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May The Invisible Hand Be With You - (Star Wars CK2-Style Quest)

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I find it funny that with matukai we've dealt one of the greatest weakness of Makashi in not being able to deal with strength based attacks like the ones that the Djem So variant of Form V uses (Anakin's style).

However, the greatest flaw of the Makashi system of combat was its inability to generate kinetic energy in it's application; the focus on precision and blade control hampered an adherent's ability to generate momentum in both offensive and defensive maneuvers. This meant that a duelist who possessed a sufficient level of physical strength could potentially overwhelm a Makashi practitioner, shunting aside strikes from the form's precision offense and simply bashing through it's evasive, footwork-oriented defense. This lack of physical force left Makashi practitioners vulnerable to duelists utilizing more contemporary forms, which emphasized power and brute strength. This weakness was especially pronounced against practitioners of the Djem So variant of Form V, as the style was based almost entirely around fast, strength-oriented swordplay. However, this weakness could, to varying degrees, be compensated for with rigorous strength training or cybernetic augmentation. Additionally, as demonstrated by Dooku's numerous victories against power duelists during the Clone Wars, simply utilizing a strength-oriented style against a Makashi practitioner was no guarantee of victory.
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Well if we take Soresu training it should help in dealing with multiple opponents and dealing with blocking blaster fire, both of which are weaknesses of Makashi.
 
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Gotta ask...but is there a way to develop a pure-tech Force device? No rubbish about needing to be used by a force-sensitive, or only working on a Nexus, just a device that can detect, and maybe influence the Force. Doesn't even have to be that powerful.

Failing that, a neutral or even Light-side version of Rakatan Force technology? It was obviously incredibly useful, yet only the Sith seemed to make any progress in replication with mechu-deru and ultimately seems to have been abandoned by the mainstream before it could get anywhere. Why had no one bothered to try integrating the Force into technology since the freaking Infinite Empire??!
 
Nalanaya said:
Why had no one bothered to try integrating the Force into technology since the freaking Infinite Empire??!
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Because when the Rakatans did that and suddenly lost the ability to use the force they couldn't opperate their own technology. Also given the small amount of people who use the force in the galaxy today it isn't profitable to make any headway in to creating something like that, plus the Jedi think Mecha-deru is exclusively a dark side power and you know how uppity they with the dark side of the force.
 
Also as just an example of Force-infused tech, Forcesabers also had the minor side effect of driving you insane the longer you used them.

That's also a thing.
 
Bass11 said:
Because when the Rakatans did that and suddenly lost the ability to use the force they couldn't opperate their own technology. Also given the small amount of people who use the force in the galaxy today it isn't profitable to make any headway in to creating something like that, plus the Jedi think Mecha-deru is exclusively a dark side power and you know how uppity they with the dark side of the force.
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The Rakatans lost the Force because of all the various Dark-side super-weapons they shoot at each other in the collapse of the Empire, and from the Star-Forge fucking with their existence as a species for who knows how many years it was operating. It also wasn't a sudden thing. If they weren't in constant war, and so far round the bend from the Dark-side, I'd expect they could have made a decent attempt at fixing things. Well that, and slave revolutions are a thing, who knew? As for Mechu-Deru... exactly why didn't Jedi just make a Light side version like so many other powers? They even have the basics down just from Light-Saber assembly via the Force. All they need to do is make it more advanced. And the Sith? Mechu-Deru was a thing far back enough that people remembered the Infinite Empire, and their ruins were all over the place. Why did no one seem to have the bright idea of following their seniors foot steps? It seems the obvious choice.

Finally, as for profit...you know people can actually conduct and fund research just because they want to know more about the universe right? Besides that, Force-users have repeatedly demonstrated bizarre, and physics defying abilities and strategic techniques. Being able to replicate such abilities with the precision of a machine, as opposed to squishy, mistake prone organics would be incredibly useful. This is also why I brought up the idea of technology without the whole 'has to be Force-sensitive' restriction.

Dr. Snark said:
Uh...but there's a legit-ish reason for that. It's Rakatan tech, which draws on the dark side as established in KOTOR, and has a tendency of corrupting its user like the Star Forge did with Malak.
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Which is why I asked about just pure tech, or Neutral/Light side versions of the Rakatans stuff.
 
Tbf- if we're using Kotor- couldn't the Star Forge produce light-aligned robes? And at the very least- from the implications of Malak's rantings when you finally kill him there- Revan used the star-forge without using the whole 'soul devouring' part of it simply to make his fleets.

So- if you know what you're doing, and are willing to accept limited functionality rather than going mad with power- using some Force-tech without drinking all the Dark Koolaid seems tentatively possible.
 
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