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	== Properties and Applications ==		== Properties and Applications ==

	Phoron is a typically purple element that infrequently occurs naturally in either a crystalline form or gaseous state. Due to a multitude of conflicting reasons provided by both new and old scientific communities, phoron appears bound to bluespace, with deposits often occurring in anomalous regions of space – such as the Romanovich Cloud – and with the emblematic use of phoron being in accessing bluespace for the purpose of faster-than-light travel – bluespace gates, bluespace drives.		Phoron is a typically purple element that infrequently occurs naturally in either a crystalline form or gaseous state. Due to a multitude of conflicting reasons provided by both new and old scientific communities, phoron appears bound to bluespace, with deposits often occurring in anomalous regions of space – such as the Romanovich Cloud – and with the emblematic use of phoron being in accessing bluespace for the purpose of faster-than-light travel, specifically bluespace gates and bluespace drives.

	Due to its position far down in the carbon group of the periodic table, phoron also has applications outside of bluespace in medicine, ~~across industries~~ within ~~their~~ electronics, and as a vital component for advanced quantum computing. These more specialist uses outside of as a fuel for bluespace applications often require tailored compounds of phoron, as altering the form of the ~~chemical~~ affects ~~the~~ function. The following are common forms and applications of phoron:		Due to its position far down in the carbon group of the periodic table, phoron also has applications outside of bluespace in medicine, within electronics, and as a vital component for advanced quantum computing. These more specialist uses outside of as a fuel for bluespace applications often require tailored compounds of phoron, as altering the form of the element affects its function. The following are common forms and applications of phoron:

	===Elemental Phoron===		===Elemental Phoron===
	Elemental Phoron is the most common type of phoron used across the Spur~~, as it is the~~ only room-temperature superconductor currently known to exist ~~– the advent of room-temperature superconductors~~ is vital to contemporary electronics in the 25th century, and ~~is used heavily~~ in quantum technologies and AI, power transmission and superconductive magnetic energy (SMES) storage, computational devices, optical fibre, particle acceleration, hover technologies, and both medical and scientific imaging.		Elemental Phoron is the most common type of phoron used across the Spur. The only room-temperature superconductor currently known to exist, it is vital to contemporary electronics in the 25th century, and sees extensive use in a vast array of electronic applications. These include quantum technologies and AI, power transmission and superconductive magnetic energy (SMES) storage, computational devices, optical fibre, particle acceleration, hover technologies, and both medical and scientific imaging.

	Distinct from solid elemental phoron, '''Fluidic Phoron''' is necessary for any bluespace applications of phoron, be it as a fuel in bluespace drives or in microscopic amounts in computer components that interact with bluespace – such as bluespace telecommunication relays. Additionally, superchilled liquid phoron ~~has a large~~ use in cryogenics, with particularly large cryogenic arrays (such as in specialist cryonics clinics and spaceships with large cryosleep arrays) making use of phoron over the more affordable helium that tends to be used for smaller cryogenic arrays.		Distinct from solid elemental phoron, '''Fluidic Phoron''' is necessary for any bluespace applications of phoron, be it as a fuel in bluespace drives, or in microscopic amounts for computer components that interact with bluespace – such as bluespace telecommunication relays. Additionally, superchilled liquid phoron sees significant use in cryogenics, with particularly large cryogenic arrays (such as in specialist cryonics clinics and spaceships with large cryosleep arrays) making use of phoron over the more affordable helium that tends to be used for smaller cryogenic arrays.

	===Organic Phoron===		===Organic Phoron===
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	===Weapons-grade Phoron===		===Weapons-grade Phoron===
	Weapons-grade Phoron, which includes compounds such as '''Diphoron''' (phoron bonded to itself) and '''Phoron Oxides''' (phoron bonded to varying amounts of oxygen), are the result of elemental phoron forming strong bonds containing immense energy with different substances. Weapons-grade Phoron is extremely explosive and often volatile – with some compounds detonating at a hair’s touch – dwarfing the explosive potential of other compounds. It is commonly used in the production of incredibly high-yield, conventional explosives, or more recently in the production of '''Phoron WMDs and Phoron Warheads'''. The former being planet-killers, the latter being city-busters. It takes a particularly skilled or carefree chemist to ~~take~~ a job where they are expected to work with these compounds.		Weapons-grade Phoron, which includes compounds such as '''Diphoron''' (phoron bonded to itself) and '''Phoron Oxides''' (phoron bonded to varying amounts of oxygen), are the result of elemental phoron forming strong bonds containing immense energy with different substances. Weapons-grade Phoron is extremely explosive and often volatile – with some compounds detonating at a hair’s touch – dwarfing the explosive potential of other compounds. It is commonly used in the production of incredibly high-yield, conventional explosives, or more recently in the production of '''Phoron WMDs and Phoron Warheads'''. The former being planet-killers, the latter being city-busters. It takes a particularly skilled or carefree chemist to accept a job where they are expected to work with these compounds.

	===Phoron Isotopes===		===Phoron Isotopes===
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	=== Altering Phoron ===		=== Altering Phoron ===

	Due to the stability and energy contained in a phoron bond, it is remarkably difficult to cleave phoron off a compound and is thus ~~remarkably difficult~~ to purify a compound of phoron back into its elemental state. This only adds to the ~~difficulty~~ of synthesising phoron (eg. the mass-culture of k’ois to refine organic phoron into elemental phoron; impossible due to the explosive risk of cleaving phoron from any hydrocarbon) and adds to the cost of medical and electrical applications of phoron which require the expenditure of elemental phoron – which has more dire uses in interstellar travel – into a more specialised compound.		Due to the stability and energy contained in a phoron bond, it is remarkably difficult to cleave phoron off a compound and is thus nigh-impossible to purify a compound of phoron back into its elemental state. This only adds to the challenges of synthesising phoron (eg. the mass-culture of k’ois to refine organic phoron into elemental phoron; impossible due to the explosive risk of cleaving phoron from any hydrocarbon) and adds to the cost of medical and electrical applications of phoron which require the expenditure of elemental phoron – which has more dire uses in interstellar travel – into a more specialised compound.

	Phoron can be found and mined within this region of the galaxy, however it is not found in sizable deposits outside of Tau Ceti’s Romanavich Cloud, and Elyra. The Romanavich Cloud is still where a vast majority of all Phoron used in the spur (outside of Elyra) is mined - there is very little to be found outside of it, though it is not an insignificant amount. The fact any can be found outside of Tau Ceti’s gravity well is the main reason the Alliance allowed the independence of Tau Ceti at all - they still, up until the collapse, had access to a source of Phoron.		Phoron can be found and mined within this region of the galaxy, however it is not found in sizable deposits outside of Tau Ceti’s Romanavich Cloud, and Elyra. The Romanavich Cloud is still where a vast majority of all Phoron used in the spur (outside of Elyra) is mined - there is very little to be found outside of it, though it is not an insignificant amount. The fact any can be found outside of Tau Ceti’s gravity well is the main reason the Alliance allowed the independence of Tau Ceti at all - they still, up until the collapse, had access to a source of Phoron.

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	Phoron Isopates are elemental phoron with an altered number of neutrons. They make excellent neutron emitters, playing a large role in nuclear chemistry and physics, medical and scientific radiology and radiotherapy, and in long-range and deep-penetrating scanning, such as in ship sensors and mineral scanners.		Phoron Isopates are elemental phoron with an altered number of neutrons. They make excellent neutron emitters, playing a large role in nuclear chemistry and physics, medical and scientific radiology and radiotherapy, and in long-range and deep-penetrating scanning, such as in ship sensors and mineral scanners.

	'''Supermatter''' is a unique, naturally occurring and impure isotope of phoron that appears in great enough quantities that its main utilities are as an explosive or in power generation. This isotope releases an unusual amount of anomalous exotic particles, lending it its strange psionic interactions with organics – no one knows why. Rarely, supermatter is used in advanced anomalies equipment due to its interaction with anomalous exotic particles.		'''Supermatter''' is a unique, naturally occurring (in places phoron can be found) and impure isotope of phoron that appears in great enough quantities that its main utilities are as an explosive or in power generation. This isotope releases an unusual amount of anomalous exotic particles, lending it its strange psionic interactions with organics – no one knows why. Rarely, supermatter is used in advanced anomalies equipment due to its interaction with anomalous exotic particles.

	[[File:PhoronLocation.png\|300px\|thumb\|Phoron can be found within the green circle of the starmap.]]		[[File:PhoronLocation.png\|300px\|thumb\|Phoron can be found within the green circle of the starmap.]]

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	[[File:PhoronLocation.png\|300px\|thumb\|Phoron can be found within the green circle of the starmap.]]		[[File:PhoronLocation.png\|300px\|thumb\|Phoron can be found within the green circle of the starmap.]]

	=== ~~Synthesising and~~ Altering Phoron ===		=== Altering Phoron ===

	Due to the stability and energy contained in a phoron bond, it is remarkably difficult to cleave phoron off a compound and is thus remarkably difficult to purify a compound of phoron back into its elemental state. This only adds to the difficulty of synthesising phoron (eg. the mass-culture of k’ois to refine organic phoron into elemental phoron; impossible due to the explosive risk of cleaving phoron from any hydrocarbon) and adds to the cost of medical and electrical applications of phoron which require the expenditure of elemental phoron – which has more dire uses in interstellar travel – into a more specialised compound.		Due to the stability and energy contained in a phoron bond, it is remarkably difficult to cleave phoron off a compound and is thus remarkably difficult to purify a compound of phoron back into its elemental state. This only adds to the difficulty of synthesising phoron (eg. the mass-culture of k’ois to refine organic phoron into elemental phoron; impossible due to the explosive risk of cleaving phoron from any hydrocarbon) and adds to the cost of medical and electrical applications of phoron which require the expenditure of elemental phoron – which has more dire uses in interstellar travel – into a more specialised compound.

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	===Elemental Phoron===		===Elemental Phoron===
	Elemental Phoron is the most common type of phoron used across the Spur, as it is the only room-temperature superconductor currently known to exist – the advent of room-temperature superconductors is vital to contemporary electronics in the 25th century, and is used heavily in quantum technologies and AI, power transmission and superconductive magnetic energy (SMES) storage, computational devices, optical fibre, particle acceleration, hover technologies, and both medical and scientific imaging.		Elemental Phoron is the most common type of phoron used across the Spur, as it is the only room-temperature superconductor currently known to exist – the advent of room-temperature superconductors is vital to contemporary electronics in the 25th century, and is used heavily in quantum technologies and AI, power transmission and superconductive magnetic energy (SMES) storage, computational devices, optical fibre, particle acceleration, hover technologies, and both medical and scientific imaging.
	Distinct from solid elemental phoron, Fluidic Phoron is necessary for any bluespace applications of phoron, be it as a fuel in bluespace drives or in microscopic amounts in computer components that interact with bluespace – such as bluespace telecommunication relays. Additionally, superchilled liquid phoron has a large use in cryogenics, with particularly large cryogenic arrays (such as in specialist cryonics clinics and spaceships with large cryosleep arrays) making use of phoron over the more affordable helium that tends to be used for smaller cryogenic arrays.
			Distinct from solid elemental phoron, '''Fluidic Phoron''' is necessary for any bluespace applications of phoron, be it as a fuel in bluespace drives or in microscopic amounts in computer components that interact with bluespace – such as bluespace telecommunication relays. Additionally, superchilled liquid phoron has a large use in cryogenics, with particularly large cryogenic arrays (such as in specialist cryonics clinics and spaceships with large cryosleep arrays) making use of phoron over the more affordable helium that tends to be used for smaller cryogenic arrays.

	===Organic Phoron===		===Organic Phoron===

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	Due to its position far down in the carbon group of the periodic table, phoron also has applications outside of bluespace in medicine, across industries within their electronics, and as a vital component for advanced quantum computing. These more specialist uses outside of as a fuel for bluespace applications often require tailored compounds of phoron, as altering the form of the chemical affects the function. The following are common forms and applications of phoron:		Due to its position far down in the carbon group of the periodic table, phoron also has applications outside of bluespace in medicine, across industries within their electronics, and as a vital component for advanced quantum computing. These more specialist uses outside of as a fuel for bluespace applications often require tailored compounds of phoron, as altering the form of the chemical affects the function. The following are common forms and applications of phoron:

			===Elemental Phoron===
			Elemental Phoron is the most common type of phoron used across the Spur, as it is the only room-temperature superconductor currently known to exist – the advent of room-temperature superconductors is vital to contemporary electronics in the 25th century, and is used heavily in quantum technologies and AI, power transmission and superconductive magnetic energy (SMES) storage, computational devices, optical fibre, particle acceleration, hover technologies, and both medical and scientific imaging.
			Distinct from solid elemental phoron, Fluidic Phoron is necessary for any bluespace applications of phoron, be it as a fuel in bluespace drives or in microscopic amounts in computer components that interact with bluespace – such as bluespace telecommunication relays. Additionally, superchilled liquid phoron has a large use in cryogenics, with particularly large cryogenic arrays (such as in specialist cryonics clinics and spaceships with large cryosleep arrays) making use of phoron over the more affordable helium that tends to be used for smaller cryogenic arrays.

	===Organic Phoron===		===Organic Phoron===

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	= The Phoron Scarcity =		= The Phoron Scarcity =
	Within the circles of intellectualism of the contemporary Spur, there has been an organized attempt to first find and then justify a specific date for the start of the “Phoron Scarcity.” However, in reality, the phoron scarcity was a crisis years in the making, though all who should have known better ignored the obvious signs. Ever since phoron’s discovery in 2352, it slowly became an essential resource for the modern functioning of the Spur; for it is the only element known to be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room-temperature_superconductor Room Temperature Superconductor (RTS)] ~~without extensive chemical alteration~~. While phoronic compounds are also incredible in their own right, phoron’s primary utility comes from its status as the only RTS currently known to exist. It is this property that saw a rapid increase in demand, with incredibly limited supply even able to be mined, ensuring from the very beginning that the Romanavich Cloud would run dry. However, this was conveniently ignored by most of the academic world, heavily reliant on megacorporate funding. Those who went against this narrative were denounced by all of their academic peers as conspiracy theorists; though time would prove that they were in fact stating the uncomfortable truth. Not acknowledging this truth would cause perhaps the largest crisis since the Interstellar War; the ongoing Phoron Scarcity. This was not even their greatest mistake. Far larger was pinning a long period of sustained and massive economic and technological growth onto this limited resource, creating a massive, spurwide, bubble, and if it fully popped, it would bring everything down; thankfully, that hasn’t happened yet, though the prelude to beginning itself was bad enough.		Within the circles of intellectualism of the contemporary Spur, there has been an organized attempt to first find and then justify a specific date for the start of the “Phoron Scarcity.” However, in reality, the phoron scarcity was a crisis years in the making, though all who should have known better ignored the obvious signs. Ever since phoron’s discovery in 2352, it slowly became an essential resource for the modern functioning of the Spur; for it is the only element known to be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room-temperature_superconductor Room Temperature Superconductor (RTS)]. While phoronic compounds are also incredible in their own right, phoron’s primary utility comes from its status as the only RTS currently known to exist. It is this property that saw a rapid increase in demand, with incredibly limited supply even able to be mined, ensuring from the very beginning that the Romanavich Cloud would run dry. However, this was conveniently ignored by most of the academic world, heavily reliant on megacorporate funding. Those who went against this narrative were denounced by all of their academic peers as conspiracy theorists; though time would prove that they were in fact stating the uncomfortable truth. Not acknowledging this truth would cause perhaps the largest crisis since the Interstellar War; the ongoing Phoron Scarcity. This was not even their greatest mistake. Far larger was pinning a long period of sustained and massive economic and technological growth onto this limited resource, creating a massive, spurwide, bubble, and if it fully popped, it would bring everything down; thankfully, that hasn’t happened yet, though the prelude to beginning itself was bad enough.

	[[KOTW\|It began in 2462, when it became undeniable that NanoTrasen’s mines within the Romanavich Cloud were beginning to run dry of the precious material]]. There was no official announcement of this, but interstellar entities - nations, corporations, and others - started to panic, with disastrous results. The Alliance ended up fracturing, with the government sacking middle and outer ring colonies, before retreating back to their most developed core worlds. At the same time, Biesel was fending off another unsanctioned incursion by a Solarian Fleet into its space, with the help of the [[Elyra\|Republic of Elyra]] and the [[Coalition of Colonies]]. The [[Izweski Hegemony]] entered economic freefall as a result of the scarcity, and [[The Titan Rises Arc\|openly accepted Hephaestus Industries establishing a total monopoly within the nation as a result]]. In short, the phoron scarcity took the galactic order, which had (aside from Biesel declaring Independence) been maintained since the conclusion of the [[Timeline\|Interstellar war]], and upended it entirely. No-where was this more clear than the collapsed [[Solarian Alliance]], where bands of naval fleets refused the order to retreat to the developed core systems, and instead set up a multitude of warlord states in what would soon become known as the [[Human Wildlands]]; though much of the blame for that crisis lies not with the scarcity, but the [[Solarian History\|policies of previous Prime Minister Frost and the fascistic ATLAS]].		[[KOTW\|It began in 2462, when it became undeniable that NanoTrasen’s mines within the Romanavich Cloud were beginning to run dry of the precious material]]. There was no official announcement of this, but interstellar entities - nations, corporations, and others - started to panic, with disastrous results. The Alliance ended up fracturing, with the government sacking middle and outer ring colonies, before retreating back to their most developed core worlds. At the same time, Biesel was fending off another unsanctioned incursion by a Solarian Fleet into its space, with the help of the [[Elyra\|Republic of Elyra]] and the [[Coalition of Colonies]]. The [[Izweski Hegemony]] entered economic freefall as a result of the scarcity, and [[The Titan Rises Arc\|openly accepted Hephaestus Industries establishing a total monopoly within the nation as a result]]. In short, the phoron scarcity took the galactic order, which had (aside from Biesel declaring Independence) been maintained since the conclusion of the [[Timeline\|Interstellar war]], and upended it entirely. No-where was this more clear than the collapsed [[Solarian Alliance]], where bands of naval fleets refused the order to retreat to the developed core systems, and instead set up a multitude of warlord states in what would soon become known as the [[Human Wildlands]]; though much of the blame for that crisis lies not with the scarcity, but the [[Solarian History\|policies of previous Prime Minister Frost and the fascistic ATLAS]].

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	* '''Elemental Phoron''' is the most common type of phoron used across the Spur, as it is the only room-temperature superconductor currently known to exist – the advent of room-temperature superconductors is vital to contemporary electronics in the 25th century, and is used heavily in quantum technologies and AI, power transmission and superconductive magnetic energy (SMES) storage, computational devices, optical fibre, particle acceleration, hover technologies, and both medical and scientific imaging.		* '''Elemental Phoron''' is the most common type of phoron used across the Spur, as it is the only room-temperature superconductor currently known to exist – the advent of room-temperature superconductors is vital to contemporary electronics in the 25th century, and is used heavily in quantum technologies and AI, power transmission and superconductive magnetic energy (SMES) storage, computational devices, optical fibre, particle acceleration, hover technologies, and both medical and scientific imaging.

	** Distinct from solid elemental phoron, '''Fluidic Phoron''' is necessary for any bluespace applications of phoron, be it as a fuel in bluespace drives or in microscopic amounts in computer components that interact with bluespace – such as bluespace telecommunication relays. Additionally, superchilled liquid phoron has a large use in cryogenics, with particularly large cryogenic arrays (such as in specialist cryonics clinics and spaceships with large cryosleep arrays) making use of phoron over the more affordable helium that tends to be used for smaller cryogenic arrays.		** Distinct from solid elemental phoron, '''Fluidic Phoron''' is necessary for any bluespace applications of phoron, be it as a fuel in bluespace drives or in microscopic amounts in computer components that interact with bluespace – such as bluespace telecommunication relays. Additionally, superchilled liquid phoron has a large use in cryogenics, with particularly large cryogenic arrays (such as in specialist cryonics clinics and spaceships with large cryosleep arrays) making use of phoron over the more affordable helium that tends to be used for smaller cryogenic arrays.

	* '''Organic Phoron''' is almost entirely used in the medical industry where phoron is expected to enter the body, with a minor application in traditional forms of combustion – such as vehicle combustion engines. A singular phoron atom is capable of supporting an abundance of hydrocarbon chains, an infinitesimal number of alterations impacting the organic compounds function, whether it be drug delivery, medical materials or non-bluespace drive fuel, such as in vehicle combustion engines. Phoron in k’ois and the vaurca body is also found in this state – often saturated by the proteins which allows the phoron to interact with an organic body.		* '''Organic Phoron''' is almost entirely used in the medical industry where phoron is expected to enter the body, with a minor application in traditional forms of combustion – such as vehicle combustion engines. A singular phoron atom is capable of supporting an abundance of hydrocarbon chains, an infinitesimal number of alterations impacting the organic compounds function, whether it be drug delivery, medical materials or non-bluespace drive fuel, such as in vehicle combustion engines. Phoron in k’ois and the vaurca body is also found in this state – often saturated by the proteins which allows the phoron to interact with an organic body.

	* '''Weapons-grade Phoron''', which includes compounds such as '''Diphoron''' (phoron bonded to itself) and '''Phoron Oxides''' (phoron bonded to varying amounts of oxygen), are the result of elemental phoron forming strong bonds containing immense energy with different substances. Weapons-grade Phoron is extremely explosive and often volatile – with some compounds detonating at a hair’s touch – dwarfing the explosive potential of other compounds. It is commonly used in the production of incredibly high-yield, conventional explosives, or more recently in the production of '''Phoron WMDs and Phoron Warheads'''. The former being planet-killers, the latter being city-busters. It takes a particularly skilled or carefree chemist to take a job where they are expected to work with these compounds.		* '''Weapons-grade Phoron''', which includes compounds such as '''Diphoron''' (phoron bonded to itself) and '''Phoron Oxides''' (phoron bonded to varying amounts of oxygen), are the result of elemental phoron forming strong bonds containing immense energy with different substances. Weapons-grade Phoron is extremely explosive and often volatile – with some compounds detonating at a hair’s touch – dwarfing the explosive potential of other compounds. It is commonly used in the production of incredibly high-yield, conventional explosives, or more recently in the production of '''Phoron WMDs and Phoron Warheads'''. The former being planet-killers, the latter being city-busters. It takes a particularly skilled or carefree chemist to take a job where they are expected to work with these compounds.

	* '''Phoron Isotopes''' (elemental phoron with an altered number of neutrons) also make excellent neutron emitters, playing a large role in nuclear chemistry and physics, medical and scientific radiology and radiotherapy, and in long-range and deep-penetrating scanning, such as in ship sensors and mineral scanners.		* '''Phoron Isotopes''' (elemental phoron with an altered number of neutrons) also make excellent neutron emitters, playing a large role in nuclear chemistry and physics, medical and scientific radiology and radiotherapy, and in long-range and deep-penetrating scanning, such as in ship sensors and mineral scanners.

	** '''Supermatter''' is a unique, naturally occurring and impure isotope of phoron that appears in great enough quantities that its main utilities are as an explosive or in power generation. This isotope releases an unusual amount of anomalous exotic particles, lending it its strange psionic interactions with organics – no one knows why. Rarely, supermatter is used in advanced anomalies equipment due to its interaction with anomalous exotic particles.		** '''Supermatter''' is a unique, naturally occurring and impure isotope of phoron that appears in great enough quantities that its main utilities are as an explosive or in power generation. This isotope releases an unusual amount of anomalous exotic particles, lending it its strange psionic interactions with organics – no one knows why. Rarely, supermatter is used in advanced anomalies equipment due to its interaction with anomalous exotic particles.
	[[File:PhoronLocation.png\|300px\|thumb\|Phoron can be found within the green circle of the starmap.]]		[[File:PhoronLocation.png\|300px\|thumb\|Phoron can be found within the green circle of the starmap.]]

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	Within the circles of intellectualism of the contemporary Spur, there has been an organized attempt to first find and then justify a specific date for the start of the “Phoron Scarcity.” However, in reality, the phoron scarcity was a crisis years in the making, though all who should have known better ignored the obvious signs. Ever since phoron’s discovery in 2352, it slowly became an essential resource for the modern functioning of the Spur; for it is the only element known to be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room-temperature_superconductor Room Temperature Superconductor (RTS)] without extensive chemical alteration. While phoronic compounds are also incredible in their own right, phoron’s primary utility comes from its status as the only RTS currently known to exist. It is this property that saw a rapid increase in demand, with incredibly limited supply even able to be mined, ensuring from the very beginning that the Romanavich Cloud would run dry. However, this was conveniently ignored by most of the academic world, heavily reliant on megacorporate funding. Those who went against this narrative were denounced by all of their academic peers as conspiracy theorists; though time would prove that they were in fact stating the uncomfortable truth. Not acknowledging this truth would cause perhaps the largest crisis since the Interstellar War; the ongoing Phoron Scarcity. This was not even their greatest mistake. Far larger was pinning a long period of sustained and massive economic and technological growth onto this limited resource, creating a massive, spurwide, bubble, and if it fully popped, it would bring everything down; thankfully, that hasn’t happened yet, though the prelude to beginning itself was bad enough.		Within the circles of intellectualism of the contemporary Spur, there has been an organized attempt to first find and then justify a specific date for the start of the “Phoron Scarcity.” However, in reality, the phoron scarcity was a crisis years in the making, though all who should have known better ignored the obvious signs. Ever since phoron’s discovery in 2352, it slowly became an essential resource for the modern functioning of the Spur; for it is the only element known to be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room-temperature_superconductor Room Temperature Superconductor (RTS)] without extensive chemical alteration. While phoronic compounds are also incredible in their own right, phoron’s primary utility comes from its status as the only RTS currently known to exist. It is this property that saw a rapid increase in demand, with incredibly limited supply even able to be mined, ensuring from the very beginning that the Romanavich Cloud would run dry. However, this was conveniently ignored by most of the academic world, heavily reliant on megacorporate funding. Those who went against this narrative were denounced by all of their academic peers as conspiracy theorists; though time would prove that they were in fact stating the uncomfortable truth. Not acknowledging this truth would cause perhaps the largest crisis since the Interstellar War; the ongoing Phoron Scarcity. This was not even their greatest mistake. Far larger was pinning a long period of sustained and massive economic and technological growth onto this limited resource, creating a massive, spurwide, bubble, and if it fully popped, it would bring everything down; thankfully, that hasn’t happened yet, though the prelude to beginning itself was bad enough.

	[[KOTW\|It began in 2462, when it became undeniable that NanoTrasen’s mines within the Romanavich Cloud were beginning to run dry of the precious material]]. There was no official announcement of this, but interstellar entities - nations, corporations, and others - started to panic, with disastrous results. The Alliance ended up fracturing, with the government sacking middle and outer ring colonies, before retreating back to their most developed core worlds. At the same time, Biesel was fending off another unsanctioned incursion by a Solarian Fleet into its space, with the help of the [[Elyra\|Republic of Elyra]] and the [[Coalition of Colonies]]. The [[Izweski Hegemony]] entered economic freefall as a result of the scarcity, and [[The Titan Rises\|openly accepted Hephaestus Industries establishing a total monopoly within the nation as a result]]. In short, the phoron scarcity took the galactic order, which had (aside from Biesel declaring Independence) been maintained since the conclusion of the [[Timeline\|Interstellar war]], and upended it entirely. No-where was this more clear than the collapsed [[Solarian Alliance]], where bands of naval fleets refused the order to retreat to the developed core systems, and instead set up a multitude of warlord states in what would soon become known as the [[Human Wildlands]]; though much of the blame for that crisis lies not with the scarcity, but the [[Solarian History\|policies of previous Prime Minister Frost and the fascistic ATLAS]].		[[KOTW\|It began in 2462, when it became undeniable that NanoTrasen’s mines within the Romanavich Cloud were beginning to run dry of the precious material]]. There was no official announcement of this, but interstellar entities - nations, corporations, and others - started to panic, with disastrous results. The Alliance ended up fracturing, with the government sacking middle and outer ring colonies, before retreating back to their most developed core worlds. At the same time, Biesel was fending off another unsanctioned incursion by a Solarian Fleet into its space, with the help of the [[Elyra\|Republic of Elyra]] and the [[Coalition of Colonies]]. The [[Izweski Hegemony]] entered economic freefall as a result of the scarcity, and [[The Titan Rises Arc\|openly accepted Hephaestus Industries establishing a total monopoly within the nation as a result]]. In short, the phoron scarcity took the galactic order, which had (aside from Biesel declaring Independence) been maintained since the conclusion of the [[Timeline\|Interstellar war]], and upended it entirely. No-where was this more clear than the collapsed [[Solarian Alliance]], where bands of naval fleets refused the order to retreat to the developed core systems, and instead set up a multitude of warlord states in what would soon become known as the [[Human Wildlands]]; though much of the blame for that crisis lies not with the scarcity, but the [[Solarian History\|policies of previous Prime Minister Frost and the fascistic ATLAS]].

	== [[Spurian Economy\|The Spurian Economy and Phoron]] ==		== [[Spurian Economy\|The Spurian Economy and Phoron]] ==

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