Name: Essence Seed, Hyperspatial Seeder Description: (Above: A typical Firstborn Essence Seed, glowing an aquamarine hue.) A Firstborn Essence Seed is a basket ball sized device that gradually increases the ECF (Environmental Cuil Factor) of an area over time, making it more anomalous and making the area more alike to Hyperspace than Realspace. Typically planted because it is easier (and stealthier) to use a Seed instead of maintaining a Hyperportal, Essence Seeds are used to create long-term areas of high cuil rating that allows easier access to Firstborn. Firstborn tech naturally works better within areas of high ECF, and with ECF similar to hyperspace, it is even possible to warp entire structures from Hyperspace into Realspace using negative energy. Essence Seeds are typically placed into areas meant to be permanent outposts of Firstborn activity within Realspace; sometimes they are hidden to prevent their discovery, sometimes they are placed floating on a pedestal inside a building, sometimes dead seeds can be found as artifacts and even can be reactivated. Abilities: [*] Raises the Environmental Cuil Factor of an area by a rate of 3? a month. Area extends out a mile radius per month. (this can be adjusted inversely; a seed can spread out further with a less cuil rate, or can have a higher cuil rate but much smaller area.) [*] Psionics and some Firstborn tech works better in the affected area. [*] High ECFs can allow Firstborn to spawn in the area. [*] Can be scaled up in size to have a stronger effect, Limitations: [*] Its general area can be detected with a cuilometer. [*] If the seed is destroyed, the area's ECF will gradually lower at twice the rate it would raise. [*] Limits at the cuil rating that Hyperspace typically has. How does it work: Essence Seeds contain a metamaterial capsule containing negative energy that slowly siphons the endless cuil forces from Hyperspace, releasing it into Realspace as a gradual wave against reality. As the cuils increase, it takes much less energy for Firstborn ships to warp in that area from Hyperspace, and it becomes much easier to maintain and open Hyperportals or to warp in objects. Flavor text: Essence Seeds actually existed within the Aindivi Empire for a long time, used within Hyperspace to raise some areas' ECF to create things such as Firstborn spawning grounds or to invigorate Firstborn cities. Their use in Realspace serves greater purpose, though very sparsely as the Aindivi Empire holds little interest in the happenings of Realspace.. for now. Referenced Technologies : Anomality Attainability: Semi-Closed - Racial Tech Tags: [Industrial] [Racial] Category: Other/Components
