Titanium Glass

Titanium Glass is a crafting material used in the mid- and late-game production chain, most notably as an ingredient for Plane Filters. Its main role is in the Gravity Matrix line: Titanium Glass and Casimir Crystals are combined to make Plane Filters, which are then used to craft Quantum Chips. Quantum Chips are a direct component of the Gravity Matrix, so Titanium Glass sits one step upstream from science production.

The material is described as glass strengthened by adding a certain proportion of titanium while it is molten, allowing it to withstand more intense environments. Its recipe reflects that idea by combining common industrial inputs rather than rare raw ores alone, but it still becomes a logistical hurdle because it requires three different materials at once.

• Titanium Glass has only one practical use: making Plane Filters.
• Plane Filters are only used to make Quantum Chips.
• Five Assembling Machines producing Titanium Glass supply enough material for twelve Assembling Machines producing Plane Filters, a 12:5 ratio.
• Five Assembling Machines producing Titanium Glass also supply enough for three Assembling Machines producing Quantum Chips, a 3:5 ratio.

Although the ingredients of Titanium Glass are individually easy to obtain, the full recipe is awkward to scale because it needs glass, Titanium ingots, and water simultaneously. A single planet with practical deposits of all three is uncommon; Glacieon is the notable example mentioned for having usable reserves of each, though even there the supply is not especially abundant. As a result, any large-scale Titanium Glass line usually requires interstellar transport of at least one input.