms of sensor technology have, in fact, been able to 
penetrate the cloaking field at extremely close ranges.
 
      "Since the Infiltrator was in
      cloak mode, Maul pulled back
      so the Bartokks would not collide
      with his starship.  Their
      starfighter passed so close to the
      invisible Infiltrator that Maul
      could look through their fighter's
      triangular viewports and see the
      Bartokk pilot, gunner, and tailgunner
      seated back-to-back within.
           Suddenly the Bartokks were
      illuminated by a bright, flashing
      warning light in the cockpit, and
      all three assassins turned their
      insectoid heads to peer out
      viewports in Maul's direction.
      Maul had been so confident in the
      Infiltrator's cloaking device, he
      had forgotten about the Bartokks'
      sophisticated sensors.
           Now they knew where he was."
      (The Fury of Darth Maul, p. 78)
 
 When Darth Maul was destroyed on Naboo, his ship was effectively "lost."  
However, a Defel Pirate Lord by the name of Kurras Wraith came to the Naboo 
System with thoughts of scavenging the debris from the recent battle.  He 
tracked down the Infiltrator and commandeered the cloaking field.  Afraid of 
who the ship may have belonged to, Wraith scuttled the Infiltrator in deep 
space and fled to the Outer Rim with his new toy.  He has been continually 
moving his operations around the Outer Rim and has been successful for the 
last thirty-odd years - that is, until Darth Thanos was able to track him 
down and claim the Stygian Crystal.
 
 Kurras Wraith
 Type: Pirate Lord
 DEX 4D
   Blaster Pistol 8D
   Brawling Parry 7D
   Dodge 6D
   Melee Combat 8D+1
   Melee Parry 8D+2
 KNO 3D
   Alien Species 5D
   Intimidation 7D
   Planetary Systems 8D
   Survival 6D
   Willpower 8D
 MEC 2D
   Astrogation 10D* (modified by relation to Stygian Crystal)
   Beast Riding 4D
   Capital Ship Piloting 5D
   Communications 5D
   Sensors 5D+1
   Space Transports 9D+2
   Starfighter Piloting 7D+2
   Starship Gunnery 7D+2
   Starship Shields 7D
 PER 3D+1
   Bargain 7D
   Command 8D
   Con 6D
   Hide 14D* (modified by relation to Stygian Crystal)
   Search 6D
   Sneak 10D
 STR 3D+2
   Brawling 6D+1
   Climbing/jumping 5D+1
   Stamina 5D
 TEC 2D
   Capital Ship Repair 3D+2
   Computer Programming Repair 3D
   First Aid 6D
   Space Transports Repair 6D
 Special Abilities:
 Force Skills: Control 3D, sense 3D, alter 1D
 This character is Force-sensitive.
 FP: 8
 CP: 18
 DSP: 7
 Move: 14* (modified by relationship to Stygian Crystal)
 Height: 1.7 meters
 
 The Stygian Crystal
 The Stygian Crystal, by nature of being one of the Stygian gemstones, has 
been misjudged to be the ultimate source for a cloaking field.  However, no 
one excpet Darth Thanos has been able to unlock the full potential of the 
Stygian Crystal.  The Stygian Crystal is able to bend and reshape the very 
nature of the galaxy itself - it can remake and reshape space.  Because of 
this, it has only been used for its most popular use - to bend space around 
something via a cloaking field.  Darth Maul and Darth Sidious incorrectly 
percieved that was all the Stygian Crystal was capable of.  However, the 
Stygian Crystal, like all of the Crystals of Force, are only limited by the 
imagination of the user.
 Control Difficulty:
      Moderate to use the Stygian Crystal
      Heroic to unlock the full potential
 Sense Difficulty:
      Moderate to use the Stygian Crystal
      Heroic to unlock the full potential
 Alter Difficulty: Very Easy for "Very Easy" space alterations
      Easy for "Easy" space alterations
      Moderate for "Moderate" space alterations
      Difficult for "Difficult" space alterations
      Very Difficult for "Very Difficult" space alterations
      Heroic for permanent, massive, all-encompassing, Zero-Hour, Crises on 
Infinite Earths space
           alterations
 The power may be kept "up" as long as the reality alteration requires it.
 This power is affected by proximity and relationship.
 Effect:
      Using the Stygian Crystal - Using the Crystal doubles all Hide/Sneak 
rolls.
      Unlocking the full potential of the Kiber Crystal - Unlocking the full 
potential allows for the user to "alter the fabric of space" and other 
miraculous feats.
 -----
 Converting the excellent Marvel series into a SWRPG campaign.
 Enjoy.
 --Genghis12 >>

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