Kal
Whispers
- Intent: A 'living' material favoured by the Shadows.
- Image Source: Pilot by Erik Nilsson
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Nanotechnology, Liquid Metal, Lamina, etc.
- Manufacturer: Greystone Mercantile
- Affiliation: Greystone Mercantile
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Animatter / Eternium
- Modularity: Immense. Capable of restructuring itself on the fly.
- Production: Limited
- Material: Exotic Matter.
- Classification: 'Living' 'Metal'
- Weight: Average | Variable
- Colour: Black | Variable
- Resistances: Comparable to similarly high-end materials. Resilient, but hardly phrik.
- See below.
- Living Metal: Animatter can reconfigure itself on the spot to fit a variety of purposes - it can even form neural patterns within itself, simulating the ability to think to an eerie degree. It can self-repair, adapt to resist external threats, and even lash out with scythe-tipped tendrils or turn a floor as permeable as quicksand. Animatter vessels have even been known to 'swallow' trespassers into the hull in order to 'contain' them.
- Destruction: Animatter is not indestructible - sufficient energy will destroy part of the whole, giving what remains less to self-repair with.
- Disjunction: Animatter is not indisruptable - its ability to communicate internally can be attacked, particularly by skilled technopaths.
- Dispersion: Animatter is not inseparable - it can only communicate with other parts of the whole over relatively short distances.
Animatter, not to be confused with antimatter, is a self-malleable material synthesised from the 'raw stuff of creation' harvested from the very depths of the Dreamlands. While certainly more resilient than common durasteel and the like, its true value is its versatility - Animatter can shift from a solid state to a liquid or even clouds of smoggy particles, repair itself (to a certain degree) when damaged, and carry currents as well as any circuitry.
Under the right circumstances, it can even produce a facsimile of consciousness, as if the very material itself was a droid brain.
Naturally, this 'animated matter' also has its limitations. For one, it is notably less resilient than phrik (lightsabers can cut it just fine, with time) and while linked to the greater whole in a way that is difficult to jam or interfere with, this connection only functions over fairly short distances.
While scattering metal is somewhat difficult, its liquid and especially vapour forms are much more susceptible to such methods.
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