Demon Core
Red finds a cool magical artifact, suggested by Miikka!
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Nice knowing you, Red. :D
is... is that... the demon core?...... *sees image title* RED YOU GOOF PUT THAT AWAY IN SEPERATE BOXES AWAY FROM EACHOTHER!
*Bzzt* "Ow, my brain! Do it again." *Bzzt* "Hmm, didn't hurt that time."
Only Red would find fun in a strange magical artifact
Hmmm..what could go wrong?
Ooh! Wasn't expecting a real history reference. How charming!
... Did Red just find the bloody DEMON CORE!? I could swear they melted that thing down!
Melted down, no. It was used in a nuclear weapon test…eventually.
I give this artwork a glowing review.
Flash! Ah, ah!
such a radiant personality Red is
Okay I just noticed the effect where you can see Reds skeleton slightly. Well put together.
He's getting irradiated up the a** with that thing xD
Is this how we get the Red Hulk?
Nope nope nope nope
Well, at least he’ll never need a night light ever again!
He’s a goner
R.I.P. 🪦
For those who are not aware, the term Demon Core relates to the development of the atom bomb. The core itself isn't visible in the image, but is a sphere of subcritical plutonium. Subcritical meaning that normally, it does not possess enough material to undergo nuclear fission on its own. The image is actually based of the SECOND fatality caused by the core, and occurred when a researcher, Louis Slotin, was examining the effect of a beryllium reflector on the core. Those are the two hemispheres pictured in the drawing. This type of research was important, as by itself, the core is subcritical, so you need something to reflect the released neutrons back into the core to cause it to go critical. Slotin used an ordinary flat head screwdriver to keep the two hemispheres separated while he recorded the effect on the core (reflectors cover more of the core, the released radiation increases, and the entire core gets a bit closer to criticality). Unfortunately, he slipped, and the two hemispheres closed. This caused the core to become supercritical, and gave off a visible flash of light, as well as heat that Slotin could feel. He immediately knocked the upper hemisphere off the core, but had already received a fatal dose of radiation as a result. He died 9 days later...and it was not a plesant way to go. The first incident involved a researcher (Daghlian) accidentally dropping a tungsten carbide brick on the core, leading to a similar result. The core was eventually melted down to make cores for other devices. ...Red is not going to have a good time.
technically speaking it wasnt the slip of the screwdriver that made it go critical but the fact he had his hand over the top hole that cause enough feedback to make it go critical
I can hear the Fallout Rad gauge ticking up sound.
Huh. Learned something today.
I feel like someone's made a critical(ity) mistake.
how long would take for the demon core to work before red's demise? i'd say within the week but if he's lucky he got cancer
Well in the real world incident, the researcher received a fatal dose of radiation in about half a second (the estimated time it took him to lift the upper hemisphere of the reflector off the core). He died of acute radiation syndrome 9 days later. The details are...well...awful, so I won't describe it further. Let's hope magic works better than WW II era medicine for Red's sake.
How ironic that Red somehow finds a demon core and proceeds to turn himself dead, or a ghoul if he's lucky, and I'm playing Fallout.
Here is Red, Red is dead
I'm glad that this is a "magical" artifact, rather than the type made in WW2. At least with THAT he has a CHANCE of survival...
Thinking of a certain implosion device?
RiP Red, he Lived as he died, full of ionizing radiation
Oh.....oh no. RIP.
Hilarious
It was in that moment the team realized Red was not the nuclear physicist he had claimed when his famous last words were reported by a nearby colleague to be, "Hey, hold my Geiger Counter!"
Oh no.
Smile and wait for the flash, Red. :]
Flash? Is he going to have his photo taken?
RED NO
So... yeah... that makes victim number 3 then I think?
Incident number three, if I remember correctly several people died in the second incident
Is that the Demon Core? If it is… rest in peace Red.
Red is sterile now
Sterile and dead
Thought they blew that thing up
They eventually melted the materials and distributed them to other labs to try and prevent the deaths from happening again
Anyone watch Stargate SG1 the episode where Daniel FIRST dies? Yeah, Red's about to not have a good time
Yeah,the demon core is cool,bit it's also very dangerous,if any of yall have never heard of the demon core,look it up,it's a good read
Part 2, he's just a ghoul from Fallout and still trying to show it to people
Welp, he's dead.