__NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Spoiler.gif Image:Spoiler.gif The text below mentions events occured after 2611 and/or contains information relevant to the plot of the trilogy. Proceed at your own risk! A weapon developed by the astrophysicist Dr. Alkad Mzu, the Alchemist is capable of either snuffing out a star or causing it to go supernova. This has been her quest for 30 years ; she plans to use it for revenge against the Omuta star system, whose government murdered the entire population of her native world Garissa with antimatter. Near the end of the second book from the second part of the trilogy, appropriately named The Neutronium Alchemist, Hamilton has a long scene describing the effects of the supernova, as it is used to destroy a pair of Adamist cruisers sent by the possessed. This