Glitter

Galactic currency - akin to gold or diamonds. Money is backed by glitter and other precious resources. Glitter comes in many forms - sequins, glitter dust, liquid, rocks. Glitter dust is the desired form. Since the Great Glitter Ban, glitter has become a hot necessity and commodity. People struggling to be fabulous without it. Treat it like gold, fuel, water, etc. World is plentiful with water and food, but act like the world is over because glitter is expensive and hard to come by. People are obsessed with glitz and glimmer. Treat this shit like blood diamonds, oil fields and the Gold Rush, drug smuggling

Glitter describes an assortment of small, reflective particles that come in a variety of shapes and colors. Glitter particles reflect light at different angles, causing the surface to sparkle or shimmer. Glitter is similar to confetti, sparkles, or sequins, but somewhat smaller.
Since prehistoric times, glitter has been made from many different materials including stones such as malachite, and mica, as well as insects and glass. Modern glitter is usually manufactured from plastic and is rarely recycled leading to calls from scientists for bans on plastic glitter.

Properties

Material Characteristics

Literally just glitter, like how we have glitter now. The natural, high-quality real stuff is formed in rocky, crystal materials on Caleco.

Geology & Geography

The natural, high-quality real stuff is formed in rocky, crystal glass-like materials on Caleco. Can also be found in the bottom of bodies of water, often found washed ashore.

History & Usage

History

The world currency. Since the Great Glitter Shortage which resulted in the Great Glitter Ban, glitter has become a hot necessity and commodity. People struggling to be fabulous without it. People moved out west to no man’s land, a lawless territory full of danger and dragons, when word came back to the cities about the discovery of the land .
Glitter describes an assortment of small, reflective particles that come in a variety of shapes and colors. Glitter particles reflect light at different angles, causing the surface to sparkle or shimmer. Glitter is similar to confetti, sparkles, or sequins, but somewhat smaller. Since prehistoric times, glitter has been made from many different materials including stones such as malachite, and mica,[1] as well as insects[2] and glass.[3] Modern glitter is usually manufactured from plastic and is rarely recycled leading to calls from scientists for bans on plastic glitter.
Treat it like gold, fuel, water, etc. World is plentiful with water and food n shit, but act like the world is over because theres no glitter. Ppl obsessed with glitz n glimmer. Treat this shit like blood diamonds, oil fields and the Gold Rush. Drug smuggling, Sons of Anarchy, Deadwood. MadMax
Glitter comes in many forms - sequins, flakes, liquid - it can be cultivated from mines, panning, farms, glitter fields, dams etc
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Ppl mine for glitter, but it is really dangerous, like the goldrush, crushed by mines, glitter dragons, which could be either bitchy women or literal dragons, bandits Slaves are used for mining, and building costumes and decorating - egyptian style Beautiful, Dangerous Glitter disasters like glitter ocean spills, glitter pollution Low class glitter vs high class glitter Glitter can be used as a weapon, gets in your eyes, cant come off - glitter bombs, its like phosporous “Glitter is the herpes of the craft world." Oh hell yeah it is. Glitter is hideous. Glitter spreads like wildfire. Glitter gets into crevices you didn't even know you had. And once you get a big pile of glitter on you, you can't get rid of it. Ever. That's why it's also the perfect F you gift to send to your nemeses, enemies, and, most of all, your ex-girlfriend Karen. Completely anonymously, courtesy of ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com.
American Experience : The Gold Rush | Top Documentaries 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy8y9RoGYac
California was not governed by anyone, so it was a big free-for-all in mining for gold. Sam Brannan opening store to take advantage of miners, sold pickaxes, pans, mining supplies etc Ppl dropped their lives to mine for gold, sailors, mexicans, indians San Francisco - Major city port - everyone lands here first, lots of drinking, women, gambling, violence, everyone's rich here, the rich guys stay here and spend here Sacramento - Major city hub - between two major rivers, known to flood, but perfect location to pan for gold Coloma - mining town, easy to find gold American river - Ppl asking to work other’s claims “Stories of success justified the impulse to come to california” Ppl from all over the world come to california, thinking it was super easy, gold just lying around, you could be rich - tremendous abundance in california “California for the Chileans was an unknown country, nearly a desert, full of dangers and infested besides by epidemics of disease...There we had no friends or relatives to lend a hand: personal safety could be found only at the barrel of a pistol or the point of a dagger; and nevertheless the risk of robbery, violence, sickness, death itself were secondary considerations before the dazzling promise of gold” - Vicente Pérez Rosales The promised land lay in the west, gold rush to the people represented sign from god to expand US to the west California gold grease - put the grease on and roll in dirt to collect gold on body - genius Church condemned gold fever, greed is bad, corruption - virtue of hard work - it is a sickness Society moving away from people being independent producers, and moving toward wage labour society 49ers - 1849 when many ppl left for california, called themselves this believing this was the year they got rich Many created joint companies to pool resources and work together Some traveled in caravans, some traveled by sea Thousands crowding the gold fields. Americans forced foreigners out of the area, campsites separated by nationality, threw foreigners off their claims, california was a new US territory now, so get out Violence breaks out between americans and foreigners Punishment for stealing - Get hung, get your ears cut off, get shot, beheading, head pickled and displayed Miners not concerned with law and societal structure like back east. The future for the miner is to leave california US was too wrapped up in dealing with slavery to worry about government in california. California made their own government, declared themselves a state Rush crammed decades of development into one year California mostly male 90%, women in great demand. Pay top dollar just to be in a woman's company. A need for softness and love and decency, a reminder of home. Men expected to get rich quick and those who didn't looked for someone to blame - anti foreign sentiment on the rise California Foreign Miners Tax created to prohibit Spanish speakers from mining - 10k left that year, hysteria and violence between anglos and mexicans started fable/legend of bandit joaquin murrieta spread Miners moving up rivers into indian territory, indians start defending, fighting over food, resources, livestock California law made to use indian slaves, california offered indian bounties for ears, ⅘ of californias native population was wiped out from starvation, disease and murder - genocide - Mass murder that was legalized and publicly subsidized California entered union shining with gold but dripping with blood White people had power with impunity Real money in mining the miners - merchants, making good selling product and services to miners Sam Brannon built warehouses, hotels, restaurants, goods stores Makeshift wood and canvas buildings in SF were ripe for several fires- buildings now built out of brick, now have a fire dept Failed miner Alfred Dolton became degenerate - drunk, gambler, no morals, sexual deviant, brawler- never returned home, never willing to give up on gold Chinese indentured themselves to merchants, hoping for a better life in the US, and created programs to help other chinese people in the US Chinese stuck to their own, created chinatown - when their presence is too much, they are forced to pay the miners tax, other chinese became fishermen, cooks, launderers, etc Ground gold for individual panning was gone, only gold left was in the hills. Corporate companies employed people to mine for gold with dynamite and water jets. Gold rush - new life, big dreams, big risks Golden State Early sections of San Francisco were built out of ships abandoned by prospectors. More fortunes were made by merchants than by miners.

Discovery

Discovered washed ashore, which begun the Caleco Glitter Rush.

Everyday use

• Most commonly used as currency, accepted nearly everywhere in the galaxy, and almost exclusively on Caleco and its moons.

• Next commonly used in fashion, often as different types of makeup, hair and body sprays

• Also commonly used as recreational drugs

• Less commonly manufactured into military weapons

Industrial Use

Goes through manufacturing to create both weapons and drugs

Refinement

Does not need to go through refinement to be valuable and usable, though dust is often the most sought after form.

Manufacturing & Products

Currency - akin to gold or diamonds. Money is backed by glitter and other precious resources. Wealth is measured and displayed with glitter.

Fashion - People struggling to be fabulous without it. The #1 most wanted thing in the galaxy. You're basically trash if you show up to some high-class event without glitter.

Drugs - Dazzle, Daz, Tinsel, Tin, Flakes, Pixie Dust, Metal Molly, M&Ms - Highly illegal Glitter based drug - everything like cocaine or meth: addiction, effects, side effects, looks like snorting a pile of silver glitter. Often made from Ghost Glitter, sometimes made from synthetic glitter.

Weapons - Highly unstable after manufacturing certain types of glitter - basically like white phosphorus

Hazards

Certain types of glitter are highly unstable, and put off noxious fumes. This form is often called Ghost Glitter, mishandling it will make you a ghost. Ghost Glitter is the form used in weapons and sometimes in certain drugs.

Environmental Impact

Every once in a while there are beautiful, dangerous glitter disasters like glitter ocean spills, glitter pollution. Glitter can also be very toxic in large, unrefined amounts.

Reusability & Recycling

Plastic glitter is not recyclable. Low amounts of natural glitter can be reabsorbed into the earth with no real consequence.

Distribution

Trade & Market

People mine for glitter, but it is really dangerous, like the gold rush. There are risks of cave-ins, bandits, warlords, mercenaries, trespassing in mining camps

Storage

Only volatile glitters like Ghost Glitter need to be specially contained.

Law & Regulation

Like Prohibition, people were afraid of the greed, blood and environmental hazards that happen when people go crazy for glitter. A ban was placed on individuals and companies mining for it without galactic government oversight. Also allowed the governments to pocket this money for themselves through writing their own laws for their own mining companies. Legal mining for glitter happens with permits and planetary permission. Generally you need to have a lot of money for these licenses, and only corporations mine for glitter. Unless you are willing to go the illegal route. There are also illegal corporations mining for glitter on shitty planets like Caleco, which are in the outskirts of the galaxy, far from the reaches of the galactic government. Like Detroit or Sin City Old Vegas; they all know what happens out there, but the government doesn’t bother trying to regulate it since they get kickbacks, it’s too dangerous, or not worth it.

Type

Stone

Rarity

Plentiful on Caleco, but pretty rare to the rest of the galaxy.

Color

Can be found in different colors, but naturally is rainbow, iridescent.

Common State

Usually found in crystallized forms, can be found in many different forms as rocky chunks, sandy particles, dust, sequins, and sometimes liquid.