The Ether Reactor is the heart of a Silhouette Knight.
Overview[]
The Ether Reactor is a reactor that takes ether from the air, converting it into mana. It is large and looks somewhat like a walnut. Made of Mythril and a crystal, it is silver on the outside. The reactor glows with blue light when being used. Many runes are engraved into the Mythril cover to form the Life Song, a complicated spell that keeps the Reactor working.
Anatomy[]
The Ether Reactors are normally only created by Alvs, who have magic naturally flowing through their bodies; they have catalyst crystals like demon beasts. Through this, they are able to mold the otherwise indestructible Mythril. They are made of the following components:
- The Catalyst Crystal is a crystal which can be found inside of demon beasts, though the Alvs prefer to mine them from the ground because they are more uniform, before placing them within the Mythril shell.
- The Mythril Shell is a casing made of Mythril, an incredibly strong metal form by mixing metals together with concentrated ether. It protects the Catalyst Crystal from damage, provides a surface upon which to carve the Life Song, and which can be filled with alchemical blood substitute. The source of the crystal often determines the power of the reactor, with the standard reactor crystal being mined from the ground. However, for best results a crystal harvested from a behemoth class demon Beast is needed.
- The Life Song is a long, drawn out spell based on the process by which which is engraved into the Mythril Shell. It is what makes the Reactor work, and is a rare piece of Alv knowledge.
- The Alchemical Blood substitute Ejects the magical power from the reactor into the air where it can be converted into Magical formula.
- The Etheric Injector or Etheric Supplier is a piece of technology exclusive to the Tyrant model's of the Zaloudek Empire. It was invented by Horatio Gojass, Zaloudek Empire's renowned engineer. The Injector concentrates Ether into its solidified form called Etherite which can then be injected into the Ether Reactor to provide it's Knight with a huge amount of power. But the Injector is a double-edged sword, while giving huge amounts of power, it will destroy the catalyst crystal if used continuously. Ernesti explains it can be used only in wartime to increase the operational time.
History[]
Even for the extremely long lived Alvs the creation of the Ether Reactor was a long and hard battle. The first reactor, used the organs from demon beasts, a large amount of blood, and a huge number of engraved silver plates but barely produced enough power and being too large to be practical. With the discovery of Mythril, and the creation of a alchemical based blood substitute, building a Ether Reactor had become both practical and possible.
The Alvs did not intentionally keep the secret of producing the reactors from their human allies, rather the various kings of Fremmevilla have brought craftsmen before the Alvs and all of them have not been able to learn how to manufacture the reactor. Ernesti however learned how to create Ether Reactors as his reward for all of the contributions he made to Fremmevilla and created a work around using his existing Silhouette Gear technology.
After 3 months, thanks to his incredible intellect, Ernesti was able to forge two specialized reactors the Behemoth's Crown and Queen's Coronet. Later on, another specialized reactor was constructed by the Zaloudek empire Knight smith Horatio Gojass, who lacking the technology developed by Ernesti, instead created a giant Ether reactor, powered entirely by Ethelite, for his equally massive dragon ship Vouivre.
Meanwhile, the etheric supplier, which was invented by Horatio Gojass, had been mass-produced to be installed in Tyrants, Levitate Ship, Swordman, and Deadman. The etheric supplier doubled the output of the Silhouette Knight when used, as demonstrated by Swordman, Deadman, and by Vovin. But Swordman's reactor quickly became deteriorated, thus deactivating the Silhouette Knight. In Vovin's case, its reactor became unstable, and it would create a huge explosion.