“The black curve is the Shield, the blue shape is a Xeranai battleship, the red arrow is the capital ship disrupter it’s using to create a breach, and the trapezoid is the portal created by our Travelers. And the green arrow is the graser beam.”
Atwood nodded. “I can see how that would cause the battleship a headache. Especially if the portal manifested swiftly, fired, and closed again.”
“Then changed position for the next shot. The Xeranai would be getting battered every second, from a different direction.”
“You can count on me to endorse this, Belessar,” Atwood concluded. “Assuming you can figure out a way to make it work.”
“That’s the part I’m curious about, too,” added Palmer. “What do you need to build your new resonator?”
“A bit of redesign,” I sighed, “and a new type of furnace. One that will soak up a lot of power.”
“How much power exactly?”
“Well, that’s the tricky part….”
ADAMANTIUM SYNTHESIS FORGE
CONTROLLED CRYSTALLIZATION OF LEAD ATOMS FROM THE VAPOUR PHASE ON TO A PRE-EXISTING POLYMER SCAFFOLD ALLOWS FOR THE CREATION OF ADAMANTIUM. NATURALLY, MANAGING THE TRICKY PROCESS OF CONVERTING LEAD VAPOUR INTO SOLIDS WITHOUT LINGERING TOO LONG IN THE INTERMEDIATE LIQUID STATE IS A TRICKY, PERILOUS PROCESS. THE EXTREME ENERGY REQUIREMENTS DON’T HELP.
THE ADAMANTIUM SYNTHESIS FORGE IS A HIGH-TEMPERATURE FURNACE INTENDED TO CONTROL THE RATE OF VAPOUR FORMATION, CONDENSATION, AND DEPOSITION.
THE FORGE REQUIRES AN INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER - IN THE FORM OF AN COMPUTING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF OPERATING IN THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT INSIDE THE FURNACE, AND GUIDING THE PROCESS VIA HIGH-SPEED CORRECTIONS TO THE CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS.
REQUIREMENTS:
1 EXTREME TEMPERATURE LIQUID METAL COMPUTER AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER ARRAY +
1 HIGH TEMPERATURE FURNACE WITH REFRACTORY BRICKS +
1 SCAFFOLDING FORMATION TEMPLATE +
CAPTIVE POWER CAPACITY OF 250 MW + 50,000 MP
SKILL: CONSTRUCTION LEVEL 25
SKILL: ENERGY SYSTEMS LEVEL 10
SKILL: MECHANIC LEVEL 50
SKILL: CHEMIST LEVEL 25