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While Charlize Theron was busy filming in New York, Henry wasn't idle back in Los Angeles.
The subsea methane power generators and the small-scale natural gas chemical plant had already begun operations. Meanwhile, the underwater laboratory was steadily taking shape, and certain… less presentable—well, alien-related—research projects were gradually being relocated there.
Most importantly, both Kree storage crystals and Skrull storage crystals were now operational, solving the previous limitation where only one crystal could be read at a time.
With the ability to cross-reference data instantly, Henry made significant progress in studying and understanding the technologies of both alien civilizations.
In particular, the encyclopedic knowledge obtained from the Skrulls provided detailed explanations. Even for technologies he couldn't replicate due to material limitations, he now had references for downgraded designs.
If Earth lacked certain materials and couldn't fully reproduce alien technology, then using available Earth materials to create downgraded versions—so long as they still surpassed current human technology—was enough to make them practical.
That said, Henry placed greater emphasis on advancements in processing and manufacturing.
Not all alien technology relied on materials unavailable on Earth. Much of the gap lay in manufacturing techniques, allowing Kree and Skrull components to outperform their Earth-made counterparts.
For example, in Project Pegasus, the faster-than-light engine developed by Kree scientist Mar-Vell (Dr. Wendy Lawson) used the Tesseract as its energy source—but the engine itself was built entirely from Earth-origin materials.
So why couldn't others achieve the same performance with the same materials?
The answer lay in Kree materials science—not just alloy composition, but the conditions and processes under which materials were handled.
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Take something as simple as tightening a screw.
Doing so at 45°C, room temperature, or low temperatures would produce different results due to thermal expansion. The precision of the connection would vary.
Should the temperature be adjusted during assembly?
How many times should an alloy be quenched?
To what temperature should it be cooled?
Under what environmental conditions should a component be assembled to achieve maximum fit?
Earth had only just begun to scratch the surface of precision engineering. Compared to the accumulated knowledge of the Kree and Skrulls, it was still far behind.
Henry's previous mindset had been simple: if the screw fits, it's assembled. If it doesn't, drill a hole or weld it.
But such methods couldn't fully utilize material performance.
In high-stress applications, weak joints would reduce the overall limits of a component.
Think of a car engine: assembled one way, it might fail at 10,000 RPM. But with optimal assembly conditions and techniques, the same engine could reach 12,000 RPM—or higher.
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And these optimal processes weren't discovered through brute-force trial and error.
Both civilizations had developed formulas.
By inputting material properties—curvature, thermal expansion coefficients, melting points, and more—into these models, they could calculate:
The ideal processing method
The optimal environmental conditions
The exact force required
The precise positioning needed
Some processes even required specific atmospheric compositions. For instance, the surrounding air during welding could affect joint strength.
These differences might seem negligible—but they ultimately determined a component's strength, durability, and performance limits.
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What surprised Henry most was the presence of advanced metalworking techniques in Kree technology—including methods for processing exotic materials like vibranium and uru, along with their alloy formulas.
Thinking about it, it made sense.
Ronan the Accuser's hammer—officially called the Universal Weapon—was capable of housing the Power Stone, one of the Infinity Stones.
This weapon could absorb and project energy, manipulate matter, generate force fields, control gravity, and even affect time and teleportation.
A device capable of such feats clearly couldn't be made with ordinary metallurgy.
There was even a comic concept—true or not—that this weapon, sometimes called a Cosmic Rod, wasn't unique to Ronan but standard equipment for members of the Kree Accuser Corps.
In one What If universe, Ronan even used it to kill Thanos.
So encountering these advanced metalworking methods in Kree data wasn't surprising—it was expected of a civilization at that level.
The reason Henry hadn't seen such equipment before was simple: he had only encountered soldiers and commanders—not elite individuals capable of wielding such gear.
Naturally, what he saw were standard-issue tools, not specialized "hero-tier" equipment. That alone suggested these materials weren't abundant enough for mass deployment.
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Beyond materials and manufacturing, another major focus for Henry was superconductivity.
However, this area was far more complex and heavily reliant on materials not found on Earth. For now, he couldn't fully understand it—nor could he design downgraded substitutes.
Another critical area was energy.
Mar-Vell's work on Earth had centered on the Tesseract—more precisely, the Space Stone within it.
But that kind of power source was far too dangerous. Henry had no intention of touching it.
What he needed were energy systems that were:
Reproducible
Scalable
Stable
Unlike Iron Man's arc reactor concept—carrying a power source on one's body—advanced civilizations placed greater emphasis on "batteries."
For instance, in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the Anulax Batteries of the Sovereign—used by Rocket to destroy Ego—were among the most powerful energy sources in the Marvel universe.
The energy stored in such devices wasn't simple electricity, but a higher-order energy form with greater efficiency and lower transmission loss.
The physics behind it went far beyond quantum mechanics—into deeper, more advanced domains.
Studying these systems broadened Henry's understanding—and even gave him new insights into the cosmic energy associated with the Eternals.
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His super brain absorbed all of this like a sponge.
And as he continued unlocking alien knowledge, the blueprint for his underwater laboratory was constantly revised and refined.
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