Professor Nia Kapoor

Professor Nia Kapoor wasn't easily impressed. She had spent years pushing the boundaries of theoretical physics, working on concepts so advanced that most of the world didn't even know they existed. Governments and corporations had tried to recruit her for projects that promised to change the future, but they had all been constrained by their own lack of vision.

But now, as she stepped into Elias Varis' office, she had a feeling she was about to hear something truly impossible.

The room was dimly lit, save for the soft glow of holographic projections floating in the air. Complex schematics and equations shifted in and out of view, displaying blueprints of an aircraft unlike anything she had ever seen.

Her sharp gaze locked onto the floating data, and within seconds, she identified something that made her heart skip a beat.

"You're using electromagnetic propulsion," she said, cutting straight to the point. "How?"

Elias smirked, as if he had been waiting for that exact reaction. He tapped the console on his desk, bringing one particular schematic to the forefront. It was a power system—something entirely unfamiliar, yet tantalizingly within reach.

"That's why you're here," he said smoothly. "I need someone who can refine the system, make it efficient, scalable. Something that can provide fusion-level power, but compact enough to fit inside an aircraft."

Nia narrowed her eyes. "You're talking about a miniature fusion reactor."

Elias nodded. "Correct."

She exhaled sharply and crossed her arms, pacing as her mind raced through the implications. "That's insane. Fusion reactors, in theory, require enormous infrastructure to sustain containment. The heat output alone would make this impossible. And it's still only Theory."

"Not if we optimize the containment field," Elias countered. "We not only need a Fusion reactor. We need something powerful enough to sustain our needs, while being small and light enough to fit into the ship. And I know you've already worked on theoretical designs."

Nia hesitated, biting her lip. She had, in fact, been developing a new method of plasma containment, one that could, in theory, stabilize a fusion reaction in a fraction of the space required by traditional Theoretical models. But she had never taken it beyond the conceptual phase. There were too many unknown variables, too many technological gaps to bridge and the Normal one didn't even work yet.

"…I might," she admitted, still wary.

Elias tapped another control, and a video feed appeared in the air.

"Before you decide whether or not this is worth your time, I want to show you something."

Nia turned to the screen and watched.

It was combat footage. A battlefield, a fortified enemy installation, then, out of nowhere, a single strike.

A projectile moving at impossible speeds tore through steel and concrete, obliterating entire structures in a single, silent impact. No fire, no traditional explosion. Just pure kinetic devastation.

Nia's breath caught in her throat. "A new Missle?" She asked insecure.

"No," Elias confirmed. "That was a railgun."

She turned to him, her skepticism giving way to something else, curiosity, awe, and the faintest hint of trepidation. "You built a functional railgun?"

"More than one," Elias said, smirking. "And they work perfectly. But they need a better power source if I want to upscale them."

Nia's gaze flicked back to the footage, then to the schematics of the aircraft still hovering in the air. She was beginning to see the bigger picture.

"You want a compact fusion reactor," she murmured, mostly to herself. "Something that can power not just propulsion, but weapons. Something that isn't bound by conventional battery or fuel constraints."

Elias simply nodded, letting her put the pieces together.

She inhaled sharply. "The applications… if this works, it wouldn't just change aircraft design. It would revolutionize every field. Energy production, spacecraft engineering, even deep-space propulsion."

Elias smiled. "You're starting to see it."

Nia turned back to him, her mind racing through possibilities. A compact fusion system would eliminate the need for chemical fuels entirely. It could enable indefinite flight endurance, power next-generation electromagnetic systems, and create a level of independence from traditional energy infrastructures that no nation could match.

Her voice was quieter now, almost reverent. "If this is real… then it's the single most important breakthrough in modern physics."

Elias extended his hand. "Then let's build it."

She stared at him for a long moment. She had spent years rejecting offers, dismissing overambitious proposals from people who didn't understand the true depth of what they were asking for.

But this wasn't that.

This was something different.

Slowly, she reached out and shook his hand.

Nia stood in a secure research lab deep within the facility, staring at something that should not exist.

Before her was a gigantic fusion reactor, one that was already active.

She had seen experimental reactors before, but this was… elegant. Efficient. A contained plasma reaction, perfectly stable, without the massive heat waste associated with traditional fusion attempts.

Elias stood beside her, watching her reaction closely. "This is the prototype," he said. "The problem? To big"

She barely heard him. She was too busy analyzing the containment fields, the way the system managed excess energy. It wasn't just a theoretical breakthrough, it was a practical one. It worked.

After a long moment, she turned to Elias, eyes sharp. "You built this already?"

"By myself" he admitted. "But it's not enough. It's too big for our purpose. That's where you come in."

Nia exhaled. "You really want me to make it smaller."

Elias nodded. "Exactly."

She looked at the prototype again, her mind already racing through modifications, improvements, and possibilities. This wasn't just another research project. This was rewriting the fundamental limits of energy production.

She grinned.

"This is going to be fun."

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