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Lattice-Grade Material
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Lattice-Grade Material |
| Tier | raw |
| Elasticity | unit_elastic |
| Base Price (Tractus) | 120 |
| Bulk Class | precision |
| Unit | tonnes |
| Production Ubiquity | monopolistic |
| Demand Model | market |
| Commission Certified | Yes |
| Compact Contested | No |
| Shadow Viable | Yes |
| Panic Threshold (weeks) | 0 |
| Description | Crystalline substrates for neural lattice fabrication and gate optics. East reach anchor. Strategic material. |
Lattice-grade material is a class of crystalline substrates with the purity and structural coherence required for neural lattice wafer fabrication and gate optic components. Production requires geological conditions not present across most of the Reach — a small number of east reach systems hold essentially all known commercial deposits. Monopolistic ubiquity is not market language: there is no substitute input for lattice substrate processing, and the east reach anchor systems holding those deposits know it.
Commission certification is required for all formal transactions. Lattice-grade material is a dual-use precursor — the same crystalline substrates feed licensed implant fabrication and unlicensed modification. This is why shadow viability is marked yes despite Commission oversight: the formal market controls supply but cannot fully suppress demand from unlicensed fabricators, particularly in corridors where the Commission's operational presence is intermittent. Uncertified lattice-grade material commands a substantial premium in shadow channels because the certification process provides traceability that buyers in those channels are specifically avoiding.
The production chain is short: 1.0t of lattice-grade material combined with 0.3t of chemicals yields 1.0t of lattice substrate. The simplicity of that recipe makes the material's scarcity the dominant cost driver — there is no processing efficiency to gain, only sourcing discipline to maintain. Gate component manufacturers, implant fabricators, and lattice substrate processors all operate under the constraint that their primary input sources are geographically specific and Commission-monitored. Supply disruptions from east reach propagate directly into implant hardware and gate component pricing within two to three production cycles.