Re: 07. Salphron's Doom
Ok, there is a gas giant planet which has some very large flying insects that live in the high pressure of the mid zones, and since once they're dead, they won't need to breathe, they'll work. He finds jumbo jet sized multi-winged long things with each segment sporting a set of wings, private jet sized Dragonfly like things, and living on the great space whales, he finds a few fleas. They'll need lots of magem to prevent their passengers from suffering the effects of sudden changes in inertia, or inertia dampening technology bought from the Comowe people or the starfish folk. With the decrease in the activity level of magem, technology is starting to work again.
-The structure that the egg/seed produces is essentially a space elevator track. It will help the inhabitants of the planet reach space as much as anything.
-It isn't practical to make a planet wide field to kill off the parasite. News has spread by now enough that it is being identified as Rulab, and Balur is named as well.
-Containning the spread of the mana crystals is impossible since they had already spread throughout the Onerverse before Salphron was fully brought in. They match element for element the elements of Magus, and are essentially elemental Magus mana. It makes magus more accessible to people, but it doesn't otherwise change the magics available.
-Since they work with magus, it's not just getting the right amounts together, though that works too. Creating gathering points does work (for now), and he can use that magus energy gained. But he won't create a magical ecological disaster. That's just not in the cards.
-To be clear, the magus mana cannot create mass, only manipulate existing matter and energy.
Air - make sure the weather is always favorable
- huge effort, but doable, so it works.
Water - Add to the weather control and use for irrigation.... as well as a few magical water purification plants.
- Works
Fire - Power production / combined with water and you got your steam punk power and heating units...
-Works, but not as a source of water, just as a way to bring ambient water to the right location. So a water & fire mana set could be magically programmed to heat a small amount of water and redirect the steam produced to be reused.
earth
- helps them identify potential resources below the surface, search for specific ones, move them closer to the surface and detect structural integrity of mining shafts etc. Can't create matter. Alfheim doesn't have a core.
ice - there lots of uses for being able to cool things down, also you can just sell ice. =p - yup
nature - make a logging site / farm around it.
- takes a long time to grow trees, but yup
mind
- mind mana will grow well around research facilities and schools. So they'll utilize it as well.
technology
- since magem is slowed, it is showing up... Tech lab around it using the energy to make everything run better. Works
electricity
- not growing in the Onerverse
acid
- not growing in the Onerverse
light - can't think of anything other than converting it into heat and using it like fire >.>
- okay
darkness - would actually just have this collected to use it all >.>
-Okay
Chaos
- forms especially near gambling places
Order - while rare if there was enough they could use it to stabilize other sites making them run better...
-Okay
Life - while rare if some how there was a place that enough formed could be a healing shrine....
-Okay
death
- could help power the planetary death ward..... Not exceptionally rare, but it won't power the ward alone
univursal
- actually Omni magus mana forms, but is only accessible to Theophili & her apprentice
-Only and all elements in magus form mana crystals
-he collects & secures almost all of the crystals formed in his territories, but it is forming everywhere.
generaly to make it so you have to spend hours unweaving magic to be able to move them .... or be willing to sacrifice a lot of lives and finances to do so....
-Okay, that works
>.>
while also carving DEEP into them tracking runes and death runes so only the undead can hold them and if they are stolen they can be tracked XD
- works
-it will take awhile to realize no major damage is being done by having these crystals other than the fact that it democratizes magus and changes the balance of power.
Also...
yes....
Research.... he will have people get to work doing research on what affect the crystals are having on other magics.
-not much