Overview

A quantum atomic forge is a purpose-built machine for creating Demimaterials . It has all of the required capabilities in order to generate the deep atomic bonds that characterize these materials, including:

• Chemical Synthesis for Reaction Bonds
• Extreme Heat for Heat Bonding
• Cryo Pumps for Cryogenic Bonds
• Pressure Chambers and Impactors for Forging
• High Voltage Systems for Electrical Stimulation

All of this is contained in a single unit with a shared reaction chamber where one or more of these methods can be applied simultaneously and in sequence in order to generate the right environment and conditions for deep chemical bonding to occur.

Typically components are formed via molds and other sacrificial structural forms.

History

While the first demimaterials were created in more traditional (though advanced) laboratories, eventually enough demimaterials had been constructed in order to construct the first purpose-built machines for manufacturing these highly specialized materials.

Development on the first purpose-built Quantum Atomic Forge began in 2050 and improvements continued to be made into the AI war of the 2060s.

Components

A typical forge consists of a few key components.

The high energy demands require that the forge is powered by a compact fusion reactor. Early models of the forges had larger reactors that necessitated a huge facility to house the forge. Once fusion reactors had been miniaturized the forges became much easier to build smaller (about the size of a typical shipping container).

Quantum Atomic Forges are typically operated by a quantum AI agent, typically in an AI core formfactor.

Known Forges

Not many Quantum Atomic Forges are known to exist. The first were all built and upgraded by QAS. It is believed that they had one at each of their research and manufacturing facilities, though they built several secret facilities that were not discovered until long after the war ended.

QAS also licensed the technology to a partner in China, Xiaomi, who built a number of forges in China though it is not known how many and these forges are inaccessible to outsiders.

The Brotherhood built a forge on the original Victoria Aconitum and eventually upgraded it to a Quantum Loom . They went on to produce a few Quantum Looms, but where extremely guarded with the technology. The former Brotherhood member and Aconite, Astraya, was able to construct her own compact Quantum Loom for her ship, the Monkshood.