Chapter 105: Silane's Project

Kothar split apart the two parts of the mold, and the shining links and central mount for the stone fell out. The metal still shone, but had an added depth thanks to the Titanite that Kothar had added, and it was far stronger than traditional silver.

Kothar picked up a file out from amongst the tools he had bought from the Marketplace, and began to strip away the excess metal from the mold, bringing out the final shape of the necklace.

Next, he sanded down the metal, taking his time to buff every surface of the necklace smooth, it couldn't be ideal to have a rough piece of metal constantly rubbing against his bare skin.

Once he had done that, Kothar set the artifact within the central pendant housing, and with a pair of pliers, bent the prongs in place to hold the stone. The necklace was complete.

Kothar gave the entire piece one last polish, before holding the necklace up to the sunlight that filtered in from the entrance and admiring it, the necklace had a central diamond shaped pendant that held that deep black Spatial artifact, and then square shaped heavy links formed the necklace. 

Kothar pulled the necklace around his neck and closed the clasp, and as the stone came into contact with his skin he could feel it resonating with his Spatial Mana Core, this was the closest it had been to it so far.

Now, all he could do was wait for Silane as she assembled the ship, and so Kothar sat down and began to meditate.

Meanwhile, above the cross legged Kothar, Silane's Fabrication Plant was a swirl of activity.

Pieces of the unassembled ship were piled up near each of the robotic arms, with a total of eight separate arms dominating the room. 

There were tools set nearby also, hammers, welders and rotating saws, purchasing these had depleted the remaining credits that Kothar had left.

Currently, what was to be the engine of the ship was taking shape in the center of the room, this would take up most of the space within the ship, but Kothar and Silane didn't need much room besides enough for valuable materials and  Kothar himself.

The ship was to be propelled in two different ways. First, there were two rotors that could pivot to face in any direction, which would give the ship extreme maneuverability within an atmosphere. This would be ideal for using the ship within the atmosphere of any planets on different planes, so long as they had an atmosphere.

Second, there was to be a superheated chamber, which would heat water onboard to extreme temperature, increasing the temperature to a ridiculous degree, which would then be ejected from the ship and be used to propel the ship in a vacuum.

Silane had wanted to use a special liquid propellant, but buying the materials on the pebble Marketplace or even purifying them from Atla was not feasible, especially after buying the tools she had wanted and the narrow timeframe that they now had.

She would have to make do with plain water for now, which was a blessing in disguise, since it was common on many planes that they knew of, and was cheap and readily available on the Marketplace.

Two of the robotic arms placed the pre structured rotor assembly onto the axle that would connect them to the central motor, which housed the Imperium in a central housing, with an enormous spark plug which would kick start the energy extraction process.

First the spark plug would send a spark to the Imperium, then, most of the produced energy could be routed to the engine, while a small remained was routed back to the Imperium, continued the release of energy,

Modulating the amount of energy that was released from the Imperium would allow for the power output of the engine to be controlled, as well ramping up the power output to the insane amounts that would be needed to feasibly propel the ship through space.

Next, the tank that would superheat the water was attached, it was well insulated, since Silane didn't want the ship to become an oven that would slowly roast Kothar while he was sitting inside.

The two rotors and the thruster tank formed a 'T' shape, with the engine at the center, the glowing Imperium mostly obscured.

Next came the water tanks, which were placed along  either side of the central portion of the 'T'. Pumps for the water were attached, and the heating coil was slotted neatly into the eating tank.

The cockpit, which contained the controls and had a window of polished quartz, would sit the the very tip of the 'T' forming a triangle with the two rotors at the rear.

All these components made up the rudimentary structure of the ship, without which the ship would not even be able to leave the ground. 

Over this basic skeleton, the wings made of the same, thin layers of Titanite would shield the ship from the enormous amounts of friction that it would be under when entering or leaving orbit.

The robotic arms placed the panels with inhuman precision, controlled as they were by Silane. Whirring noises and the clangs of the rivets being hammered into place rung out, and one of the arms welded the gaps in the outer plating.

Initially, the ship would only be able to make short trips, as the internal pressurizing system was still rudimentary, but as the ship was upgraded they would be able to explore more and more.

The ship slowly took shape, and formed a snub nosed, triangular craft, that was the dark gray of Titanite. Two enormous rotors took up the rear portion, and an oval shaped cockpit sat at the tip of the triangle.

The lower portion of the ship held the thruster, and a nozzle that could be rotated to steer the ship.

Silane controlled one of the robotic arms to hover over the open cockpit, and lowered down the stubby claw that made up the hand, and a spark flew toward the Imperium

This was the moment of truth.