Klein Matter

## Overview

Perhaps the strangest arcanomaterial used by the Dominion. Most consider it to be metaphysical in nature. The understanding of Klein matter is still poor but it's one of the most essential parts of the Dominion.

## Origin

Kthulhutu produced non-isolated spherical constructs of Klein matter, known as Klein stars during the Golden Age of Alchemy. He used them as a store of alchemic energy for his various artifacts. He never understood the true physical properties of the stars, and his ability to filter out impurities and imperfections was limited. Like the other arcanomaterials, Klein stars were quickly picked up by the proto-Dominion and it took a truly herculean research effort to isolate Klein matter from the star constructs produced by unassisted alchemy. Once it was isolated, it took even longer for it's physical and metaphysical properties to be analyzed and a perfected industrial process to be formalized.

## Physical Properties

The density of this matter is observed to be 679477248000 kilograms per meter cubed, making it akin to degenerate matter. Which is contradictory because it forms a natural crystalline structure and is not tightly packed at all.

Klein matter is not praised for its durability, despite its impressive density it has poor tensile strength and is typically stored in an unstable state, requiring various safety measures to keep it intact.

What makes Klein matter special is its ability to store ludicrous amounts of alchemic energy within its crystalline hyper-structure (which can easily be converted into other usable forms). Klein matter is naturally most stable and energy-dense in a spherical shape known as a Klein star. Drawing energy from a Klein star is a simple alchemic process that can be integrated seamlessly into machinery.

The maximum energy density of Klein matter is approximately 2×10^30 joules/m^3. This makes it considerably more energy-dense than all but the most exotic of materials. More unstable "super configurations" exist and are used for dedicated battery complexes but are highly fragile. It is also worth noting that scaling in size is the best way to get more energy storage out of a klein star as a battery complex extending into light years of radius can still charge and discharge very quickly thanks to entangled klein transmitters/receivers.

The stability of Klein matter is inversely proportional to much energy it is storing. Trying to store the maximum density of energy in Klein matter is a recipe for a very devastating explosion without extensive safety measures.

When Klein matter breaks down, it releases all of its stored energy in a chaotic and uncontrolled transmutation into random subatomic particles with varying properties and kinetic energy. This is often absolutely devastating and can result in the creation of unpredictable exotic phenomena. As you'd expect, this has been weaponized.

## Usage

Klein matter is almost exclusively used as an energy storage medium. The spherical Klein star formation is the most common due to its increased stability, but smaller weaves and plates of Klien matter may be used where a star is unnecessary. It also sees usage as a weapon in Broken Warheads.

It is an essential component of Homunculi.

The entanglement of Klein stars is one of the most important technological breakthroughs by the Dominion. It is the foundational technology behind their Network.