Promethium

"Do you smell that? Do you smell that? Promethium, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Promethium in the morning. You know, one time, we had a hill bombed for 12 hours. When it was all clear, I walked up. We didn't find one of them, not one stinking Scaled body. But the smell, you know, that burning smell. The whole hill... it smelled like... victory. Someday this war's going to end." - Captain Walter Kilgore of the 695th Flamethrower division

Promethium is a general term used for any form of combustible fuel in the NCORE, including refined hydrocarbons and the various isotopes of hydrogen used as both fuel and reaction mass in Imperial Plasma Generators and starship drives.

The term promethium also refers more specifically to the substance that is the CORE's equivalent of napalm, a highly volatile incendiary gel derived in part from refined hydrocarbons which immediately ignites on contact with oxygen and is used in CORE Flamer Weapons to provide a lethal stream of fire.

This form of promethium reaches super-hot temperatures. Similar to napalm, this gel sticks to an individual, continuing to burn on its own accord, even underwater and in the vacuum of space (igniting the substance it is sticking to).

It can be used as the fuel for Incinerators, and thus is often used by the SRPAD to purge their enemies, particularly UN14 and deserters.

It can also be used to create anti-personnel explosives and bombs as it is often readily available to CORE forces in most war zones.

Many NCORE ships also carry large reserves of promethium, to power their systems as well as to use in their guns.