In the realm of super-heroics there are two materials which are widely sought after. Both adamantium and vibranium are both alien materials, having come to Earth in meteorites many millennia ago.
The most plentiful of this material is vibranium - a huge deposit of this material lies under Mount Bashenga in the center of the African nation of Wakanda. Vibranium has the ability to absorb various types of energy, storing it and then transmuting them into waves of vibratory force. The tribesmen of Wakanda were able to tap vibranium to develop advanced technologies that prevented them from being conquered and colonized by foreign powers. It also remains the sole source of the metal - any samples outside the nation have either been gifted or stolen over the years.
Adamantium is a much rarer element, with all known sources of the metal already exploited. When properly prepared and cured, the metal becomes incredibly hard. So hard, that it's practically indestructible to any known force. The process to make adamantium metal was a closely guarded secret with its creator, Japenese scientist Dr. Omo Kurokaze being the only modern individual to contain that knowledge.
Because both adamantium and vibranium are both so rare, it was natural that various governments would try to synthesize alternatives. During the cold war, the Americans created promethium and the Soviet Union invented carbonadium, two ultra-dense metals that were intended to replace adamantium in their secret projects.
Of the two metals carbonadium was marginally easier and cheaper to create, so much so that after the cold war ended, the West made it a priority to obtain the secrets of its construction. In the forges of Weapons Plus, carbonadium continues to be the metal of choice, until new sources of raw adamantium can be found.
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