Quantum Core

A unique piece of hardware that uses a mix of incredibly advanced cybernetics and the finest piece of Exotic matter ever produced to warp the fabric of space/time.

Use
The Quantum Core was designed to act as an energy focus, transferring its powering force from electrical energy to Dimensional energy. Attuned to the neural net of the human Sky however it is able to use the dimensional energy already present in the universe. In this setting however it is limited by the mind of the user, slowly growing more versatile and more powerful as their mind adapts to the Core.

Other copies of the Quantum core are attempted after it is discovered that someone has unlocked it's potential, but as no pieces of exotic matter anywhere near the size or the purity of the original existed the copies turned their users into insane, dimensionally-shifted mutants.

History
The original design for the Quantum Core was created two hundred years before its creation by a Proffessor Barnard of the Empire, about twenty years after the discovery and capture of the first Exotic matter particles at the San Dimas natural wormhole. At the time however the Exotic matter samples captured were erratic, small and impure, making them insufficient for the design. As time moved on and the study of Exotic matter continued however, the Pyrian Government finally discovered a way to create Exotic matter in the form needed. In a secret deal, the Empire financed the production of the Core by the Pyrians by way of the Icon, for the largest sum transferred between two parties in galactic history. Upon its final completion however, it was stolen by the escaping Sky, who had not been considered a threat to the secrecy of the project, and it disapeared for some time.