Byrothsis

Byrothsis was a substance used to create lenses for infrared cameras and lightsabers. Natural byrothsis was extremely rare and expensive, but Synthetic byrothsis was developed by ResSystem, creating a new industry based on applications of byrothsis. Several technological designs based on the use of byrothsis were condemned to the drawing boards for years until a cheap production method could be found; one the designs to utilize the synthetic byrothsis was the Imperial heat sensor trip.

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