"Lumos!", no, wait, sorry... lumiya!
Ruin and Rising- Chapter 9
So... another thing Alina could be doing...
How does this miraculous substance "burn without heat" or without any being continuously added? Why is sunlight the only "push" it needs, how long it lasts, how and when does it stop?
So utterly useless on a larger scale.
Besides, if it only needs sunlight to ACTIVATE, then it continues to burn... Why not leave the skiff on some nice, sunny spot before entering the Fold, and going in shining? Even if they needed focused light... lenses are a thing, aren't they?!
Btw, lumiya doesn't mean anything in Russian as far as I can find, but apparently, it's a name of a Sith Lady from '77 on:
Lumiya, born Shira Elan Colla Brie, was a Force-sensitive Human female who went from being an agent of the Galactic Empire to Dark Lady of t