Alpha Saber

“It’s finished” - Torfane Juneor

The Alpha saber was constructed from the blueprint of an ancient lightsaber belonging to the Jedi order of Arrack. The saber’s alloy, focus crystals and power supply were all minerals found on the planet Krynores. The Alpha saber was built by two Jedi; Torfane Juneor & Kentell Leknar whilst in preparation for a pending imperial led attack. The saber had a complementary duelling style: “Zenite” which involved an outwardly slower yet immensely efficient form of movement and parrying of the hilt. The blade which was powered by the mineral Krynidium and focused with two Krynore crystals increased the width of the blade and was extremely powerful; upon ignition it almost appeared unstable. After its construction was complete the Alpha saber was used by Torfane Juneor against an attack from Darth Vader and a select few of the 501st legion. The two Jedi were helplessly out numbered, yet despite this Torfane managed to use the Alpha saber to sever Vader’s entire left arm. The padawun was later struck down and killed by Vader. Kentell escaped but the saber was taken by the sith lord.

Characteristics
The Alpha saber was in essence very close to the original Arrack designed saber, the only distinguishable characteristics were the removable Krynidium power cell, some internal components and an external interface socket.

History
The Alpha Saber was one of the rarest of its kind in the galaxy, forged amongst the events of order 66 and the great Jedi purge. Creation of this saber was a joint endeavour involving two Jedi, Torfane Juneor & Kentell Leknar who where on the run from the empire. Torfane Juneor a padawun and Kentell Leknar a member of the Jedi counsel crossed paths during a battle with shadow troopers on Dantooine. Torfane Juneor was being held captive on a near bye imperial star destroyer; he had been taken prisoner (witch was rare considering order 66 required lethal force to all Jedi that where found) after witnessing the death of his master, when a group of clone troopers they had been commanding turned on them. Aboard the star destroyer Torfane broke out of his holding cell, collected his lightsabers and boarded an escape pod. Yet due to an altercation with some troopers Torfane damaged the escape pods navigation systems and upon the ejection of the pod was left hurtling towards the surface of Dantooine. Kentell Leknar was in hiding on Dantooine, disguised as a refugee, she had barely escaped an imperil attack on a large group of Jedi she had been with. The band of Jedi’s was secretly growing in numbers & strength to stage an attack of there own on the newly formed empire. Kentell went unnoticed while on Dantooine, until she was alerted to Torfane’s skirmish with a patrol of shadow trooper’s who had been dispatched to hunt down the escaped padawun. Torfane and Kentell joined forces and where victorious over the shadow troopers. The two Jedi fled Dantooine in search of security.

Journey to Arrack
Both the Jedi knew that the Emperor and Lord Vader would be relentless in there pursuit of the remaining Jedi; and due to the Empires possession of the temples holocrons and archives it would also be assumed that they would now have near full knowledge of all the known sacred sights and outposts throughout the galaxy and would use this information to eliminate the remainder of those Jedi who would seek solace and refuge in them. Taking a risk and believing that the force was somehow guiding there steps Torfane and Kentell journeyed deep into the Joreki quadrant in search of an ancient Jedi outpost Kentell had seen in a vision believed to be on the moon of Krynore. The location of this sight was supposedly only known to a few Jedi.

After five months of deep space travel, Kentell and Juneor found the sacred sight “Arrack”. The ancient sight had been deserted for over six hundred years, untouched since the order of Arrack were stationed there. While there the two Jedi spent every waking moment in preparation for the immanent attack that would transpire. Kentell and Torfane studied the outposts’ ancient writings as well as the once lost duelling style of Zenite; this saber style which can initially appear to be slower then that of others is extremely efficient, can increase the power of each strike and can more than mach other wielders fluidity. However, for this style to be completely balanced it needed an equally powerful saber. Following some instructions that the two had found in the outposts archives, they ventured to the planet Krynores harsh humid environment in search of the mineral Krynidium. Once the mineral was found the Jedi forged a two part power cell, an internal and an outer sheath. Along with some components taken from Juneor’s twin sabers & the two focus crystals, the blade was given a broader width and formed a distinctive bronze glow. The end result was an extremely powerful energy beam, also added was a strong and adaptable alloy used for the hilt, it had been found within the same mineral chambers beneath the planets surface as the crystals and the Krynidium. Due to the hilts size and weight (Krynidium being quite heavy) a partial amount of the power cell was made removable, so the saber could be made more versatile. When the external Krynidium cell was attached its power output, weight and movement were true to the original, but even without the detachable power cell the saber was still uniquely powerful due to its internal Krynidium supply. During there time on the Arrack outpost the Jedi were in need of developing some security measures to counteract the imperial forces which would arrive. The arrack order had no external manmade defences in place, so the Jedi were forced to use more primitive means. This however proved to be more a strength than a hindrance, as some of the plant life had defences of there own, and this kept the outpost and the surrounding area looking untouched and uninhabited (at least by any humanoids).