Synthetic Aether.

Jack sat alone in his private research chamber on Future Island, his mind consumed by a single, overwhelming goal—to recreate Aether. The ten drops he had extracted from the ancient ship had proven to be the most powerful energy source in existence, but they were finite. If he wanted to ensure a future where limitless energy was truly possible, he needed to synthesize Aether from scratch.

But Aether wasn't just energy—it was something beyond the known laws of physics. It didn't behave like any element or compound he had ever encountered. It was almost alive.

For days, Jack worked in isolation, his lab filled with holographic projections of molecular structures and particle simulations. He barely slept, barely ate—his entire existence was consumed by the pursuit of the impossible.