Tertius C. Nargath
The Third
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STANDARD FEATURES:
Market status: Closed-Market
Production status: Limited
Resistances:
- Energy blasts: High
- Kinetic energy: High
- Thermal: Very High
- Radiation: Average
- Sonic: Average
- EMP/ION: High
- Corrosive materials: Very Low
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Thermal absorbtion: In contrast to most metals and alloys which will either warp or singe when coming under an intense change of thermal activity (heat in the form of an explosion for instance, or cold due to liquid nitrogen being sprayed), Eridium absorbs and or redictributes the change of thermal energy throughout its crystalline structure, meaning it isn't just resistant to thermal influences but may actually avoid the results of these changes to pass through itself.
- Thermal refraction (Heat): Eridium may actually be capable of refracting and resending extreme heat it had absorbed into itself, though this does not mean it can bounce off and send back explosions, it does mean it may start to exude the thermal energy it has in excess, which potentially may benefit the metal as an alternative defense as this extreme heat may for instance detonate incoming ordinance prematurely.
- Physically beautiful: Eridium as an alloy has a quality midnight purple sheen to it, a characteristic which in fact makes it applicable not only in military applications, but also in jewelry and other detailing work which emphasizes its beautiful sheen.
- Thermal solidity: Eridium alloy stands as one of the few metals to actively be used against thermal problems such as heatshielding and other applications where heat andf other thermal fluctuations tend to be an issue.
- Balanced resistances towards heat, energy blasts and kinetic energy make this alloy very much suited for shipbuilding and other military applications, but also in industrial applications.
- Acids: because of how this alloy is made, acids in particular can be very effective on this material.
- As it is difficult to mold, this metal alloy is not suitable for small applications that exist out of many smaller parts such as armor or smaller weaponry.
Eridium is formed out of an experimental test with artificial kyber crystals, while the endresult yielded two distinct metal alloys, Eridium is the one which showed most promise as a mass market alloy with great possibilities in military and industrial applications. With its ability to absorb and even expell this absorbed energy, Eridium has shown quite the opportunities in regards to forming ship armor and hulls, even specialized reactive armor for ground vehicles and starfighters.
Originally Eridium as mentioned before, came as part of two metal alloys formed after expermients were done with the leftovers from the creation of artificial kyber crystals, these fragments would be ground to dust and mixed in with Ersteel SLCA in order to create a fundamentally different alloy in the form of Eridium, which showed strange properties in regards to its thermal resistances, as it was capable of not only absorbing thermal energy, but to even expell excess thermal energy rather than melting or warping its shape, which as a unique ability was quite interesting in regards to anti-ordinance plating and armor.
Alas because of the changed structure of the alloy, now having a closer resemblance to a crystalline structure, it became much harder to form and mold into shapes, requiring more intense labor and thus having a higher cost than the Ersteel SLCA it is derived from, despite in truth not being as versatile as its original alloy parent.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
to create yet another useable alloy for my material line up
Technical Information
Affiliation:
N&Z Umbrella Corporation
Modular:
No
Material:
Ersteel SLCA, Artificial kyber crystal fragments
