Universal Polypeptide Cross Generator
A rumored Auberon machine could transform alien biosphere matter into human food and overturn Sol's last great economic monopoly.
Story so far
The universal polypeptide cross-generator is a reported Auberon project designed to accept the toxic or incompatible biological material of alien worlds and output food humans can digest. Camina Drummer describes its principle privately to Saba but stops herself from disclosing protected details outside the union's chain of authority.
If the project is genuine, it could become viable within ten or fifteen years and end Earth and Mars's monopoly on soil and farming substrates. That would elevate Auberon into a system-spanning superpower and might tempt the Earth-Mars Coalition to use naval force before its economic leverage disappears.
Appearance
A biological-processing mechanism whose physical design is not described, defined by an intake for incompatible alien organic matter and an output of edible human nutrients.
Role
The generator is a potentially civilization-changing technology at the center of Drummer's concerns about Auberon's rise.
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