Lythuric Gas
Lythuric Gas is a type of naturally occurring gas used as a fuel additive and shield generator component. When viewed in the visible spectrum, it takes the form of a white-blue gas. While not toxic to higher forms of life, exposure to the gas often causes a mental 'dulling' effect similar to depressants. Effects can include drowsiness, inability to focus, emotional suppression, and difficulty in thinking. Long-term exposure can result in limited anterograde amnesia. While occasionally used in medical or crowd control fields, satramene gas is preferred for those purposes. Instead, the main use of lythuric gas is in shield generators and fuel additives.
Modern shield generators utilise lythuric gas to create a secondary "dampening field" just ahead of the main energy screen. This field reduces the velocity of incoming projectiles and breaks up plasma containment fields, allowing the shield itself to absorb less incoming fire. While most shield generators only utilise a small amount of lythuric gas, due to its rarity, larger amounts can further enhance the effect - albeit at a diminishing return.
In addition to creating dampening fields, refined lythuric gas is highly energetic. Small amounts introduced to thruster systems can drastically improve output, oftentimes increasing output by over ten percent. However, due to the expense of lythuric gas, its use as a fuel additive is generaly not economical. Its main use is on racing and courier ships, and some military vessels during wartime.
Like satramene gas lythuric gas is most commonly found in the upper atmospheres of gas giants. However, it is also found in harvestable concentrations in many nebulae. Mining ships scour systems in nebulae for concentrations of the gas. When a concentration is detected (which, due to the sensor-defeating properties of nebulae, requires close-range scans), it is pumped into storage tanks, and taken to a refinery (usually the system's starbase) for processing. The gas can also be produced artificially, albeit at a significant expense.
Modern shield generators utilise lythuric gas to create a secondary "dampening field" just ahead of the main energy screen. This field reduces the velocity of incoming projectiles and breaks up plasma containment fields, allowing the shield itself to absorb less incoming fire. While most shield generators only utilise a small amount of lythuric gas, due to its rarity, larger amounts can further enhance the effect - albeit at a diminishing return.
In addition to creating dampening fields, refined lythuric gas is highly energetic. Small amounts introduced to thruster systems can drastically improve output, oftentimes increasing output by over ten percent. However, due to the expense of lythuric gas, its use as a fuel additive is generaly not economical. Its main use is on racing and courier ships, and some military vessels during wartime.
Like satramene gas lythuric gas is most commonly found in the upper atmospheres of gas giants. However, it is also found in harvestable concentrations in many nebulae. Mining ships scour systems in nebulae for concentrations of the gas. When a concentration is detected (which, due to the sensor-defeating properties of nebulae, requires close-range scans), it is pumped into storage tanks, and taken to a refinery (usually the system's starbase) for processing. The gas can also be produced artificially, albeit at a significant expense.
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