Sludge

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Technical Specifications	Technical Specifications
Name 	Sludge
Classification 	Alien Handwavium
Type 	Power Source/Building Material
Initial investigations into the nature of Sludge led to observations of samples transitioning from solid to liquid forms seemingly of its own accord. This resulted in the widespread belief that Sludge's primary and inherent ability was to mimic substances in proximity to itself. As it was already known at the time that Suits all possessed mass fabrication capabilities to meet needs for weapon ammunition, it was assumed that Sludge was converted into ammunition and fired by the suit. This theory had a number of problems, the first of which became hard to overlook once Sludge's energy density and use as an explosive in of itself became evident, making the steps of converting Sludge to much less destructive solid projectiles or components to energy weapons pointless. It also opened up the dreadful possibility that the spent shell casings and damaged components produced in such a manner would revert to their natural Sludge state, leaving planet covered in puddles of highly radioactive, explosively unstable Sludge.
It was eventually determined by the Engineers that Sludge instead served simply as a form of liquid energy storage. As Suits take in solar energy, they convert this energy into Sludge for storage. Sludge is later converted back into energy by the Suit and used to fuel the Suit's mass fabricator in order to supply ammunition and fuel for the Suit's operations.
Sludge itself can therefor be described as incredibly energy dense substance. Because of its energy density, it is highly radioactive and explosively volatile, making its study difficult without precisely controlled conditions. 
Visually, it is black/grey in coloration, with an odd, oily sheen. At room temperature it resembles a peculiar crystalline fluid. Scientists at Pandora have discovered that when subject to supercooling, Sludge loses its unstable traits and becomes much more manageable, but obviously loses its transitional properties.
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