A-023 Fire Ball

CACG Item File
Item A-023 is a small obsidian sphere that shifts to fit the hand of any sentient being that holds it. After 5 seconds of being held and exposed to body heat, A-023's anomalous properties will manifest. A-023 will violently and spontaneously combust, turning white-hot in the user's hand. In parallel to this, A-023 will subtly modify the user's body, rendering heat all but a nonexistent concept to them. This effect is said to be strong enough to make the average subject feel chilly inside a burning building. This bodily modficiation is not permanent, and lasts only as long as the subject is holding A-023.

Despite only seeming to activate in the presence of heat, A-023's very presence is considered a fire hazard within Geo-7. Due to this, orders have been made for Alloy FK-03 plating to be applied to the outer cell of A-023's containment enclosure. The central enclosure consists of a liquid nitrogen cooled tungsten alloy sphere inside which A-023 is sealed within, atop a small velvet pillow to prevent structural damage.

A-023 was initially discovered inside a geothermal cavern, in which it had effectively terraformed the cave system surrounding it into what was described as a "fiery hellscape" by field operators. While there has been no proven link between the two, it was found that A-023 had fostered an ecosystem of heat-based anomalies that were first discovered alongside it. As of containment, none of these anomalies have manifested again around A-023.