2e:Starchaser

The vast jungles and deserts of the southern continent are places where, in some respects, the aeons have stood still. While the Noran empire crumbled to pieces around the world, tiny fragments of it clung desperately to relevance despite the march of time. The Celestial Temple of Fordus is a rare still-operational observatory from that era, while the inscrutable and immortal sphinxes of Akhara claim to carry on the Norans' will as the basis of their right to rule. In more remote places, sunken research stations or overgrown armories occasionally surface, often bringing with them a chaotic scramble among soldiers and researchers to plumb their perilous depths for technological relics.

The first Starchasers were the product of one such excavation, a handful of independent explorers unearthing a seemingly miraculous suit of armor - light as air, but tough as steel, transforming into garb of pure energy when fueled with sufficient gravitas. Since then, many attempts have been made to replicate that armor and the power it represents, often spearheaded by the Fordan workshops that gave birth to such clever inventions as the boltcaster or gravic golem. None have been entirely successful. But some have gotten close.

Paired with a gravimancer's mastery over force and training in absorbing and containing vital energies, this Starchaser armor (or its many experimental variants developed by other nations or organizations) transforms a healer into a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield - though no amount of armor can save a starchaser that takes one risk too many.