The Miracle Metal was first introduced to the world as a scientific milestone. Dr. Rudolfo Rocca’s work with a rare compound—later designated Taronite—promised a new class of adaptive materials with unprecedented responsiveness to electromagnetic input.
Public briefings emphasized restraint. Taronite’s extraterrestrial origin, recovered exclusively from meteorite fragments, was presented as a natural limitation. Scarcity, they assured, would prevent misuse.
Privately, scarcity only clarified value. Control of supply became synonymous with control of outcomes, and research priorities shifted accordingly. Funding arrived faster than oversight.
By the time applications outpaced theory, the language surrounding the Miracle Metal had already changed. It was no longer a discovery.
It was an asset.