Decavane Crystals

Decavane Crystals are a rare resource native to the Feral World of Aurum.

To the Imperium at large, these crystals are more myth than science. Reported only in the Jericho Reach, usually they are found in small clutches, often already excavated from tightly guarded locations.

The crystals are most valued as concentrated energy sources for various armaments, although rumours abound that they have more miraculous properties such as healing old wounds and purging illness.

No authoritative story exists as to the origin of the crystals. The most prevalent theory connects them to Eldar terraforming.

Others point to their exclusivity in the Jericho Reach as evidence that they must have been developed by the civilisation that once dominated the Jericho Sector before it fell to shadow. More sinister whispers also exist, tales that the crystals are the ill-begotten product of dark pacts made long ago.

Applications
Decavane Crystals can be fashioned to replace or augment the power sources of many standard weapons. This requires sufficient time, tools, and knowledge of the appropriate tech. If the would-be artificer succeeds, the crystals improves the damage output of las-, or even melta weapons.

Powered melee weapons, too, can become that much more potent, to the point of becoming razor sharp. Alternatively, the power source of any piece of equipment may be modified, increasing any time limits on its operation tenfold.