Diamondoids
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Diamondoids
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 Research Cost: 15000
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| Materials scientists construct diamond-like carbon compounds for use in armor and construction. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Our prior accomplishments in the creation of new nanostructures yields perhaps their ultimate dividend: a synthetic molecule harder than diamond, at a fraction of the weight, and which can be manufactured at truly colossal scale. Diamondoids exist in nature already, first discovered in 1933 as hydrocarbon clusters extracted from crude oil. Their remarkable rigidity as well as thermal and chemical stability, has long made them a source of scientific curiosity, but with the successful synthesis of diamondoids in the lab, the incredible now becomes possible. With the mass production of this nanomolecule, we can create a diamond-like substance 50 times stronger than steel, but its exceptional purity means it sheds all of diamonds' flaws - not to mention the cost. This is no mere armor plating. Ultimately, we may well construct entire ships out of diamondoid, fitted with nanometer-scale components and sensors, while their extreme heat resistance will enable the containment of even the most volatile forms of energy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3750 | Total | 79750 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Terawatt Fusion Reactors • Titanic Spacecraft | (100%)Adamantine Armor • (100%)Ultracold Neutron Containment • (100%)Soletta • (100%)Antimatter Plasma Core Reactor III • (40%)Tartarus Shaped-Nuclear Torpedoes • (40%)Hardened Hab Shelters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Increases the maximum military tech level for all human nations by 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "Maybe you've seen the films. Sadistic drill instructors demanding the impossible of poor, good-hearted men. You think it's inhumane. You think it won't be like that here. But by God it will, because even one weak link gets everyone killed." Colonel Hanse Castillo, Humanity First Training rebels in guerrilla warfare techniques in Nicaragua | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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