Cerys Aynia gan Ymlerith Ithlinne
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Crystarium is a Gwerin Doeth-developed synthetic Semi-rigid amorphous crystalline polymer. Unlike most liquid crystal type polymers it is highly reactive this is a result of its' piezoelectric properties whereby the material generates an electric charge in response to applied mechanical load. Ergo, it generates power when a load is applied to it capable of taking on highly complex crystal geometries in response to applied force. The material was synthesized by the ancient Unified Gwerin Ecumene as part of a program to produce an exoskeleton powersuit for the military that wouldn't have the bulk or size associated with traditional hydraulic mechanical exoskeleton systems which were rather cumbersome and ill-suited towards a tactical application. Crystarium generates an electric charge when a mechanical load is applied to it but if a foreign current acts upon the amorphous semi-rigid polymer it plasticly deforms back into a gel-like material allowing its' hardening and softening to be controlled by micro-electric fields to direct the formation of hard crystalline structures within the material, these crystal geometries can withstand a tensile force equal to 1,900 MegaPascals or the equivalent of 275,571 Pounds per square inch or 19,374 Kilograms per square inch which is better quantified as 19.3 Metric tons per square inch. A user wearing a skinsuit containing this material could theoretically subject to their physiological resilience survive extreme pressure and tensile forces.
It should go without saying assessing the material's qualities the benefits that could be provided when sandwiched into a form-fitting bodyskin or skinsuit essentially granting an individual unimpaired strength, endurance and speed of a mechanical exoskeleton without any of the bulk. A Gwerin Doeth has their carrying capacity quadrupled and the reaction time to outside stimulus is drastically reduced by virtue of all of the user's physical inputs amplifying to such a degree in power and speed that some casual movements normally taken become violent and hazardous physiologically. Humans and Near-Humans as a general rule are at risk of serious injury or death relating to the Crystarium's mechanical amplification without significant cybernetic, surgical or chemical physiological augmentation. Unmodified Gwerin Doeth can tolerate the amplification although only with extensive drilling and training to learn how to acclimatize to the increased resolution of nervous system inputs and violent physical outputs. The Crystarium there functionally duplicates the performance of a mechanical exoskeleton at the cost of increased risk of injury to person when used in the application of a form-fitting skinsuit, additionally it should be noted the benefits of the Crystarium only extend to parts of the body covered by the material so often a whole semi-rigid layer of the material is sandwiched into a bodysuit or distributed through a type of capillary circulatory system.
Thus, exoskeleton powersuits utilizing this technology can more closely resemble a traditional ensemble of armor albeit more often than not highly advanced armor. What's more interesting is that because the material can function as an exoskeleton when applied correctly it will carry the mechanical load of the Soldier's armor and attendant load bearing equipment allowing for extremely high tactical mobility. While it would be fair to say that the user of a skinsuit with Crystarium Polymer moves the skinsuit it would be equally true to say the skinsuit is moving the user by generating power in response to their physical inputs and this is what leads to the increased risk of injury, the harder the user pushes the higher the strain placed on their body. The material is extremely toxic to most carbon-based organic life and contact with it in an aerosol or physical state often causes severe nervous system and cardio-vascular symptoms such as involuntary tremoring and tachycardia.
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Create a piezoelectric superconductive at room temperature amorphous gel that generates power in response to mechanical load, to be used in what I've conceptualized as the highly advanced and compact combat powersuits of the Gwerin Doeth as a replacement for bulky hydraulic equipment.
- Image Source:
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Exoskeleton, Ferrocene (Wiki), Mercury, Piezoelectric (Wiki), Polycene, Powersuit
- Designed: 397,104 BBY-397,101 BBY
- Designer: Unified Gwerin Ecumene
- Manufactured: 397,101 BBY-Current
- Manufacturer:
- Affiliation: Closed-Market (Controlled munition)
- Governments & Organisations:
- Current:
- Past:
- Individuals: Any Gwerin Doeth player-characters or non-player characters
- Governments & Organisations:
- Model: Piezoelectric Superconductive Crystalline Polymer
- Series: Crystarium (Tuathi: "Crystariwm")
- Other Name(s):
- Liquid Crystal Polymer
- Mechanigel
- Piezoelectric Polymer
- Quicksilver
- Modularity: Yes (Application, size, etc)
- Production: Mass Produced
- Material: Crystarium
- Classification: Semi-Rigid Amorphous Crystalline Polymer
- Weight: Very Light
- Color: Silvery Liquid
- Resistances: Not intended for protective "armor" applications on its' own.
- Energy: N/A
- Kinetic: N/A
- Lightsabers: N/A
- Sonic: N/A
- EMP/ION: N/A
- Classification: Semi-rigid amorphous crystalline polymer
- Chemical formula: Classified
- Magnetic ordering: Paramagnetic
- Molar mass: 55.933 g/mol
- Appearance: opaque silvery semi-rigid gel
- Odor: Odorless
- Density (Near R.T): 6.5 Gram/Centermeter^3
- Freezing point: -273 Degrees Celsius/-460 Degrees Fahrenheit
- Melting point: -30 Degrees Celsius/-22 Degrees Fahrenheit
- Boiling point: 10,000 Degrees Celsius/5,432 Degrees Fahrenheit
- Method of Consumption:
- Aerosol (Airborne)
- Contact (Physical)
- Side Effects/ Purpose:
- Common: Inhalation of Aerosol
- Formication (Prickling sensation, peripheral nerve pain)
- Paresthesia (Itching, sensation of insects under skin)
- Peripheral Neuropathy (Nerve pain)
- Uncommon: Contact
- Tachycardia
- Complications: Ingestion
- Cardiac arrest
- Toxic Shock
- Common: Inhalation of Aerosol
- Speed of sound: 1,400 m/s
- Superconductive: Yes (@ Room temperature)
- Ultimate tensile strength: 1,900 MegaPascals (Solid crystalline state)
- Amorphous
- Crystalline Polymer
- Piezoelectric
- Semi-rigid
- Superconductor (Room temperature)
- Mechanical Obsolescence: The Mechanigel's nature as an amorphous superconducting piezoelectric material that can crystallize and increase density in response to mechanical load only to then be manipulated by micro-sized electric fields back into their previous state allows the doing away with large mechanical or even electrical exoskeleton assemblies allowing resultant designs to be significantly more compact and appear like a regular combat armor ensemble as opposed to an over-sized industrial-grade exoskeleton. Providing the endurance and strength benefits of an exoskeleton without the bulk.
- Output Amplification: When used in an the application of a bodysuit and connected to an on-board power source the Mechanigel's piezoelectric properties which allow it to generate power in response to mechanical load and structurally deform when subject to an electrical current results in quadrupled lifting capacity and decreases effective reaction to stimulus time by one hundred to five hundred percent due to the precise amplification of voluntary and involuntary reaction. Another interesting behavior of the material is that it effectively carries the weight of a soldier's load-bearing equipment and other associated equipment carried on the person.
- Piezoelectric Superconductor: Not only is this material Piezoelectric it is superconducting at room temperature which makes it very effective at its' intended purpose and most atmospheres and combat environments. Its' superconductive qualities only tend to degrade at extremely low temperatures.
- Highly toxic: This material is extremely toxic and direct physical contact with it should be avoided at all costs by individuals, contact with the material dispersed in an aerosol solution can yield various nervous system symptoms such as tremoring with weakness of the muscles, poor motor control, reduced co-ordination, difficulty walking and standing upright. The severity of these symptoms is directly proportional to the severity of exposure and method of exposure.
- Training required: The severely amplified input force applied by the user can be a significant hazard when the Mechanigel is used in the application of an exoskeleton replacer in a combat ensemble's bodysuit. Subtle movements can become quite forceful even hazardous for a user to the point where a Human or related-species could inadvertently pulverize their own bones and connective tissue, even though the Gwerin Doeth have a more robust physiology for comparison they are still vulnerable to injury. As a result, extensive training must be provided to combatants before wearing a bodysuit featuring Mechanigel layers and even then there is still liability for injury for even as the soldier moves a mechanigel bodysuit the bodysuit also moves the soldier and accelerates, amplifies and heightens the force of their bodily motion, resulting in greater strength, speed and endurance at the risk of even severe injury at maximal exertion.
Crystarium is a Gwerin Doeth-developed synthetic Semi-rigid amorphous crystalline polymer. Unlike most liquid crystal type polymers it is highly reactive this is a result of its' piezoelectric properties whereby the material generates an electric charge in response to applied mechanical load. Ergo, it generates power when a load is applied to it capable of taking on highly complex crystal geometries in response to applied force. The material was synthesized by the ancient Unified Gwerin Ecumene as part of a program to produce an exoskeleton powersuit for the military that wouldn't have the bulk or size associated with traditional hydraulic mechanical exoskeleton systems which were rather cumbersome and ill-suited towards a tactical application. Crystarium generates an electric charge when a mechanical load is applied to it but if a foreign current acts upon the amorphous semi-rigid polymer it plasticly deforms back into a gel-like material allowing its' hardening and softening to be controlled by micro-electric fields to direct the formation of hard crystalline structures within the material, these crystal geometries can withstand a tensile force equal to 1,900 MegaPascals or the equivalent of 275,571 Pounds per square inch or 19,374 Kilograms per square inch which is better quantified as 19.3 Metric tons per square inch. A user wearing a skinsuit containing this material could theoretically subject to their physiological resilience survive extreme pressure and tensile forces.
It should go without saying assessing the material's qualities the benefits that could be provided when sandwiched into a form-fitting bodyskin or skinsuit essentially granting an individual unimpaired strength, endurance and speed of a mechanical exoskeleton without any of the bulk. A Gwerin Doeth has their carrying capacity quadrupled and the reaction time to outside stimulus is drastically reduced by virtue of all of the user's physical inputs amplifying to such a degree in power and speed that some casual movements normally taken become violent and hazardous physiologically. Humans and Near-Humans as a general rule are at risk of serious injury or death relating to the Crystarium's mechanical amplification without significant cybernetic, surgical or chemical physiological augmentation. Unmodified Gwerin Doeth can tolerate the amplification although only with extensive drilling and training to learn how to acclimatize to the increased resolution of nervous system inputs and violent physical outputs. The Crystarium there functionally duplicates the performance of a mechanical exoskeleton at the cost of increased risk of injury to person when used in the application of a form-fitting skinsuit, additionally it should be noted the benefits of the Crystarium only extend to parts of the body covered by the material so often a whole semi-rigid layer of the material is sandwiched into a bodysuit or distributed through a type of capillary circulatory system.
Thus, exoskeleton powersuits utilizing this technology can more closely resemble a traditional ensemble of armor albeit more often than not highly advanced armor. What's more interesting is that because the material can function as an exoskeleton when applied correctly it will carry the mechanical load of the Soldier's armor and attendant load bearing equipment allowing for extremely high tactical mobility. While it would be fair to say that the user of a skinsuit with Crystarium Polymer moves the skinsuit it would be equally true to say the skinsuit is moving the user by generating power in response to their physical inputs and this is what leads to the increased risk of injury, the harder the user pushes the higher the strain placed on their body. The material is extremely toxic to most carbon-based organic life and contact with it in an aerosol or physical state often causes severe nervous system and cardio-vascular symptoms such as involuntary tremoring and tachycardia.
