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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.
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Like you guessed it is a cultural icon. The emperor that united their home world used it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%27leth#Use_in_Star_Trek
See, that makes sense why it's a less than ideal design. We have weird weapons here on earth that have significance, but aren't ideal designs. The batleth is more of a hungamunga than a longsword :)
Ok, so it's made of carbon fibre. But that can't be the only ingredient.