We need additional shitposts, if necessary with /mlp/ content.
>be nuclear physicist Anon
>be in magical pastel horse land
>of course
>you've been working with the Princesses fur years
>helping them to harness the power of the atom
>even a living Sun Goddess can use extra tools and extra power
>they are interested in peaceful applications
>and otherwise
>you're standing at the blackboard
"Plutonium is a fissile metallic element that exists in several distinct furms, in the same way that carbon can exist as diamond, or graphite. We call these alternate furms 'allotropes.'"
>Celestia and Luna nod
"One of the intriguing things about plutonium is that even though it is a metal, it has allotropic furms with very different physical properties, some of which we can exploit."
>"Go on."
"There is the alpha allotrope, which is highly dense, and exists at ambient temperature. There are several other allotropes with varying crystal furms and varying densities and mechanical properties--beta, gamma, delta, delta prime, epsilon."
>they nod some more
"And there has been a recent breakthrough. By alloying the material with a tiny amount of rhodium, and with the application of anti-entropic magic by Miss Sparkle, we have created a magically stabilized allotrope with a collapsed hexagonal close packed crystal structure. It is fully furty percent denser than the alpha allotrope, with a density of 28.4 grams per cubic centimeter. It is also machinable, malleable, and ductile, with mechanical properties similar to yellow brass."
>"What is the utility, though?"
"With plutonium 239, the greater density gives it a critical mass below five kilograms, and makes possible, ahem, "devices" with yields of several kilotons that can be fitted within a 105mm artillery shell, complete with fuzing mechanism."
>Luna smiles, showing her teeth.
>Celestia's expression is grim. "Does this new furm have a name?"
"We are calling it the ligma allotrope."
>"Excuse me?"
"Ligma."
>"I am familiar with the Old Hippic alphabet. Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and so on. 'Ligma' sounds like it could fit the pattern but it isn't a real letter."
"Oh, but it is."
>"Dr. Anonymous, I must ask you to explain 'ligma' to me."
"Must you, though?"
>Celestia sighs. "What's ligma?"
"Ligma balls!"
>the Princesses stare at you
"Setting that up took eight years. The looks on your faces are priceless."
>they frown in unison
"Also I'm pretty sure we all now have radiation poisoning."
>the Princesses disintegrate you
>then inter your ashes in an unmarked container
>they put a placard over it that says "This place is a message, and part of a system of messages! Pay attention to it!"
>"Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture."
>"This is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here..."