Special Materials

== Overview ==
Special materials refer to any mineral, metal, rock, or item that exists naturally and provides a unique bonus when applied properly. The items on this article are all naturally occurring and cannot be synthesized. With the exception of one, they're all finite and will eventually run out.
== Non-Renewable Materials ==
=== Garudalloy ===
Found in space belonging to the now defunct Republic of Garuda, Garudalloy was a metal that, when refined properly, was just as strong and durable as traditional starship armor, but only weighed half. This allowed for a ship to be built that weighed less than an exact copy without the material. It also meant it took up less room, allowing for these ships to carry more weapons and have more interior space. However, the only Garudalloy left in existence is the material used in the Valkyrie-class Supercarriers of the Solarian Empire, as well as a small stockpile SPECIFICALLY for repairing the Supercarriers. The Supercarriers move like ships half their size and carry more weapons than they should.
=== Avonite ===
Found in Ecumene space, Avonite is weaker than traditional armor in its base state. However, when an electrical current is run through it, Avonite becomes stronger and denser, allowing a ship with Avonite armor to take more damage and the expense of weapon room. This makes Ecumenian ships more durable than any other ship of similar size.
=== Floatstone ===
A rather finicky material found in Sidemorian space, Floatstone produces an anti-gravity effect when an electrical current is run trough it. It's not a large one, and the greater the current, the greater the hovering height. However, the Floatstone can only take so much. If too much electricity is run through it, or it's run for too long, it will explode.
== Renewable Materials ==
=== Psi-Stone ===
Psi-Stone is a strange appearance on this list, as it's 100% biological. Psi-Stone is Suunatari solid waste. It has no smell and is formed through psychic energy. When it hardens, it's incredibly light, durable and strong, to the point it can be used to patch hull breaches, be used as body armor, kinetic slugs, and melee weapons. However, due to it's biological nature, plasma is more effective against it than any other armor. a ship made out of Psi-Stone is essentially as light as the same ship coated with Garudalloy.
== Unknown ==
=== Orovium ===
Orovium is a metal viewed as sacred by the Oro Convent and heavily guarded. Only specific individuals know how it is made and how to work with it, with the overwhelming majority of them serving the Order of Seekers. The material is almost paper thin and incredibly light, but almost unrealistically durable. It can be either incredibly rigid or incredibly flexible, allowing it multiple uses. Those outside the Order that have any amount of Orovium are seen as beloved by the Convent's leadership, as Orovium is only gifted in the most extreme of cases.
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