To boldly alchemize what no one alchemized before
The cross-section of a Griet hypermatter tank
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To provide a self-sealing hypermatter tank
- Image Source: Army Technology
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: Back to the Futures (20 posts; Griet learns about futures contracts and how they are traded and is written from Griet's perspective, with Janick accompanying her in the learning process)
- Primary Source: Self-sealing fuel tank
- Manufacturer: Ringovinda Systems
- Model: Griet self-sealing hypermatter tank
- Affiliation: Open-Market
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
- Material: Rubberized laminanium, safety foam
- Safety foam: allows for swelling in presence of hypermatter
- Prevents hypermatter leaks from spilling out significant quantities of hypermatter
- Multiple failsafes allowing crashworthiness
- Heavier than a non-self-sealing hypermatter fuel tank
- Large leaks take longer to re-seal
- The innermost two layers take longer to re-seal if fuel is low, due to their reliance on absorbing ambient hypermatter
The Griet self-sealing hypermatter tank is an hypermatter tank that contains several layers of safety, allowing a ship equipped with it to avoid fuel leaks from destroying the ship. The innermost layer contains a special safety foam, dividing the fuel content in so many different micro-compartments small enough to prevent combustion. The safety foam can swell in the presence of hypermatter until it fills all the space as constrained by the second layer, made of rubber. Should a Griet fuel tank take a hit from the outside, the laminanium layer will re-seal itself almost instantly, with the rubber layer underneath it absorbing hypermatter until the hole in the tank is sealed. The speed at which the process occurs will allow hypermatter leaks to only diffuse a limited amount of hypermatter before the breach is sealed, with the resulting assembly being crashworthy. Despite the use of laminanium, larger leaks take much longer to re-seal and it might be a little late.
