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While the Force makes a powerful ally - and the dark side a vicious one - no dark side devotee relies entirely on the Force alone. Arms, armor, transports, poisons, and even droids can be tainted in some fashion by the power of the dark side, lending a wicked edge to the abilities of anyone trained in their use. More powerful still, anicent relics of long-forgotten origin can amplify the abilities of their wielders - while drawing the unwary deeper into the dark side with promises of power.
The Sith and other followers of the dark side have, over the centuries, devised, built, and used a wide range of deadly weapons. All are difficult to master, but extrememly deadly in the hands of an expert.
During the time of the Old Republic, most Sith vehicles were built around anicent schematics stored in Sith holocrons by the Sith themselves. A few were constructed by well-paid manufacturers who worked from blueprints delivered - and later collected, along with any copies - by dark, mysterious figures whose will could not be denied.
While not even the Sith could imbue droids with the power of the dark side, they could certainly create automatons to aid them in their vile work. The most simplistic dark side droids are merely spies: mechanicals designed to seek out targets. More sinister are those droids to inflict suffering at the command of their controller.
Some items used by darksiders are not strictly weapons, though they frequently enable characters to make more effective use of their dark powers. Primary among these are the tools - and products - of Sith Alchemy.
Some dark side items are so rare and powerful that they are treasures of incalculable worth, sought after by dark side devotees and fortune-seekers alike in every corner of the galaxy. The secrets of their construction are lost in antiquity, though the foremost among them - the enigmatic Sith holocron - is presumably the key to unlocking these mysteries. |
