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[[Image:iagreousraw.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Raw '''Iagreous''' Fuel Ore]]
===See Also===
==Fuel Ore==
[[Fuel Ore]]
Iagreous is a naturally occurring, highly volatile substance found in ultra-high pressure environments, such as sub-tectonic strata or dense deep-gaseous planetary layers.  Often utilized as a potent fuel source, it was originally discovered by accident during a remote scientific mission to observe the exposed core remnants of Nede 7, a planetary group laid waste by a collision with a “wild” asteroid field thrown from the nearby system of Barcus 9.  Little could those scientists see from scan data, the potential and wide-spread impact their discovery would make. -[[User:lambert]]
[[Refined Fuel]]
 
Iagreous in its formed state is a stable, diamond-hard crystalline substance with an ultra-dense, high-energy matrix of unstable molecules held in check by immense pressure.  When the Iagreous is removed from its high pressure environment, the inherent qualities of the material become evident as a small amount of the solid Iagreous can immediately jump to a high-volume plasma state - one of few known substances outside a laboratory to do this.  Because it often forms within a planetary body, the environment causes the Iagreous to be etched with geomagnetic fields specific to the location where it was created.  As the Iagreous transforms into an energized ionic state, the plasma emits and reacts to the specific EM frequencies it was exposed to, resulting in a wide variety of Iagreous brands and grades, each with their own capacities. -[[User:lambert]]
 
Once Iagreous reaches a plasma state there is an immediate peak in temperature and energy before it dissipates and condenses into several unremarkable gases, some of which can be siphoned off to be recombined into a breathable atmospheric mix, useful for self-sustained shipboard operations.  It is because of this abrupt and violent reaction that Iagreous had not been discovered until recently, with every naturally occurring iagreous vein often igniting in magma, or other low-pressure but unobservable setting.  In order to extract Iagreous, deep-core remote drilling heads have been developed to harvest the raw ore.  Forming often as wide plates, some [[kilometer]]s across, Iagreous demands that it be removed under pressure.  However, as the drilling technology is unable to fully replicate the pressures required to keep the substance neutralized, it takes advantage of another Iagreous trait.  While keeping the Iagreous partially pressurized, it is scanned for magnetic etching, and is then exposed to counteracting EM frequencies resulting in a nulled, stable condition in which the Iagreous is no longer volatile, and no longer able to leap to a plasma state.  The ore is then moved via corkscrew bundles to the surface where it is ground, filtered, and impurities removed.  After being pulverized into a ultra-fine powder, the Iagreous is formed into large, transportable blocks, capable of being hauled in conventional containers and vessels.  There is little danger from Iagreous in its nulled state. -[[User:lambert]]
 
[[Image:plasma.jpg|thumb|left|200px|'''Iagreous''' Fuel (Plasma)]]
 
==Refined Fuel==
When Iagreous blocks arrive at fuel processing plants, the jet-black cubes are placed in reactivating conveyors, which expose the Iagreous to specific nuclear isotopes in an electrically charged field tuned to the EM etching still present in the nulled iagreous.  This process results in a partial re-energizing of the substance, but only to a high-energy gaseous state commonly known as “refined fuel”, though in professional circles will be referred to as Iagreon.  The final leap to becoming plasma will only occur when it is exposed to a simple but intense electrical discharge, which addresses safety concerns while it is in this marketable state.  Iagreon, or “refined fuel” is then sold to [[:Category:Vehicles|vehicles]], [[:Category:Orbital Facilities|docks]], and all other Iagreous-based reaction systems.  While the substance itself is plentiful in the galaxy, it is understood that it is not entirely renewable.  There are a wide multitude of power systems in place which vessels and the like can use, such as fusion, hydrogen cells, or photovoltaics.  However, there are few being utilized that are as potent or cost-effective as Iagreous. -[[User:lambert]]
 
In its plasma state, it can be elecromagnetically contained and distributed.  It can be used to generate electricity (through induction) and for propulsion (either by releasing the compressed plasma directly or driving an axial turbine).
 
Tested by rough experiment, the calorific value of Iagreous fuel (burnt in the [[VTOL]] down-thrusters of an [[E-10]]) is around 195kJ.  Compare this to a rough value of around 43kJ for standard jet fuel. -[[User:riot]]
 
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Revision as of 04:28, 22 January 2017

Iagreous is the fuel of the Rise universe. Its extraction and refining has allowed mankind's exploration of space outside of the Terran system.

See Also

Fuel Ore Refined Fuel