Gaiaterra: Elysea's Conflict/Theoretical Technology

"For SCIENCE!"

-Popular Alliance nose-art

Theoretical Technology is the newest and least-refined subset of Alliance technological wizardry. The Alliance embrace high-level sciences to a degree unheard of by the other factions, working tirelessly to unlock the secrets of the universe so they can turn them around and shoot them at people.

M.A.S.S. Technology
Using a clever molecular compression system, M.A.S.S. tech (Molecular Abridging Subspace System) allows for objects to be dynamically, if temporarily, scaled in size and mass, which has many battlefield applications that are only starting to be realized.

One of the mysteries of M.A.S.S technology is that decreasing a vehicle's (and once it was determined to be safe, a person)'s size causes them to move faster for the duration of the effect. Objects have the same durability (in ways less, as they are easily crushed by regular-sized vehicles), but travel at nearly twice the normal rate.

In contrast, objects that are increased in size are much slower than usual. However, could be more easily explained by fuel, muscle, and machine parts being less dense, if not for the fact that grown objects are also capable of crushing regular-sized objects with ease, and grown weapons are much more powerful. Alliance Scientists are still attempting to understand the complex molecular interactions that lead to these effects.

Additionally, M.A.S.S. technology has also greatly boosted Alliance precision manufacturing capabilities, allowing them to make great strides in the miniaturization of technologies such as particle accelerators. However, the experimental nature of M.A.S.S. technology, along with the various complexities involved in its usage, ensure that such techniques are some time away from becoming widespread.

Proton Technology
By using the nucleus of an atom and accelerating it to relativistic speeds with magnetic forces, one can create a powerful weapon that will literally shatter subatomic bonds and release massive amounts of energy.

G.A.P. Technology
By partially tearing a hole in between our dimension and another, G.A.P. (Generated Abstract Plane) technology is the perfect stealth system, obscuring vision, sound, and radar from penetrating while allowing those under the effect to see out of the field. Considered the most important technology of the Great Voshkod-Aquilan War's Hawke Theater of Operations, G.A.P. tech is used a great deal less these days, which may be connected to strange rumors regarding its abilities.

Atomic Fusion
Though atomic fission, the breaking apart of an atom's structure to release energy, remains elusive to Alliance scientists, and the Elswords refuse to share theirs, they are rapidly making headway into a potentially more powerful energy source, Atomic Fusion, which is the opposite; combining two atoms together to create a larger atom. It is based on modern spectrum technology to clash common Hydrogen atoms together with Boron-11, creating carbon and energy while staying clean during the process. Unfortunately, this new power source is thus far very difficult to control and harness.

Quantum Technology
Using subatomic properties such as intrinsic fields, uncertainty principles, and the strangeness of quarks, the Alliance have created devastating weapons and highly effective defenses that work on a level too small to be comprehended by the layman.

Gravametrics
"Every object in the Universe attracts every other object with a force directed along the line of centers for the two objects that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the separation between the two objects."

-Sir Issac Newton

Gravametric Technology is the use of space-folding technology to simulate and redirect gravitational fields. This is not true gravity manipulation, as the systems involved are simulating the effects of gravity, not the cause, and it cannot be used to create "anti-gravity" or "counter-gravity" systems, which remain purely in the realm of science fiction. Gravametric technology is more subtle than this.

The effects of gravametric technology are generated by a unique compound called "decalithium", which is made by binding several extremely unstable high-mass elements in a proton collider before they can be allowed to decay. This process is difficult, time-consuming, costly, and potentially disastrous if one is not careful, but the resultant material from even a single reaction can power a strong reaction for a considerable length of time. Alternatively, one can use a dab of so-called "red matter", which produces effects similar to decalithium, but is far more short-lived, quickly dissipating in warm air.