Ucrylium

Generally considered a single element, Ucrylium is a typically purple-hued material, that takes on a number of forms, each of which exhibiting unique, if highly unusual, properties. Regardless of it's form, Ucrylium is found at a rate similar to that of materials like uraninite, and pockets have been located throughout the entirety of the Titanborne's Roost nebula.

## History

Magdoran knowledge of Ucrylium began with the arrival of the Titans, who, while they did not introduce the element to the planet, arrived with immense knowledge of the material, and ways to exploit it. Their knowledge was largely lost in their departure, however, with their artefacts serving as the only remnants of this knowledge.

Without this knowledge, Ucrylium was generally impossible to be harvested or refined by the Magdoran people, with the technology to do so only being invented after the Ascension. Since that time, Ucrylium quickly came into regular use, once the applications for it were discovered.

Other races in the Titanborne's Roost have encountered Ucrylium before meeting the Magdoran Conglomerate, however little of its utility was accessible to them, limited largely to basic Ucrylium alloys

## Forms

Each form of Ucrylium generally has a unique set of properties, and occassionally a unique way of converting other forms of Ucrylium into it. Across the board, however, pure- or largely pure,- Ucrylium is resistant to excessive temperatures and impacts.

### Ucrylium Ore

The most known form of Ucrylium, this ore is also the most common. It manifests as any other ore does, however the resulting compounds are extremely reactive, beyond that of even nano-thermite. This extreme reactivity was the primary reason extraction and refining were halted- with entire deposits being made practically unusable from even a single pickaxe strike. Culturally, efforts to harvest the material quickly became stigmatized, with the few attempts over the centuries resulting in great costs of life, time, and/or resources.

The ore is notably much less heat and impact resistant than other forms of Ucrylium, however both of these things trigger it's thermite properties. Extraction of this form consists of "injecting" a deposit with a superheated plasma, often contained using powerful electric and magnetic currents, the plasma itself being a specially-selected blend, designed to react with the ore compound and create a Ucrylium slag. The slag would then be extracted while it is still molten, and transported to a refinement facility, or wherever else it may be needed.

### Metallic Ucrylium

Metallic Ucrylium is the second most known form, and the easiest to refine from raw ore- made by simply removing undesired elements from the slag,- however it is also the most difficult to make useful products with, due to the it's high density, and incredible resilience. Metallic Ucrylium alloys primarily see use in large and geometrically simple objects, namely armored plating and primary structural components.

### Crystalline Ucrylium

Crystalline Ucrylium is the most used form of Ucrylium, and tied with the metallic form on public awareness. Crystals, including crystal threads and webs, are primarily made by reacting liquid solutions and/or salts with one another, that deposit the Ucrylium in it's desired shape. Crystals are as heat resistant as metallic Ucrylium, but is less impact resistant, and conducts energy at scales greater than typical superconductors.

Thanks to this, it is incredibly useful in circuitry and computers, and it is relatively easy, if slow, to produce said circuits. Large-scale applications are less easy, with larger crystal structures becoming increasingly prone to defects, which at said scales often become catastrophic in a short amount of time.

In certain arrangements, crystalline Ucrylium is capable of manipulating local spacetime, in a manner that would eventually allow it to be used in artificial gravity systems. At its extreme, this same phenomena is responsible for what allows Gates to function, though the exact mechanism for it is largely a mystery.

### Ucrylium Dust

Ucrylium dust is a unique form, consisting of chemically bound but highly ionized Ucrylium particles, which rarely react to anything in their environment. How these particles form naturally is generally considered to be exposure to strong ionizing radiation, however experiments with this have produced little. What is known, however, is the extreme toxicity, and carcinogenic properties.