You’re missing sextillions of resources, although only a few hundred billion are in this galaxy and only one is near enough to use immediately without FTL.
The stunning aspect of “the secret to creating new potions” isn’t just that you can expend energy accumulated in some magical ingredient, it’s that sunlight counts as magical energy. Yottawatts of power plus the ability to transmute elements might be useful...
You’re missing sextillions of resources, although only a few hundred billion are in this galaxy and only one is near enough to use immediately without FTL.
The stunning aspect of “the secret to creating new potions” isn’t just that you can expend energy accumulated in some magical ingredient, it’s that sunlight counts as magical energy. Yottawatts of power plus the ability to transmute elements might be useful...