The meteor hammer is a chain weapon that is a length of wire, rope, or chain, attached to one or two heavy weights, used as a martial arts weapon, the weapon themselves are designed and made by the Paddenmour family and usually a request is sent to any available manufacturer for production of a weapon for a specific family member fitted to them for length and weight as they train. the weapon is always produced along with new members of the Paddenmour family as it is a traditional weapon, though the more simple training variants are made by the family themselves. All Paddenmours are trained in the use of this weapon including the newest Orianna Paddenmour.

The meteor hammer is designed to fit in length and weight the person meant to wield it. While the weapon can be used if not fitted in this way with no large loss of usability, the weapon itself is also a mark of age and passage in the family and the passing on of tradition, as tradition a personal meteor hammer will be kept, and etchings added to it of dates or important moments in that Paddenmours life. as such every Paddenmour has a personal meteor hammer that stays with the family even after that person's death as another form of record of their life.

The weapon has been around as long as the Paddenmour family has been since before the founding of the new calendar. Though many have lived rather uneventful lives, and as such the weapon has seen little to no recognition in the wider world as of yet, though it's primary claim to fame family-wise is the usefulness of the weapon for small game hunting and self defense, though it's rarely been used in the second manner for quite some time the martial art surrounding its use has stayed true to the original teachings, making it a viable combat and self defense weapon if required.

• Year Created: Pre-History - Before YE 01 (Original design) YE 44 (Orianna's specific version)
• Designer: Orianna Paddenmour “the first”
• Manufacturer: Paddenmour family, or by commission from any manufacturer for more advanced material models
• Name: Meteor Hammer
• Nomenclature: Ta-W1-1A
• Type: flail/Chain Melee weapon
• Role: Martial Arts
• Length: Chain length six meters, head twenty Centimeters diameter
• Weight: weapon weight 3 kilograms/ 6.6 pounds (head), 3.78 Kilograms/ 8.3 pounds (chain)
• Production: commission based
• Damage Rating: 3 (stealth/normal head) 5 (Power armor head)

It is a six meter long length of chain with a twenty centimeter diameter weighted head on one end, the head is studded to increase striking power. The head can either have prongs on it to enhance striking force, or be smooth, the smooth heads usually decorated to make them look like baubles for disguising them as jewelry or part of a belt or dress design. while the chain Traditionally can be replaced with a silk equivalent of different colors to also better hide it.

The power armor head makes use of a concussion modification to allow it to do far more damage against armor of various types. It also adds on boosters built into the head itself to allow use in zero-gravity or low gravity as well as just overall increase the speed to allow higher impact force even in normal gravity. The boosters are flush with the overall body of the head and angled to keep a straight trajectory if all are fired at once, each booster can be used independently of each other to allow it to continue its momentum in any direction. The spikes on the power armor specific head are also Monomolecular sharpened to increase penetrative power as well.

However rather then some sort of silk the stealth version chain is made of chondrex made to look like fabric to allow it to be worn as a sash with a decorated head to look like a bauble or worn as jewelry for easy of carrying and keeping armed, a molecular weave is used to further make it resilient against damage.

• Meteor Hammer: 560 KS (Yamataium/Similar Alloys, chondrex, Molecular Knit)

If made with Yamataium/Similar Alloys can be made for the same price out of other materials for stealth reasons (silks or other high strength fabrics can replace the chain, while a head disguised and jewelry for instance) such as chondrex

• Chain: 280 KS (chondrex, Molecular Knit)
• Head: 280 KS (Yamataium/Similar Alloys, Molecular Knit)

Stealth version uses chondrex of equal Strength to Yamataium, as well as sections designed to be worn as jewelry when not in use to better hide the whole weapon keeping the price the same

Variant for PA use is simply changing out the head for a PA suitable unit keeping it made out of Yamataium

• Head: 2440 KS (Massive, Concussion Modification, Molecular Knit, Monomolecular Edge(points), booster (51 KPH))

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This article was approved by Ametheliana on 2024/05/25. ¹⁾.