Monowire weapons owe their superior cutting ability to a strand of super-strong wire a few molecules thick, which is stretched along the edge of a reinforced sword or knife. Monowire blades inflict +2 cutting damage and get a (10) armor divisor. Since the monowire is only along a blade's edge, it cannot cut into a flat surface. Any melee or thrown weapon that inflicts cutting damage can be made in a monowire version for 10 times normal cost. This upgrade is incompatible with superfine or vibroblade weapons. LC3.
BROADSWORD (DX-5, Force Sword-4, Rapier-4, Saber-4, Shortsword-2, or Two-Handed Sword-4)
TL
Weapon
Damage
Reach
Parry
Cost
Weight
ST
Notes
9^
Monowire Broadsword
sw+3 cut(10)
1
0
$5,000
3
10
—
or
thr+1 cr
1
0
–
–
10
—
9^
Monowire Thrusting Broadsword
sw+3 cut(10)
1
0
$6,000
3
10
—
or
thr+2 imp
1
0
–
–
10
—
9^
Monowire Bastard Sword
sw+3 cut(10)
1, 2
0U
$6,500
5
11
—
or
thr+1 cr
2
0U
–
–
11
—
9^
Monowire Katana
sw+3 cut(10)
1, 2
0
$6,500
5
11
—
or
thr+1 imp
1
0
–
–
11
—
9^
Monowire Thrusting Bastard Sword
sw+3 cut(10)
1, 2
0U
$7,500
5
11
—
or
thr+2 imp
2
0U
–
–
11
—
9^
Monowire Cavalry Saber
sw+3 cut(10)
1
0
$5,000
3
10
—
or
thr+1 imp
1
0
–
–
10
—
KNIFE (DX-4, Force Sword-3, Main-Gauche-3, or Shortsword-3)
TL
Weapon
Damage
Reach
Parry
Cost
Weight
ST
Notes
9^
Large Monowire Knife
sw cut(10)
C, 1
-1
$400
1
6
—
or thr imp
C
-1
–
–
6
[1]
9^
Small Monowire Knife
sw-1 cut(10)
C, 1
-1
$300
0.5
5
—
or thr-1 imp
C
-1
–
–
5
[1]
SHORTSWORD (DX-5, Broadsword-2, Force Sword-4, Jitte/Sai-3, Knife-4, Saber-4, Smallsword-4, or Tonfa-3)
TL
Weapon
Damage
Reach
Parry
Cost
Weight
ST
Notes
9^
Monowire Shortsword
sw+2 cut(10)
1
0
$4,000
2
8
—
or
thr imp
1
0
–
–
8
—
9^
Monowire Cutlass
sw+2 cut(10)
1
0
$3,000
2
8
[10]
or
thr imp
1
0
–
–
8
—
TWO-HANDED SWORD (DX-5, Broadsword-4, or Force Sword-4)