Super Tensile Solids
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| Super Tensile Solids | |
|---|---|
| Requires | Matter Compression, Advanced Spaceflight |
| Leads to | Matter Editation |
| Armor | Pulse 8 Armor |
| Facility | Habitation Dome |
| Secret Project | The Space Elevator |
Optical computers, genetic catalogs, nanorepair modules--forget all of that. It's when you see a megaton of steel suspended over your head by a thread the thickness of a human hair that you really find God in technology.
- -- Anonymous Metagenics Dockworker,
- MorganLink 3DVision Live Interview
The requirements of Advanced Spaceflight and the possibilities inherent in Matter Compression lead to research in Super Tensile Solids. These materials possess such strength as to be functionally unbreakable in a natural environment.
