#488Caustic Warp Core

A ship’s warp core mid-heartbeat. A blinding energy sphere hangs in a dark containment chamber, and its whole surface crawls with the caustic light-net of a swimming pool ceiling — a Worley-cell web wrapped over the sphere so the mesh stretches and slides toward the limb. Every beat of the core the net contracts, snaps bright and relaxes, and the same web is thrown onto the chamber walls, rippling outward and fading with distance while a cyan fresnel rim pins the sphere against the dark. Hover to swing the key light around the core, scroll to spin the caustic shell, and press to red-line the reactor — the beat quickens, the net tightens and the spill floods the walls.