Orion stared at the thermoelectric material design on his monitor. 80.3% efficiency. Revolutionary.
But something nagged at him.
Could it be better?
"Rene," he said. "I want you to keep working on the thermoelectric material. See if you can push the efficiency higher than 80%. Try different atomic arrangements. Different doping ratios. Use ORION to test every variation you can think of."
"Understood," Rene's voice came through the earbuds. "Shall I run simulations in parallel?"
"Yeah. Use the full processing power of the Nexcore data center. I want to know if we've hit the limit or if there's room for improvement."
"Beginning simulations now. Estimated completion time: six hours for comprehensive testing."
"Good. While you do that, I'm moving on to superconductors."
Orion pulled up the fusion reactor design. The magnetic containment system was the heart of it all. Without powerful enough magnets, the whole thing wouldn't work.
