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A BEAUTIFUL MIND
"Personal log, galactic date... well, whatever. I'm beginning with my new project, codename "Tauri". Conceptually, this has much in common with the more typical blast cannon, but with convergence-themed precision, much like a directed-energy weapon. With luck, preliminary testing will yield positive results. I've decided to start the weapons testing with cryoban tech. It's the least dangerous, but it's also the wildcard of my design. Getting the full perimeters of its energy readings will go a long way in finding an equalized stability between the varying particles and energies. First test will begin momentarily. CBE-1, now commencing."
The Kage woman sighed, placing her middle and forefingers to her forehead. Her thumb rested on her cheek as her eyes closed softly. She was exhausted, in both body and mind. So many plans, so many dangers catching up with her. Restless nights where sleep would never find her. And even when it had, she never found the brief, momentary peace it would usually bring. As she opened her eyes, the glimmering glow of an azure blue shined in her eyes.
A holographic refraction of photonic particles and light waves, bent and skewered into the complexities of the weapon she had designed. Painstaking as it was, she knew this was still only the very preface of the beginning. She had a long way to go. So much more testing to do, more examinations, more energy readings to measure and refine.... and that didn't even factor in the eventual trials to avoid cross-converged power conflagrations, energy cascade failure due to overheating, of a pantheon of other issues she'd eventually have to address.
Walking over to a weapon platform she'd erected, her hands began to adjust a CC-XII rifle she'd fastened into it. It was of the 'Legion' production line; a cryoban projector. It was an older model, but it was still potent enough to achieve the desired result. At the far end of the room, six large sheets of duresteel hung within the bounds of a repulsor field. Each was a different grade, and each was to measure the various effects, their intensities and which substance proved the most effective in resistance. Durasteel grade 9093-T7511 was often used along with construction material for buildings and structures. Grade 9095-T8511 was usually used with the making of personal armors, and grade 9097-T8120 was more frequently used with the manufacturing of military-grade armoring for war machines and starship hulls, along with grade 9099-T6711. Each would yield a different result, and each were necessary.
Placing goggles over her eyes, she placed the weapons at their maximum settings as she remotely programmed seven high-powered bursts. The whirring of the weapon platform came alive as it quickly diverged to the far left of the testing range, blasting a dull gray beam with a blue ionized glow. A moment later, the weapon platform moved its position down to be parallel with the next sheet of durasteel, followed by the cryoban rifle blasting another beam at the next durasteel sheet. The process repeated itself again, and again, and again, and then a further two times, until both the weapon and the platform powered down.
The woman activated the holo-computer within her arm, bringing up the hard-light display as she approached the durasteel sheets. With a sharp snap of her fingers, her HALO chirped and buzzed, quickly approaching her from behind as she issued a set of commands to it. Instantly, HALO began to cast a wide-set beam, scanning each of the durasteel sheets individually as it took in dimension and density readings, examined the structural integrity and resiliency, and recorded the specific effects of the beam upon each durasteel grade. The woman had already made her way back to her main computer, aligning the data coming in to her holo-relay via HALO.
"Okay...," she began, exhaling sharply, "Exterior effects were predictable and satisfactory, so no immediate issues to speak of. The degree of the effects were not as severe as I'd hoped, even at full power, but I suppose that too was expected, having used a much older model than what is commonly available. Durasteel sheets contained largely uniform appearances across grades, according to their relative density. The metal itself shows significant warping and rupturing, with the point of contact with the directed energy shattering the alloy, almost akin to cracking and chipping. Also expectedly, grades 9095-T8511 and 9094-T0133 showed the highest corrosion, while grades 9097-T8120 and 9099-T6711 showed the least, so I'll catalog them for preferred status.
Now comes the boring part, and I'll need to concentrate for that. Computers are a stars-sent, but I prefer doing the calculations myself. So, ending personal log for "Project Tauri". If all goes well and according to my projections, my next entry will cover the second phase, utilizing electromagnetically-ionized plasma. Sovark, signing off."