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Jan 25, 2023 at 16:19 comment added Sam Kitsune Maybe the meta-material used in these lasers are tiny crystals of metallic hydrogen (in a hydrogen-lithium lattice), crushed by a diamond anvil under thousands of tonnes of force, used as the optical centerpiece for the massive catalyzer assembly. It only runs for so long until it is "burnt out" or "spent", as enough of the hydrogen gets its proton knocked out and thus collapses a little, until there isn't anything left to hit.
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