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Security Level 3 - Restricted
TO LCDR Fozka T. CC CMDR Tulon FROM CAPT Ceefax J. SUBJ Initial progress and requisition request |
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Dear Lieutenant Commander Fozka
Although it has taken time, largely in terms of discovering how to shift it into the gas phase for analysis, we have finally succeeded in identifying the makeup of the Azedi hull alloy as consisting of the following:
54% Neutronium
16% Unknown
10% Tritanium
13% Chrondite
7% Nitrium
The unknown compound bears a strong resemblance to Trellium, although it is not any recorded Trellium variant. I proprose naming this substance Trellium-Azedite, until we have a better name for it. It does not appear to have any effects on Vulcans, although Vulcan personnel working with it are treated according to the revised Phlox Protocol after each shift as a precaution.
As you know, Starfleet hull alloys do not contain more than a few percentage points of Neutronium, due to the relatively scarcity of the material and the current impossibility of replicating it, or creating it artificially. The combination of these two materials appears to be the primary source of the combined resilience of the hull to directed energy weapons fire and subspace sensors. Although I will continue experimentation, I do not believe that it will be straightforward to develop a method of defeating this armour using directed energy weapons, owning to the high Neutronium content.
I have a two current requisition requests:
1x 21st Century Terran 'Rheinmetall Rh-130 L/60' tank gun, which I can't replicate in the lab as I do not have a replicator capable of producing items in excess of five metres, while the full assembly is 9 metres.
500kg of Neutronium alloy, Starfleet hull applique grade, formed into pointed rods with the following dimensions: 30mm diameter, 1500mm length
//SIGNED//
Captain Jezbei Ceefax
CO, USS Lauda, attached to Project Nuthuza.
//ATTACHMENT// Requisition.dat