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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nocanes" data-source="post: 2836505" data-attributes="member: 16158">#13 Maintenance Locker This substance is a sludge as it lies within the hallway now. E.P.O.CH.-The result of a mixing of cleaning solution for daily maintenance and a mid-grade acid, the new compound has combined with the material used to paint the inside of the locker and a blaster bolt. This chain reaction brought about ElectroPlasmium Organic CHlorate Acid (E.P.O.CH.), a new compound that is a low grade acid, practically inert to metals such asthose composing the locker and the hallway. However, with practically any other materials, it is a fast acting acid that uses the organic and mineral materials it contacts, in conjunction with any energy source (including ambient heat, energy weapons, even body heat) to continue the reaction chain, increasing it own volume. This is a minor spill on this facility, but on a ship constructed of PL6 ceramics or biofabric, it is a doomsday weapon. Any PC that touches the substance with a non-metallic object sees it start to smoke and dissolve that object at an alarming rate. It will drop more E.P.O.CH. and continue to dissolve even straight up. Unless this substance is scraped off, frozen or hit with near direct blaster fire and/or plasmium torch, it will spread (4 rounds) rapidly to digest any suitable material, including living beings adjacent, adding to its volume.(Need liquid form stat bock here)(Need sludge form stat bock here)If the sludge begins digestion, it liquefies again as the digestion spreads through the spill. This is rather unsettling to behold.Within the locker (5’ wide, 10’ long) is about 3.5’ of liquid E.P.O.CH. and the only thing retaining it inside is the door. If somehow the PCs can look inside without it immediately spilling out (perhaps with a Plasmium Cutting Torch, see above) they will notice the liquid inside at that depth and the remains of the old ‘Eccliptique acid’ and ‘Septinium cleaning solution’ only by the inscriptive markings. The other contents of this locker, including the paint on the containers and the poor soul who tried to hide here, are now integrated into the sludge inside. Now slowly leaking from under the door, this stuff takes a week or more to drive. The low reaction rate with the metal has only allowed a flowrate that is roughly equivalent to the dry rate. This won’t always be the case, but for the purposes of this adventure, it’s at equilibrium.In one round, it spreads to cover the hallway for 25 feet in both directions. In the second round, it will spread along the southern half of the hallway for additional 5 feet in both directions.Containing this substance and selling it on the black market would be a financial windfall of Wealth +2 per sale. However, the reputation of one conducting such commerce could draw unwanted attention and force a change of career.</blockquote>

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