Nexite

Nexite was a element that resulted from energy seeping out of the Nexus, caused by breaches during the war with Tyrannis. This energy only manifested in the presence of large amounts of solid matter, such as planets. It appeared in the galaxy in 3033, but vanished in 3039 thanks to warlord Vallos stabilizing the boundary between reality and the Nexus.
Its unique properties allowed it to transmute into any known element when stimulated with psionic waves. In some cases, it would even turn into a undiscovered element. It had to potential to provide any government or corporation with any element or compound they desire, no matter how rare. This, of course, provided huge economic advantages and had numerous military applications. The strongest concentrations were found in the Glade system.
Mining nexite was incredibly dangerous. It was known to become extremely unstable at random, turning into something explosively volatile or highly radioactive upon stimulation. Sometimes it reacted to one's emotional state, or disrupted electronics. Other times it caused instant death to any organic life forms near it. Special extraction procedures were thus employed to avoid setting off a reaction.
It had been theorized that a special and undiscovered variety of nexite was why Glade 4 is so radioactive, but the world's radioactivity persisted after the nexite vanished.
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