Alenium is a strange, optronic sentient crystal of unearthly origin; a crystal made of Hellerium molecules. How exactly it is sentient, is unclear, and how it came to being is even a greater mystery, but we know that the Animatrons have it for brains. Alenium machinery allows expanding individual's mental and mystical capabilities; can also be used for entertainment purposes, in so-called Lotus-Eater Machines; all of that because it readily adjusts to the user's psyche, unlike normal optronics, where it is the user who has to adjust. Alenium is a very valuable commodity on the Galactic Market and its price is meticulously controlled.