Gravitic engines

In the Second Dark Ages, when Michael returned to Earth over100 years after WWDE, he found that there was power available for certain things. Gravitic engines were used to drive the dirigibles. These had been invented by Ted, a were in Charumati's pack, after the fall of Earth's technology.

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A nuclear engineer in the before times, he restored power to much of the world when he built the gravitic engines, based on Kurtherian technology, that powered the fleets of dirigibles that plied Earth’s skies. Ted’s engines had made him and Felicity fabulously wealthy.

When Terry Henry's Group was picked up by Bethany Anne, Ted and Felicity, his wife, were there, and went into space on the War Axe. Ted loved technology. He would become absolutely oblivious to anything external if he was involved with a tech idea. Couldn't talk, hear, or interact. Ted could go for weeks without talking to anyone, but here, he saw nirvana. “Can you explain the interface of this system, how it takes the person’s data and reconfigures the nanos?” Ted asked as he looked at the computer station that the man occupied. His Werewolf nanocytes kept him fit. His Asperger’s set him apart.Ted was the genius of the group, even though they were all intelligent. No one approached Ted’s level. Of course his name was Ted the Magnificent.