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sticksofthejedi) wrote2011-10-30 12:35 am
sticksofthejedi) wrote2011-10-30 12:35 am
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Memory 17
Memory: Building her lightsaber.
Received: Day 94, morning
Form: monocle, 6/8 uses
Summary: Only one part of lightsaber assembly is on-screen for Jaina, because Kevin J. Anderson is trying to do a sequence in which all of the Young Jedi Knights get screentime working on their own. This memory should include: going over designs with her friends, Lowbacca, Em Teedee, Tenel Ka, and Jacen; selecting parts, working on making the casing, crystal acquisition, electronics work, final assembly. Jaina is the only one of the four to decide to make her own lightsaber crystal; because she's a little obsessed with her work, she pulls an all-nighter just focusing her Force abilities on the crystal to make sure it turns out perfect. Memory should end with Jaina turning the lightsaber on to make sure it actually works right.
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A few days later, Jaina sat hunched over her worktable inside her quarters. She had strung up extra glowpanels to allow her sufficient illumination to work through the night. Dozens of tools and pieces of equipment lay on the tabletop, arranged in a careful order so that she knew where every component, every wire and circuit might be found.
After Jaina had given each of her friends an appropriate power source to build their own lightsabers, the young Jedi Knights had split up to search for the precious crystals and other components that would make their new weapons function. Jaina, though, wanted to make the lightsaber particularly hers, a symbolic extension of her unique personality. She would make it from scratch in a way that the others would never attempt. She smiled at her own ingenuity.
Dark smoke rose from the portable furnace she had brought in, and she blinked to clear the chemical fumes from her eyes as she bent over it.
Carefully, she added the next batch of powdered elements in the precise mixture her datapad suggested. She drew on her Force powers, amplifying her vision to observe the chemicals interacting, to watch them bond into a tight, organized lattice.
The precisely pure crystals began to grow....
She adjusted the temperature, watching intently, though the process of crystalline growth took hours.
She focused her mind on shaping the facets as they emerged from the molten mixture in the furnace, making the planes tilt at appropriate angles. The growing crystals gobbled up and stored the extra energy pumped into the mixture by the furnace.
Finally, by morning, her eyes bloodshot and gritty from lack of sleep, Jaina shut down the system. She let the furnace cool until she could reach in and take out her beautiful, sparkling crystals.
They were a rich purplish blue, shimmering with inner energy. They had formed perfectly, as she had expected, guided by her own mental skills. She held them in her palm and smiled. Now for the next step.
Received: Day 94, morning
Form: monocle, 6/8 uses
Summary: Only one part of lightsaber assembly is on-screen for Jaina, because Kevin J. Anderson is trying to do a sequence in which all of the Young Jedi Knights get screentime working on their own. This memory should include: going over designs with her friends, Lowbacca, Em Teedee, Tenel Ka, and Jacen; selecting parts, working on making the casing, crystal acquisition, electronics work, final assembly. Jaina is the only one of the four to decide to make her own lightsaber crystal; because she's a little obsessed with her work, she pulls an all-nighter just focusing her Force abilities on the crystal to make sure it turns out perfect. Memory should end with Jaina turning the lightsaber on to make sure it actually works right.
--
A few days later, Jaina sat hunched over her worktable inside her quarters. She had strung up extra glowpanels to allow her sufficient illumination to work through the night. Dozens of tools and pieces of equipment lay on the tabletop, arranged in a careful order so that she knew where every component, every wire and circuit might be found.
After Jaina had given each of her friends an appropriate power source to build their own lightsabers, the young Jedi Knights had split up to search for the precious crystals and other components that would make their new weapons function. Jaina, though, wanted to make the lightsaber particularly hers, a symbolic extension of her unique personality. She would make it from scratch in a way that the others would never attempt. She smiled at her own ingenuity.
Dark smoke rose from the portable furnace she had brought in, and she blinked to clear the chemical fumes from her eyes as she bent over it.
Carefully, she added the next batch of powdered elements in the precise mixture her datapad suggested. She drew on her Force powers, amplifying her vision to observe the chemicals interacting, to watch them bond into a tight, organized lattice.
The precisely pure crystals began to grow....
She adjusted the temperature, watching intently, though the process of crystalline growth took hours.
She focused her mind on shaping the facets as they emerged from the molten mixture in the furnace, making the planes tilt at appropriate angles. The growing crystals gobbled up and stored the extra energy pumped into the mixture by the furnace.
Finally, by morning, her eyes bloodshot and gritty from lack of sleep, Jaina shut down the system. She let the furnace cool until she could reach in and take out her beautiful, sparkling crystals.
They were a rich purplish blue, shimmering with inner energy. They had formed perfectly, as she had expected, guided by her own mental skills. She held them in her palm and smiled. Now for the next step.