So, this evening/afternoon/whatever, my brain came up with the brilliant idea of doing a Mass Effect 3 fanfic. Great idea, right?
So began the initial brainstorming.
We've got the Crucible, right? A dark energy weapon, massive in size and scope (in Liara's own words). We know it needed a SHIT TON of Eezo (for the drive core, possibly among other things). We know that dark energy requires Eezo to be channeled through it and it can be very explosive and unstable if the eezo isn't sufficiently purified, according to Mass Effect Canon.
So what the hell -is- dark energy?
Now I love science, I always have. It's a lot of math, but the theory