Stones of Unity


 * The Stones of Unity were a Forerunner device to display accurate maps of stars, galaxies and planet. Somehow a set of these relics arrived on Clax and were discovered by the Granchio folk hero Kryzikal during the 1st Granchio Civil War.

Names of the Stones

 * The Granchio had different names for each one of the stones, naming a planet after each one as a sign of thanks to those who had built and programed the map. The stones were named Dutse, Ghiaione, Hiekka, Stena, Cakil, Noroi and Slijk Steen after the ancient lords of the Gardner Empire.

Geological Composition

 * The stones themselves were made from a wide array of materials with each unit of a set having a corresponding element. As such each unit had it's own geological properties that would isolate it from the other possibly intended in the design of the cartographer in the first place to prevent it falling into the wrong hands. All the units seemed to be outer casings for holographic display projecters which were projected in carvings found on the rocks themselves.

Dutse

 * The first stone Dutse was composed of Iron Oxide although some kind of skin had been placed over the surface to prevent the unit from flaking off. Attempts by the Granchio to restore Dutse to it's previous lustre by using a more reactive metal and chemical scans showed that the rust had formed at the same time as the Map array had been placed inside. This suggests that the original owners intended for Dutse to be red and that some kind of chemical within the protective skin prevented the oxygen attached to the Iron from escaping.

Ghiaione

 * Ghiaione the second stone discovered had a blue outer coating and was formed of Cobalt (II,III) oxide and was also covered by a protective skin. This was done to prevent the powdery surface from turning to dust revealing the internal mechanisum. As Ghiaione was moved from its place of origin it turned black until it was reunited with the other units and was activated by Patient Quadrant 931.

Hiekka

 * Hiekka was the third stone discovered and was carved from Ignimbrite which gave it an orange hue. Unlike some of the other stones Hiekka was not protected by an outer skin although there was very little weathering done to the stone itself. Chemical composition scans on the surface of this unit showed that it had once had a protective coating and that it had somehow been lost.

Stena

 * The fourth stone Stena was carved from Cookeite and was a green unit with green streaks running along the surface. Due to the stones immersion in sea water and later scans Stena was discovered to be protected by not one but two skins to prevent the chemical composition from changing when it was exposed to the alkaline sea water. While the stone was resistant to the sea water there were marks from the claws of a abyssal Lurk Fish whose lair the stone was found in.

Cakil

 * Like Stena, Cakil was also a green stone although it was formed out of a darker mineral Moldavite and allowed light to penetrate through the entire unit allowing the Granchio to see the internal mechanism. Comparison with naturally occurring Moldavite on Clax's moon Klip show that the composition is identical suggesting that this unit was made or at least had the raw materials harvested locally.

Noroi

 * The sixth stone to be discovered was Noroi which was carved from Cymophane which was a thick honey colour. Noroi was described as being beautiful especially when it glowed in the sunset from within the spire of the Hive of Glory. Like the other stones Noroi possessed a protective outer skin which was later removed to increase the radiance given off by the unit’s construction.

Slijk Steen

 * The final stone Slijk Steen was formed of Tetraxenonogold(III) which consisted of a red gas moving inside the protective shell. When activated the gas froze and formed a blood red crystal suggesting that a large amount of heat was released from the stone in order to activate the map function.

Trivia

 * All the stones of unity are named after rockey entities in other languages.
 * Dutse means Stone in Hausa
 * Ghiaione means Scree in Italian
 * Hiekka means Sand in Finnish
 * Stena is the Serbian world for Boulder
 * Cakil translates from Turkish into Pebble
 * Noroi is the Rommanian word for Stone
 * Slijk Steen translates from Dutch into Mud Stone