Ssi-Ruuvi paddle beamer

The Ssi-ruuk race that attacked the isolated planet of Bakura just days after the end of the Battle of Endor had a bizarre purpose; capture living specimens to power their battle fleet through the bizarre process of entechment. The entechment process requires a target be taken alive; hence the primary weapon for the Ssi-ruuk ground forces was the paddle beamer.

Technical Information
The weapon itself is shaped like a flat disc, and is designed for use by Ssi-ruuk hands. The weapon is fired by a simple control stick on the underside, and it is light enough to be fired using only one hand. The beamer emits a small, threadlike silver ion beam that interferes with the nervous system of its target. A glancing blow will render an extremity numb for hours, while a direct hit causes unconsciousness. The optimum range of the beamer is eight meters, and the maximum range is twelve. A particularly dangerous aspect of these weapons is their ability to pass through conventional shields and armor. Even a lightsaber is unable to deflect it accurately, the beam merely bends around the blade. While fighting the Ssi-ruuk, Luke Skywalker discovered he could alter the frequency of his blade to deflect the beams, but the blade became incapable of deflecting conventional blaster bolts.

Appearences
The Ssi-ruuk and their P'w'eck slaves used these weapons when they attempted to capture Bakura a few days after the Battle of Endor. Rebel forces captured some of these weapons when the Ssi-ruuk were repulsed, but they proved incompatible with conventional weaponry, and Luke Skywalker destroyed the samples to release the enteched spirits that powered them. Almost 25 years later, during the height of the Yuuzhan Vong war, the Ssi-ruuk again tried to take Bakura, however their technology had not seen radical improvement and the paddle beamer still operated on the same principles.

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Technology