High-Temperature Superconductors
High-Temperature Superconductors — Terra Invicta technology. Scientists develop superconductors that can operate in extremely hot environments.
About High-Temperature Superconductors
High-Temperature Superconductors is a Terra Invicta technology in Materials with a research cost of 40,000.
Scientists develop superconductors that can operate in extremely hot environments.
Superconductors are substances that transmit electricity without resistance, and therefore, without energy loss. They are thus essential for the extreme energy requirements of the groundbreaking technologies humanity has developed in response to the alien arrival. Alas, superconductors are historically limited to very low temperatures. For decades, even our most pioneering ones could only function below -220F. It was not until the early 2020s that superconductivity even at room temperatures became possible, achieved by forming a crystalline compound of carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur, but even then its applications were infuriatingly limited. At last, however, we have developed a compound capable of superconductivity even at the high temperatures found in harsher extrasolar environments, and with only minimal energy loss. An equally important breakthrough is effective shielding from the magnetic fields so fundamental to our spacecraft and their weaponry, but so disruptive to superconductivity. This offers astounding potential for even greater advancements in deep-space propulsion and combat.