Day 278: I found more of that strange blue rock that resembles diamond, but that I can shape like metal into armor and weapons.<\/p>\n
A little more on that:<\/p>\n
At first I thought it was legitimate diamond, which is not at all valuable on the open market, seeing as they can be manufactured really easily in the engine system of a standard ship.<\/p>\n
But then when I nailed one still in the wall with my pickaxe one time, I realized that it dented instead of shattering. Diamonds are crystals, so they tend to split along their crystalline structure, which is why they’re easy to make so shiny.<\/p>\n
Whatever this stuff is, it’s more like transparent aluminum. I can hammer it, heat it, shape it, pretty much whatever I want.<\/p>\n
It takes a looooong time to work because it’s hard as, well, diamonds, but it can be done.<\/p>\n
So I’d used the first load of diamonds to make myself some better armor, and compared to the leather and iron and cloth I’d been using before, it lasted a really really long time.<\/p>\n
But it still eventually disintegrated into uselessness.<\/p>\n
So now that I’ve found some more, I have to decide: armor? pickaxe? shiny bling for a night on the town?<\/p>\n
I’m too tired to decide, and all I can think about right now is how much I’m sick and tired of fish sandwiches. So it’s off to bed and a decision to make later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Day 278: I found more of that strange blue rock that resembles diamond, but that I can shape like metal into armor and weapons. A little more on that: At first I thought it was legitimate diamond, which is not at all valuable on the open market, seeing as they can be manufactured really easily … <\/p>\n