Syn-Shard

Syn-Shard crystals are weapon-crystals used in blasters and sabers by the Didanir Covenant. These crystals are designed to disable and destroy Jedi weapons.

Creation
Synthetic crystals used by the Sith have been known to overload and destroy or disable sabers that their blades come into contact with, though this was rare. Nyah and Sukith used this property to develop the first syn-shard prototypes.

The crystals have continued to develop since then, preventing the Jedi from creating a defense against them.

Effects
The crystals colour the sabers or blaster bolts a dark yellow colour. Prolonged contact with these blades or bolts will eventually disable or destroy sabers. This often gives the Didanir Covenant an upper-hand when fighting the Jedi.

Jedi Involvement
The Jedi discovered the weakening properties after the destruction of many sabers during conflict with the Covenant.

While efforts have been made to recover these crystals, only early prototypes have been recovered to be studied by the Enclave. The only sure defense against syn-shard weapons are to use weapons that do not rely on a crystal to power them such as traditional blades.

Jedi fighting the Covenant often must discard their sabers in favour of traditional weapons in order to have any chance against the Covenant.