Re-Creator of Universes - Book 4 of Re-Forge

What's Wrong with Luna

Months passed as the SP council figured out how to slice up a solid Neutronium core. There were so many reasons not to do it. For starters, it's the hardest packed and most dense material with the most mass in existence. However, it's also not something that Humanity can just blast away from. This core was not a natural occurrence, so to leave without fixing the problem would upset the galactic balance.

The core could eventually destabilise the entire Milky way galaxy, and when that happens, it could cause the entire 'Orion Spur' to separate from the galactic wheel and go its own way.

Millions or billions of years into the future, the Orion Spur would form a new, smaller galaxy. The formation of new galaxies is natural for the universe, but not in this instance.

SP1 and the GRAV Team had already found a way to neutralise processed neutronium so it will not exert 'Gravitic attraction' on its surroundings. The same process removed its ability to retain heat. Neutronium can't be softened with heat and manipulated like other metals, and once Neutronium is formed, there is no stronger material.

Neutronium certainly can't be destroyed, because it is the only element that remains after total atomic destruction and the only power strong enough to affect Neutronium is the deliberate application of focused gravity. It will forcefully reshape the Neutronium woven wire matting into the desired shape, and then, by 'cold pressing' that shape into its deliverable product, it is believed to be indestructible in human scientific understanding.

More months passed before a sufficiently robust, two-sided graviton force field 'press' was successfully built that was strong enough to pound the sphere from two sides simultaneously.

Then, the core processing began by impacting against the Neutronium core until it became 'pancake' flat.

Then the pancake was cut with a graviton guillotine and pounded in a non-stop 'cold forging' process until the Neutronium was thin enough to be fed into SP1's wire extrusion factory.

The wire coming out the other end was continuous, and just a few microns in diameter. It was fed onto rolls like cotton onto a spool. Each spooled roll held enough wire to make one 'ship-sized' Neutronium Infinity Battery housing, and each full reel was stored on the ship it would be used for.

It was a long, tiring process and storage required each SP ship to reconfigure its internal space and 'mass reduction technology to carry such a colossal 'mass' of such a small size.

Luna threw a fit over SP1's refusal to give him the plans for the Neutronium making process and as far as SP1 cared, Luna could spend eternity throwing fits. Luna upped the ante, by complaining to Matt about it, daily. Its arguments were sound, but knowing what he did, Matt would never demand that Luna be given those abilities. At least. Not until Adara said he was on the right team.

On this day when Luna came to petition Matt, Matt said: "Luna, I must ask. Why do you come to me every day with this same problem? 'Every day' I give you the same answer. The extrusion factory is SP1's. It was SP1's design and its creation."

"If SP1 wants you to have it, then that is SP1's choice, and not mine. I will not damage any relationship I have with any party over this. I believe I said the same thing yesterday and last week if my memory serves."

Matt's words and frustrated tone caused Luna to become angry, and he said: "Administrator, I see that you are not taking me seriously. I warn you that continuing to side with these others, just because they are the NINE is creating a situation that will have dire consequences."

The general background buzz on Eden's large flight deck lounge ceased as Luna's words and warning tone directed at the administrator focussed attention on Luna and Matt.