Colossus By Design: In With the New

[Working Title]: Secrets of the New Universe
[Authors]: Dr. Anna Maximoff
[Subjects]: Ichor Catalyst; Orichalcum Production; Androids

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[Subject]: Ichor Catalyst


[Footnotes]:

P.E.M.F.s, the gift that keeps on giving.

If what's being given is senseless destruction and death, anyways. But we, the people of the mid 22nd century, just got used to that stuff. It's kinda scary how casual people are when it comes to giant monsters popping up and destroying our society bit by bit nowadays.

Must be a kind of complacency as a result of the Guardian Sentinels being there to protect us.

ANYWAYS...... back onto this next topic for the book. Ichor. In Greek mythology, Ichor is said to be the blood of gods and immortals. At least that's what the old texts say from something called a "Wikipedia", as the folks back in the 2000s called it. Crazy, crazy people they were. But that is the long story short of it, and it really does fit with where I'm going with all this.

Naturally, we decided to name this catalyst that exists in the blood of P.E.M.F.s that evolved on this planet like the rest of us, separate from the likes of Bagan and his kin, "Ichor", since it was in the blood of beings some considered gods or immortals.

Pretty much a cop-out, I now realize.

But back to the topic at hand. I've never seen a protein catalyst quite like it before. I briefly observed it a few times before when my colleague, Dr. Wei Ho, analyzed the genetic structure of Godzilla years back, but I never made anything of it. How silly of me, because back when the Children of Monsters was still a thing, they figured out how to use Ichor to its fullest potential.

Turns out this catalyst had the potential to stimulate the underlying patterns of the universe, kind of like the midichlorians in that one awful prequel trilogy to some grandiose science fantasy franchise. The name eludes me, unfortunately. But that's not all it was useful for.

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[Subject]: Orichalcum Production


[Footnotes]:

Orichalcum, the miracle metal of today! Buy it now whilst supplies last!

God, I always hated that pitch. Like something straight from the 1950s, over 200 years ago.

Back to my next point for my book. Goddamn, how did Laura deal with doing this shit in her spare time?

As many are aware, Orichalcum is the go-to material for usage in high quality Chi-to-Ki harnessing technology, such as the suits used by the Civil Defense Force and private security for the big companies. But how did this once extraordinarily rare alloy become an everyday utility? The answer lies with that old monster-worshiping cult.

They managed to decipher the secret to making the metal. See, ordinarily, the components of Orichalcum can't form a stable alloy. However, by utilizing the Ichor catalyst from evolved P.E.M.F.s as a bonding agent, the compound starts to mesh together into a very strong and flexible mixture that can be applied in a variety of different ways.

I guess you could say that the increase in evolved P.E.M.F. activity was a blessing in disguise, as they provided the main source of Ichor that fuels the Orichalcum economy today.

It's like a relationship. Guardian Sentinels round up and extract Ichor for us, large mining companies extract the raw base materials, and then we mix the two together to form one of Atlantis's greatest contributions to modern society. Too bad this whole process suffers from supply and demand like any other product in a burgeoning global economy.

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[Subject]: Androids


[Footnotes]:

I'd like to preface this next topic in my book by saying one thing.......

Fuck this idea.

Seriously, screw it all to hell. This is a bad idea, and I can see that from a kilometer away.

Honestly, synthetic lifeforms meant to infiltrate Human masses by imitating us in every way imaginable? What's even the point? We already have Synthetics that we produce by the factory load, serving as workers, test subjects, and just all around everyday companions. They have citizenship. Heck, we even have one serving as the president of the Japanese nation now!

STRQ Industries always did bug me with its business practices, and Jacob Hargrove strikes me as the type who would cut open some newly discovered species of plant and root around in it to see if he could find anything of use to him.

It also doesn't help that the man, who's nearly as old as the late Jiro Ifukube, went into hiding in all but voice. At least he didn't stop communicating with his own employees, but honestly, I can't recall anyone ever even seeing the man!

Androids. He tries to pitch them as some sort of replacement for our artificial equals, as if they're somehow not close enough to the perfection of the Human form. And he also touts them as possessing the strengths of a Human, but without our weaknesses, and vice versa for Synthetics. Seriously, fuck that idea to all hell. I'm gonna keep these opinions of mine in the book! They need to be passed on to any readers! I will not remain silent in my thoughts on this little pet project of Hargrove's!