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Game data: Spoilers in collapsible boxes

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Spoilers in collapsible boxes

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	Afterwards they jam radio: any signal beyond a few hundred metres meets interference within microseconds, which keeps the survivors from reaching the surviving satellite. According to the preliminary reports [[Raina\|Raina]] cites, they are molecules of Gadolinium-128, an isotope whose stability should be physically impossible, and the same isotope as the [[The black fluid\|The black fluid]].		Afterwards they jam radio: any signal beyond a few hundred metres meets interference within microseconds, which keeps the survivors from reaching the surviving satellite. According to the preliminary reports [[Raina\|Raina]] cites, they are molecules of Gadolinium-128, an isotope whose stability should be physically impossible, and the same isotope as the [[The black fluid\|The black fluid]].
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	=== Quotes ===		=== Quotes ===
	<div class="calima-quote">Several annotations made later indicated the readings of various instruments: in a schematic visual context, Kurt watched as an electromagnetic wave emanated from the columns when they were analyzed and propagated almost instantaneously through the suspended particles of the atmosphere to the low orbit of the spacecraft.{{Source\|Descent\|Part 2}}</div>		<div class="calima-quote">Several annotations made later indicated the readings of various instruments: in a schematic visual context, Kurt watched as an electromagnetic wave emanated from the columns when they were analyzed and propagated almost instantaneously through the suspended particles of the atmosphere to the low orbit of the spacecraft.{{Source\|Descent\|Part 2}}</div>
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	<div class="calima-quote">They are Gadolinium-128 molecules in suspension, an isotope whose stability should be physically impossible.{{Source\|Descent\|Part 2}}</div>		<div class="calima-quote">They are Gadolinium-128 molecules in suspension, an isotope whose stability should be physically impossible.{{Source\|Descent\|Part 2}}</div>

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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Game data: Descent: full articles

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Descent: full articles

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	{{Appears in\|type=force\|Descent\|es=Las partículas atmosféricas\|ca=Les partícules atmosfèriques}}		{{Appears in\|type=force\|Descent\|es=Las partículas atmosféricas\|ca=Les partícules atmosfèriques}}
			The atmospheric particles are regularly spaced particles suspended in layers in the upper atmosphere of [[Calima\|Calima]], detected as the ship enters orbit.

	== In Descent (2258) ==		== In Descent (2258) ==
	=== ~~In the book's words ===~~		=== How it works ===
	* ''«Several annotations made later indicated the readings of various instruments: in a schematic visual context, Kurt watched as an electromagnetic wave emanated from the columns when they were analyzed and propagated almost instantaneously through the suspended particles of the atmosphere to the low orbit of the spacecraft.»''{{Source\|Descent\|Part 2}}
	* ''«The ship had instantly split in two, sliced cleanly through the section drawn by the particle layer.»''{{Source\|Descent\|Part 2}}
	~~=== Later in the book~~ ===
	{{Spoiler\|Descent}}		{{Spoiler\|Descent}}
	* ''~~«They~~ are Gadolinium-128 molecules in suspension, an isotope whose stability should be physically impossible.~~»''~~{{Source\|Descent\|Part 2}}		When the ship's instruments focus on [[The columns\|The columns]], an electromagnetic wave leaves them and spreads almost instantly through the particles up to the ship's orbit; then every particle in the nearest layer is excited at once, and the ship is cut in two along it. Physicists speculate that the particles act like the ship's own nanomesh, which would mean a structure of incredible complexity on a planetary scale, able to stay inert on standby.

			Afterwards they jam radio: any signal beyond a few hundred metres meets interference within microseconds, which keeps the survivors from reaching the surviving satellite. According to the preliminary reports [[Raina\|Raina]] cites, they are molecules of Gadolinium-128, an isotope whose stability should be physically impossible, and the same isotope as the [[The black fluid\|The black fluid]].
			=== Quotes ===
			<div class="calima-quote">Several annotations made later indicated the readings of various instruments: in a schematic visual context, Kurt watched as an electromagnetic wave emanated from the columns when they were analyzed and propagated almost instantaneously through the suspended particles of the atmosphere to the low orbit of the spacecraft.{{Source\|Descent\|Part 2}}</div>
			<div class="calima-quote">The ship had instantly split in two, sliced cleanly through the section drawn by the particle layer.{{Source\|Descent\|Part 2}}</div>
			{{Spoiler\|Descent}}
			<div class="calima-quote">They are Gadolinium-128 molecules in suspension, an isotope whose stability should be physically impossible.{{Source\|Descent\|Part 2}}</div>

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	<references />		<references />

Game data: Descent: hub, reading pages, glossary and lore from the book

2026-10-29T14:55:18Z

Descent: hub, reading pages, glossary and lore from the book

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== In Descent (2258) ==
=== In the book's words ===
* ''«Several annotations made later indicated the readings of various instruments: in a schematic visual context, Kurt watched as an electromagnetic wave emanated from the columns when they were analyzed and propagated almost instantaneously through the suspended particles of the atmosphere to the low orbit of the spacecraft.»''{{Source|Descent|Part 2}}
* ''«The ship had instantly split in two, sliced cleanly through the section drawn by the particle layer.»''{{Source|Descent|Part 2}}
=== Later in the book ===
{{Spoiler|Descent}}
* ''«They are Gadolinium-128 molecules in suspension, an isotope whose stability should be physically impossible.»''{{Source|Descent|Part 2}}

== Sources ==
<references />