[Ottriman]

Stabilizer-1

A peculiar kind of superscience was invented by the end to the 19th century, those being stabilizers. This technology allowed interactions between particles to be "made stable" such that change at the particle/atomic/molecular level was halted. This led to the exotic matter revolution of the 20th century, and currently as of 2012 most technologies use it in some way.

This ranges from creating "stable" exotic particles that would decay or annihilate far too quickly in OTL (such as Muons, Antimatter and Tau particles) and using them in exotic compounds or as super fuels. For example they store the excess from their renewable energy grid as stabilized antimatter, which can be stored in normal containers without annihilating.

In order to get the unstable materials to fall apart again, they run the process in reverse. For example instead of nukes they have antimatter missiles with de-stabilizing equipment on-board for when an explosion is needed.

As some general rules of thumb on what it can and cannot do.

1. It can prevent particle decay
2. It can prevent particle-antiparticle annihilation
3. It can prevent radioactive decay
4. It cannot stop chemical reactions
5. It cannot stop nuclear fusion
6. It cannot stop the effects of conventional forces such as heat or kinetic energy from having an effect on the substance