Luminite
By far the most intriguing and electrifying natural discovery in the already unique world, Lumin has an extraordinary ability to capture and store the sun’s energy, allowing it to be harnessed. Floating high above even the tallest parts of the Spiral Mountains, luminous Aurora Borealis-like Voltaea clouds, which behave like a photovoltaic solar panel, captures 100% of the solar energy that touches their dense magnetically charged surface. Although Voltaea clouds look like typical clouds of water vapor, they are actually comprised of highly conductive micro-minerals, turbulently dancing together in a seemingly un-choreographed electrically charged ballet. But once these highly energized clouds pass over the Voltaic mountains in the north and south poles of the planet, something happens that baffles scientist.
A Luminite crystal
Through beautifully chaotic electrical storms, the energy within the Voltaea Clouds arcs with the superconductive lightning rod-like mineral Electrite, which is found in large concentration amongst the mountain peaks. The energy then flows like life sustaining blood through to nearly every mile of the planet’s surface and core, where it is retained by the energy storing mineral Luminite. With astonishing potential, the planet’s Luminite stays constantly charge with enough capacity to easily meet the energy demands of every human on the planet.
Energy storm in the Voltaic Mountains
As an old saying on Lumin goes, “If it glows blue, it can electrify you”, Luminite, while not dangerous to the touch, can be used to provide electricity to any device through use of a Triga Node, which use a system of micro suction cups to unobtrusively attach itself to the mineral and feed on its electricity. If broken off as a standalone piece, the energy from the Luminite can still be used, but once it’s used, the energy will not be replenished, as it is not ultimately connected to the electrical storms in the Voltaic Mountains. Luminite that no longer holds any energy, commonly referred to as “Dead Luminite”, turns to a non-glowing, dark matte black stone similar to shale, which eventually withers away and contributes to the very dark, soft, nutrient rich soil found on nearly every inch of the planet’s surface.
Of all the obvious properties held by Luminite upon discovery, there was one that was very mysterious, and took scientists, accompanied by Arwin, years to decode. Vibrating from the very molecules themselves, Luminite emits a frequency that perfectly resonates with the heavy presence of the metal Lumium in the planets core. At first, Arwin was stumped, and couldn't find any data to relate the matching of the frequencies. But soon after the banning of Luminite mining was written into the Declaration of Rights, a smuggler attempting to sell Luminite on Earth made an explosive discovery- the Luminite, due to a highly advanced form of magnetic resonance, was essentially tethered to Lumin, making any attempt at bringing it off world end in a massive and totally unsurviveable explosion. To this day, there have been no other attempts at bringing the Luminite off world, with an exception for a few experiments held by Arwin to confirm it's data.
Veins of planetary Luminite.
