Koldar 32

The Element

This is an artificially created material, it was manufactured by smashing two Kyskedium atoms against each other in a fusion reactor, under the guidance of great amounts of heat and pressure. The result was a new element called Koldar, a seemingly regular metal, approximately equal in density to lead.

When initially created, Koldar is a liquid, and it will stay a liquid as long as it stays hot. When it cools down and the atoms settle in place, it will require a lot more heat to melt it again. It also becomes completely indestructible, unbendable, and unpiercable. This makes it very useful for a wide variety of things. It is also extremely reflective when cast properly, making it very easy to create mirrors with.
However, it becomes really difficult to change its shape afterwards, so, for storage, they add carbon to it. The carbon keeps it brittle, and allows for it to be remelted much easier later, when then processed for final use, they blast it with oxygen, in order to remove the carbon.

Koldar is not very reactive and doesn't like forming bonds with other elements, however, this doesn't mean it can't.

Uses: It is used in power armor, but also as frames for large space ships and industrial machinery. It is also used to protect the most delicate parts of spacecraft and vulnerable things, such as certain types of reactors. These are all uses of its indestructibility, however, this is not its only quality.

It is also used in mirrors, specifically when mirrors need to be very strong. The best example of this being used is in space telescopes. It is also used in solar reactors such as the one on Kryllix 4, because it is excellent at reflecting solar rays and staying accurate over long distances.

Koldyne

Type: Alloy
Appearance: Metallic

When combined with Karsynide, it becomes a strong alloy with a high melting point and a very capable magical conductor. It also goins the unique ability of generating energy fields, which can repel almost anything, as long as they have power.
It is made into thin strands and spun around a coil, which is the core component in advanced shield generators. These shields will not only protect against radiation and space debris, but also against powerful energy weapons. These generators are expensive though, and rare outside of military spacecraft.
These generators, despite being magical, are able to run on electrical power.

Kolyndite (KoKd₂)

Scientific Name: Koldar Dikaryndium
Bond Type: Ionic
Appearance: Dark metallic

Kolyndite is a stable koldar bond, it is made by adding karyndium to carbon-enriched Koldar, accompanied by oxygen. The karyndium bonds the Koldar as the carbon us burned away, and together, they form a strong, stable compound.

Reaction: 2Kd + O₂ + Ko(C) = KoKd₂ + CO₂

Function:
While Kalyndite isn't as strong as Pure Koldar, it is still very strong, but not nearly as heavy. This makes it useful for more compact suits, and less critical construction needs. It is a common component of smaller space craft, and many other things.
It is also used for mana storage flasks.

Coinage:
It is also used as a material currency in some systems, they are fashioned into Kolyndite strips, with a serial number and a computer inside, in order to make it harder to fake them. This material is used because of its distinct appearance, and its durability.

Code: Ko
Magicrons per Atom: 32
Type: Metal
Primary Aspect: Protection

Koldar Trade

Koldar was the first artificial Magicronic element, and therefore, it isn't very rare anymore, however, it is hoarded by governments, militaries, and other interested parties, making it still a hard resource to come by for the average consumer.
There is also the fact that most pure Koldar is locked up in certain forms. Much of it is used in large space station, for which they make up support beams and the like, there are many ancient spacestations, that have since been broken down for scrap, but reusing the Koldar has proven very difficult, and creating new Koldar is often cheaper than attempting to remelt massive, cooled-down structural beams.
Then there is the matter of its weight, it is very heavy for a metal, making it impractical for small-scale matters. This is also why the only types of armor that use Koldar are powered exosuits.

This is why, despite its relatively common status, it is still produced regularly, and it is still expensive.

Black Market

There is a black market Koldar trade, particularly in carbonated Koldar, which is its most useful form, however, there is also a trade in Koldar parts, which are commonly used, such as reactor plates, and things like that.
These are often stolen from transport vessels, or during planetary raids, it is also not uncommon for single crates of carbonated Koldar to go "missing" from production facilities.

Salvaging

However challenging and impractical, there are scrappers who hunt for unused or broken Koldar scraps, and seek to rework them into usable Koldar carbonate.
They will still try to reheat it, or use superkralic acid to dissolve it, which is much more dangerous, but less energy-intensive.
This market isn't lucrative enough to be done in a large scale, and is solely relegated to independents or scavenger guilds.