Oss Crystals

:"The rocks buried themselves deep into the planet's surface. They melted and reformed into layers of bright translucent crystal. Settled, they drifted to sleep, they remembered everything, and around them the world began to evolve. The Y'ruk would rise on this planet, would name the crystals Oss, and build a great civilization." — Me'ekap's Myths of Convergence
The OSS Crystal is a significant mineral from the planet Ossuary. Its primary function is to absorb and store memories, making it a vital tool for preserving cultural heritage, especially for the Y’ruk people. However, contemporary uses include technological advancements that have broadened its application. There's a mythological aspect tied to it, connecting it potentially to a larger cosmic entity, the Great Sentient Asteroid Field, although this connection is speculative.
== From a poster in the Library of Ossuary ==
Oss is a psychic mineral found below the surface of the planet Ossuary. This unique crystal has the ability to absorb and store memories from living biological hosts. Oss use became commonplace by the V'ruk, the original inhabitants of Ossuary, as a way to preserve their cultural past after their home planet was devastated by a volcanic eruption. 
=== HOW OSS STORES MEMORIES ===
Micro pseudo-sentient particles within the Oss crystal create a magnetic force that extracts brain waves from the flow of the ether field. Once a memory becomes embedded in the crystal, the memory becomes conceptually fastened and kept structurally intact.
=== READING AND EXTRACTION ===
Traditionally, memories in Oss could be read using a form of telepathy. Lyra Osstrand, the first documented Ossuarian Librarian, is credited with developing the process known as "speaking," which, in historical text, refers to one's ability to "speak with the stones." With modern technological advancements, memories can now be extracted from Oss as well as converted into electronic wavelength algorithmic digital pulses (EWADP), a method made popular by the Convergence Exchange.
=== PROPERTIES ===
Quantum, Emotional, Recollective, Psych-descriptive, Cortextual.
=== MYTHOLOGICAL RELATION ===
There is a growing school of thought posing that Oss could be related to The Great Sentient Asteroid Field (GSAF), though there is no definitive material to substantiate this claim.