"Cascadia"

[Cortana Clark]

INCOMING MESSAGE

From: Thraike
To: "Cascadia"
Source: Research ship Prometheus, ???

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Log #3

In the end, this foam wasn't all that hard to produce after all. What we first thought would be an issue that could cost us days was solved quicker than expected. We tried a few different types but almost all got us the results that we wanted. Even though we worked with plasma in the past we did not expect that almost all of them would work.

Anyhow, we are currently running simulations with different payload sizes to see if there is a demand for adjustment. With our old "Argus" project we have experience of the destructive power of the Black Nova Compound but the main issue is that we never tested it for such large scales. We know through pure simulations that we could evaporate a whole planet with a few perfectly placed bombs but we don't need nor want that much strength in the shimmering Darklings void. We also have to account for environmental changes. We know that the radiation from the compound can end fairly quickly with unwanted side effects and if we make a mistake it could cause permanent damage to the surroundings of the Gate. Worst case scenario through current simulations would include, Deadman Land which means an unenterable zone that destroys everything that enters, poisonous and/or explosive gas clouds.

To prevent that we currently have a few ideas that first have to run through the simulations. We could reduce the point of concentration of the compound by scattering many smaller bombs around the gate and station. This would increase the width of the explosion but it would be less focused with all the compound at one spot, or we reduce the pressure on the compound to even further reduce its explosive power. We are currently not sure how to proceed this is why we will upload the next log after all the simulations have passed.

Cortana Clark
The Architect