Mystic Aura

Description
The Mystic Aura has the potential to be the most powerful ship in its size class and perhaps any other as well. The custom-built ship makes use of the Force to enhance its own systems to limits that have yet to be reached. In the hands of someone who has no connection to the Force, the Mystic Aura handles like any other ordinary ship, albeit much like a defenseless transport. A skilled Force-user though can bring out the ship’s real power and command it to do things that are well beyond the reach of contemporary technology.

It is fortunate in a galaxy populated by bloodthirsty despots and power-hungry Darksiders that the Mystic Aura has so far remained in noble hands.

Weapons
The Mystic Aura doesn’t make use of conventional weapons like laser cannons or missile tubes, instead the ship has a specialized plasma weapon that can be employed in a variety of ways.

From nearly any point on the main body of the ship, the Mystic Aura can fire a destructive violet ball of plasma energy. This can be a single ball, or multiple balls from multiple points at once, or in the most extreme case focused like a lesser version of a superlaser.

Every shot fired requires that it be powered through the Force for the weapon to work. The greater the power or the more complex the firing pattern, the more it draws from the Force. Needless to say, for someone with no Force connection, the plasma weapon will not work at all.

The ship also incorporates the equivalent of a tractor beam that works in much the same way as the plasma weapon, however it shares a greater similarity to a Force Grab than a true tractor beam.

Shields
Like the offensive aspects of the ship, the shields of the Mystic Aura can be enhanced through the use of the Force. Unlike the weapons, they will still operate if the user can’t use the Force, however they are somewhat weak in their default state by conventional standards.

Enhancing the shields can be a large drain on a Force-user during a combat situation, with the drain being roughly equivalent to how much damage the shields are soaking up.

Engines
Similar to the shields, the engines of the Mystic Aura will work without the Force, but only at speeds comparable to that of a Y-wing. Since the engines are of Aing-Tii manufacture and completely different from conventional models, theoretically, with the Force to power it, the ship could reach unheard of speeds, but the sheer amount of power required for such a feat is beyond the means of any Force-user.

In more practical terms, the Mystic Aura is capable of reaching interceptor speeds without becoming a terrible burden on the pilot’s Force power. As with all systems that can make use of the Force, the engines will continue to drain power from the user for as long as it is being enhanced.

Hull
The Mystic Aura’s alien manufacture makes it significantly different from contemporary ships. Its hull resists any attempt to scan inside it and can easily withstand all but the heaviest cutting tools. It will also slowly repair any damage it has taken over the course of a few days depending on the severity of the battle wounds it has received.

Security
At first glance there appears to be no way to gain access inside of the ship, but in actuality it employs a very esoteric and effective security system.

When it was first built for Kalja Valie Leidias, the only way to get inside of the Mystic Aura was by putting her lightsaber in a special slot. The ship would only respond to that particular lightsaber, not just the shape, but also the crystal inside and the special frequency it emitted.

When Kalja Sairu Leidias inherited the ship, she took the security measures a step further. Knowing that a specific lightsaber could be a fragile cornerstone to a security system, she configured the ship to only respond to her genetic code and a special mental passcode - not just for entry, but for accessing any of its systems.

History
The ship was originally constructed by the mysterious Aing-Tii Monks roughly 4,000 years ago around the time of the Great Sith War as a gift for Kalja Valie Leidias. Kalja Valie’s actions helped them to defeat a splinter group of their order that went against their peaceful teachings and were planning to join up with the Sith under Exar Kun. In keeping with the Aing-Tii’s beliefs that the Force was neither light nor dark, the Mystic Aura was created with the ability to both defend and destroy using the Force. Knowing the death, destruction, and misery that Exar Kun’s forces could sow across the galaxy, the Mystic Aura was intended by the Aing-Tii to help bring about Kun’s end all that much sooner.

Unfortunately, Kalja Valie was still learning everything that the ship was capable of before she was forced to sacrifice her life to keep The Deadly from joining Kun’s forces. The Aura remained trapped on that jungle moon for generations, being claimed by the vegetation until it was eventually recovered by Kalja Valie’s distant ancestor: Kalja Sairu Leidias. Once it had been cleaned up, it became clear that the Mystic Aura had not suffered from the long years of disuse.

Like her predecessor, Kalja Sairu is still learning everything the ship is capable of. She is hesitant to try and find its limits, knowing the incredible destructive power that the ship has already proven itself capable of unleashing. Kalja has so far mainly stuck with enhancing the defensive systems through the Force. The only exception was when she was forced to use the Mystic Aura to destroy a genocidal alien race known as the Val Aru before they could commit a jihad across the galaxy. Even though it saved countless innocent lives, that one act was almost more than she could endure and it still haunts her to this day.

It serves as a grim testament to what the Mystic Aura could accomplish in the wrong hands…