Hydrozenium - Powdered metallic mineral. Highly Toxic, do not touch.
When carefully harvested, by professionals using special bioprotective suits, this highly valuable material is incredibly versatile. Combined with various other elements, can be used to create metals as strong as steel, or even soft material like vinyl. Worth small fortunes on the black market, many small militant groups have worked slaves to death collecting this dangerous resource.
Eternium - Raw metallic ore.
Eternium is a metal as strong as titanium, mined in very hard to find deposits, it's use once processed is similar to titanium, but with a longer half-life and slight orange appearance. Incredibly difficult to harvest, heavy machinery is needed to extract the valuable ore right from the ground. Only specially designed furnaces can superheat the ore enough to prepare it for casting. Properly outfitted, a factory can create nearly indestructable metals to enhance existing machinery or create machines capable of withstanding enormous force.
Demonium - Gelatinous mineral, with toxic gaseous emissions
Said to be deadly in it's unrefined state, Demonium is named from it's legendary beginnings, where people avoided the swamps where it was most common. Once the raw jelly is sucked into the collector, a complete seal is needed to keep the odour from escaping. When purified, the jelly is then added to liquid metals in their forging stage, gaining the ability to become resistant to damage, and also to poison living things on contact with the bloodstream. According to the legends, Demonium is the shed blood of demons (hence the name), and a form of pure evil. Do not let unmasked personnel too near areas with Demonium as they will become sick and/or die soon after.
Cuspflowers - Random Flora
Collected in a large amount, the Cuspflowers grow often between the mountains and the grasslands. When ground up in a processing plant, they can produce a powder called "Fourfuel" that is mixable with fuel to almost quadruple vehicular mileage and efficiency. Also a potent narcotic, it's highly coveted by various mobster gangs, and will often be harvested for street drug, called "Whiz". Many times a Fourfuel refinery has been raided by high-rolling Syndicates for the precious product.
Invetrium - Medicinal spice, with healing properties
Deep in the desert, a blueish dust can often be found close to an oasis, making the sand appear greenish in color. This is Invetrium dust, and it's one of the most powerful healing agents known to exist. So rare on some worlds, governments have traded entire stocks of gold and platinum for mere bottles of the the refined powder. First a machine hovers over the target sand, while selective magnetism pulls up the Invetrium dust, at the same time slowly moving aside the course sand. Processing can only delve to one foot as the beetle's lair that produces it cannot be disturbed, or the colony will move elsewhere. Efforts have been made to duplicate this delicate formula, but to no avail. Some scientists have even try to extract the dust directly from man-made beetle lairs, but the amount produced was too miniscule to make the effort worth the outcome. Once the powder is ready, and no trace of sand remains, it can be added to topical cream to make an ointment, added to a gel or syrum to be injected or even put into small capsules or tablets to be swallowed from incredibly fast releif. The regerative properties of the dust are so powerful, a tiny pinch of the refined powder can heal an entire squad of troops, once divided among them.
Fibrosteel - Dual-component radioactive Metallic Ore, high level biohazaard danger.
Once thought to be the source of much of the religeon of this land, the glowing rocks in the hills show the signs of Fibrosteel. Unstable in it's raw collected state, it glows and seems to pulsate with radioactive energy. Over the years, advances in de-radiating technology have allowed us to use special processors to break down Fibrosteel to remove the radioactive element Winterium (named for it's icey blue glow) from the Fibronium, the hard metallic portion of the ore. Once the Fibronium is clear of the radioactivity, it can be smelted as other metals and used for any number of high-grade metallic uses such as metal plating, armor plating, ammunition production. The Winterium is first refined further, to provide fuel for industrial reactors, such as those used in Fusion-based power plants or the Heavy Vehicle Factories. DO NOT let unprotected personnel or vehicles near the unmined or raw ore for they will run the risk of death. Approach only with proper extractor!
Xenium - Alien mineral, with bioluminescent properties
Greenish glowing crystal formations, these were discovered decades ago on the surface of an alien world, where the inhabitants traded their secrets with the human race for, of all things, the formulas for plastic and 20,000 head of cattle, as they said they were unhappy to "steal it anymore" Once the crystals are harvested, their uses are varied.
- "Force field" technology is now available to us, by focusing slight heat to the crystal fragment properly cut to specifications, and focusing the resulting energy outward from the vehicle.
- Computer technology is now capable of pre-anticipating and pre-calculating data and orders before it is received. Encasing the CPU in a Xenium crystal cut into an hourglass-like shape, connected at the corners, not only is the CPU more powerful but can be clocked at much lower speeds to generate much less heat. The usual fan is placed on top.
- Hovering technology is advanced greatly apply 4 crystals of exact size to the four outer corners of the vehicle, and applying a low electrical charge to them.
- Cloning technology is enhanced with our new AGING chambers. Within the lower levels of the Barracks, the embryonic chambers have a single pyramid-shaped crystal hovering above the newborn clone. By applying a slight proton charge to the crystal, the aging rate of the inside of the chamber advances the newborn to adulthood within moments. The adult clones can then emerge from the chamber to proceed (with help) to the rapid education center for life-experience insertion, indoctrination or battle training.
Evilstone - Darkly marbled rock
Named after the Evil king who kept his entire kingdom in slavery, building his caslte with this type of stone. One requires a plasma cutter to harvest, this nearly impervious stone. It is both dark red and dark blue in marbled fashion. At harvesting time, the stone is cut into giant plates, then carried by hovercraft to be finished and stacked until use, or sold to generate income. When finishing is taking place, chemicals can be used to turn the entire surface to a bright red or medium blue. Some have even managed to discover how to turn the stone naturally to a bright green or yellow. Rare tales are told that state that some have managed to produce purple, pink, white, black
and grey versions, without having to paint the surface. Should the owner wish to change the color, a quick wash with water and detergent, and the new chemical application will change the color to the desired one.
Buzzquartz - Resonnant crystal rock, with ambient hum
Unlike generic quartz, this form emits a low humming noise, depending on it's size. It constantly vibrates, producing a very high frequency pulse. This is the secret behind the "pulse laser" that is crucial to most battles where ammunition isn't always effective against a target. High voltages can be applied to the "Buzz" quartz to generate incredibly intense light, which focused through the right lens arrangement creates a white beam that can cut, burn, bore through and penetrate almost anything it hits. Certain mirrored plating and energy fields may be immune to the effects of the pulse laser, depending on it's strength.
