Gravitonium

## Summary

Gravitonium is a rare metal of extraterrestial origin. Formed in cosmic storms within space, the metal is named for its ability to distort local gravity fields. When a mass of gravitonium is stimulated by an electrical current, the material begins to emit powerful gravity fields, leading to phenomenon such as increasing or decreasing the effect of gravity within a certain space or shifting the direction and the point of attraction.

Gravitonium is used by various organizations for a variety of purposes, such as selectively manipulating effects of gravity on large structures, enabling them to remain in the air while still connected to their planetary body and for its inhabitants to walk normally within the structure irself. Other purposes including harnasses to enable extended flight or weaponry.

Gravitonium's main properties were explored, documented and published by Dr. Franklin Hall, prior to his descent into madness and becoming the supervillian known as Graviton. Outside of Earth, it remains relatively rare and used primary in larger space-craft.

## Properties

Gravitonium is a soft and malleable metal over in room temperature. It's known for being suprisingly light and possessing unstable mass. Its signature property is the ability to produce local gravity fields, leading to the distorton of gravity within a local radius. This occurs when the material is exposed to electric currents and electromagnetic field. The material becomes firmer and gravity is distorted within a certain radius, its size and potency depending on the amount of gravitoniun along with volt, amperage and so on of the electric current along with other factors, such as magnetic fields.

Within these fields, the force of gravity becomes distorted with a variety of different effects. The force of gravity can be increased or decreased, allowing to render objects heavier or lighter within the field itself. Another is the field can allow for anything within it to operate much more indepedently of the gravity of the plantary body they're on, allowing them to hover and even fly. Gravity nexuses can even be created, serving as a point of attraction for gravity.

Beyond its gravity manipulating capabilities, gravitonium is a relatively mundane metal. It is nontoxic under normal conditions and can be handled with minimal safety equipment. It has been comparable to aluminum regarding its ease of handling in normal conditions. It is a very dark-colored metal. While relatively soft and malleable, it has a surprisingly high melting point and can still function mostly in its liquid states.

The gravity manipulating properties of gravitonium appear to last indefinitely or at least for millons of years. However, it can be overpowered by other sources. It is also found mainly in deep space though some deposits have ended up on planets, including Earth through meteors. However, it has only been in the last decade or so has human science grown sophisticated enough to be able to extract gravitonium from plantary deposits.

Gravitonium can be influenced by other forms of radiation, including exotic radiation. One example would be the experiment that would lead to Dr. Hall's experiments resulting in gravitonium fusing to his body and leading him to become the supervillain Graviton.

## Applications

The biggest application for gravitonium is in its use for the creation of gravity field generators in various objects for a multitude of reasons. An apparatus with gravitonium could allow the user to levitate in the air and even fly with basic thrust and lift. A fully grown person could be able to fly with a gravity field generator with a few grams of gravitonium. This could be upscaled to massive structures could be maintained in the atmosphere indefinitely, as seen with some SHIELD bases requiring a few kilograms.

Another example is the creation of artificial gravity over in large habitants and stuctures over within deep space. More esoteric applications would be creating apparatuses that would have a larger field of influence, allowing wearers to briefly dilute the effects of gravity on nearby heavy objects. Purposes for this include construction, landscape development, disaster clean up and so on.

However, its scarcity means it is known little to the public outside in textbooks. It is sometimes found in top secret government facilities like Project PEGASUS or especially in the black market. Attempts at creating synthetic gravitonium have yielded limited success. The little that is know is the substance does not last quite long.