Chapter 41 - What is cerium? (Patreon)

A quick check of our historical database gave me the information I needed. Janus 6 was a planet discovered in the early 23rd century and had been claimed by the Federation of my home due it possessing huge amounts of highly valuable substances, substances that an advanced space faring civilization needed in abundance to grow, like pergium, platinum, cerium, uranium, and dilithium. At one point it had even been a major source of gold for the Federation, but with advances in replication, gold was no longer a valuable strategic resource any longer. Many theoreticians predicted future advances in replicator technology might render even those valuable substances worthless in time.