The Metatron Theory-- Chapter 3: The Space Compressing Properties of Metatron
The best of use of Metatron's superiority comes not from its elasticity as a metal, or its ability to absorb more damage than can any synthetic armor substance currently produced by Man today. It does not even come from Metatron's Zero-Point energy conversion ability. Instead, it comes from the most wondrous and dangerous aspect of the material-- its ability to compress space itself.
Compressed space is still a rather sketchy subject in the scientific community, not everyone agrees on what it is. However, using the best parts of all theories, a universal and typically accepted theory has emerged. The Tri-formed Theory of Compressed Space.
The reason this theory is referred to as "Tri-formed" is because it is based upon the belief that compressed space exists in three forms: positive, negative, and neutral compressed space. Positive compressed space is possibly the most common of the compressed space types, being used many times over as a shielding apparatus. BAHRAM's battleship fleet uses compressed space to shield its rear engine cores from attack, and a control facility on Mars for the Orbital Space Fortress Aumaan used a gate of compressed space to deny entry to unauthorizeds.
In order to fully understand this, one must take into consideration the possibility that space is actually composed of matter particulates, not simply existing as a vacuum.
Positive compressed space a form of space that is rich in energy, which is expressed in a variety of ways. The primary mode of expression is a reactive force from compression that is released when uncompressing. In shielding purposes, this is what repels weapons fire. Compressed space radiates outwards from the energy keeping it compressed, and it decompresses rapidly, expressing the reactive force and stopping weapons fire. Positive compressed space also expresses its abundant energy in light. Aumaan's control facility compressed space gate gave off yellow light while active.* Heat, gamma radiation and other forms of energy are not expressed quite as much as the reactive force and light energy in positive compressed space. The subweapon "Zero-Shift" works by provoking a more violent reactive force, compressing areas of space between the Orbital Frame and its destination and one behind the Orbital Frame, then violently decompressing, crushing the space in between them and launching the Orbital Frame forward towards the destination, whose distance is reduced dramatically. This gives the appearance of a "teleportation".
Negative compressed space is still a very mysterious form of compressed space. Aumaan, upon activation, was supposed to used a mass wave of negative compressed space to destroy the solar system and all life inhabiting it. From what is currently understood about this phenomenon, referred to as "energy constriction", negative compressed space takes in energy from all matter to feed its growth. When matter enters an area saturated with compressed space, the electron bonds in the matter are broken down and absorbed into the reaction, feeding the growth of the compressed space. If Aumaan's negative compressed space reaction actually succeeded, then it would have resulted in the atomic disassembly of the entire solar system. Everything would have been reduced to constituent elements, and then stripped of electrons. This reaction can only go so far once its begun though, so once the negative compressed space burned through the solar system, it would have likely stopped due to the absence of further significant matter to rob of energy. Of course, there is no current way of knowing without actually conducting an experiment on the use of such a large-scale reaction outside of its destructive radius.
Neutral compressed space is the most benign of the three space types. Better known as Vector Space, neutral compressed space is quite simply an area of compressed space. It neither releases energy or absorbs energy. It has no reactive force to speak of, except when a Vector Trap is opened and the natural reactive force attempts to close the Trap. Matter can be inserted through Vector Traps into Vector Space to be stored for later use. An advantage in the use of Vector Space as a cargo storage area is that there is no degredation of matter to speak of in Vector Space, as there are no elements to continually bombard the matter inside, thereby preserving their molecular integrity. Some more advanced cargo ships use the Vector Trap to store larger units of cargo, or the ships are simply built around a Vector Trap generator and use that generator to open large Vector Traps to store all of the cargo. Orbital Frames use Vector Traps to store ammunition, resulting in their lightness and speed from their lack of cumbersome mass. Jehuty's vast arsenal of weapons is one example, being able to summon each and every weapon out of Vector Space in an instant, excepting the Vector Cannon which takes a few seconds to fully emerge.
Addendum---
*One note of importance; never mistake another form of energy field for positive compressed space. Jehuty's third battle against the Orbital Frame Nephtis is one example of this. The binding field surrounding their arena of battle resembles positive compressed space, but it exhibits different properties, such as the capability to stun Orbital Frames when they come into contact with the field. There may well be other forms of energy fields that bear resemblance to positive compressed space, but the repercussions of approaching them like positive compressed space could be much more costly.
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