u/softcushionshottea

Hellooo people who are hopefully better in physics, or whatever this is, than me lol
I'm currently working on a sci-fi graphic novel and I already have the general history of their planet but still miss the main energy source.
The timeline is basically:
- humans on our planet (or similar parallel universe) sent out a rocketship to search for a planet B
- the rocketship went through space for hundreds of years, then it got crashed by (idk yet)
- the part of the rocket that contained all their laboratory probes and also the fuel tank lands on the current planet
- this sends an automatical emergency signal back to earth
- by now earth is basically ruled by AI and unlivable, but the rich had enough time in their bunkers and found a way to actually make a wormhole work
- so they travel to the coordinates the original rocket collapsed and find the planet
- in the time the signal traveled back to earth new life from the probes and bacteria.... formed at the current planet
- the rocket tank evolved into the main energy source
- the big bosses of the humans claim this as their own and build a society around it
- now it's already a few hunderd years later

The question is:
What energy sources could that be?
Is there something that could be in theory fused from a rocket fuel and something that could be naturally found in a foreign planet? Or some occurrences that could get activated by the crash?

I'm lost here and really need some smart people to help me out. And I really don't want to use AI.

Thank you so much !

Before I get started:
I feel embarrassed, I know it's a bit childish and I know that in the end it is a good thing when people try more vegan food!
BUT. It just drives me crazy every time. You get somewhere, bring your own vegan options or prepare something together where you make one part vegan... you know how it goes.
You sit down to eat. Suddenly a lot of the non-vegan people that have basically all of the food for them want something from "your food" (oh that doesn't even look that bad..).
Of course you want to teach them that yes a vegan burger tastes delicious, but at the same time I get so angry inside me.
Last time we even asked if someone wanted something from it but they rather had their meat.
I think I need some thoughts on how to cope.
I know that being a dick and not sharing the food is ridiculous lol

I'm going to give more details but the main question is how to deal with your parent when they can't differentiate between autism symptoms and someone being mean / weird / lazy etc...

I (28F/nb) been with my partner (45M/nb) for a year now. At the beginning my mom (57) seemed to really like him, they got along well but we've only visited twice. The third time was 3 weeks ago.
My mom is aware of mental illnesses as I've had a lot of severe depressive episodes and she is also aware that my partner is mentally ill as well. She even said beforehand that it's okay if he needs more rest Blabla.
But as we were there everything in her kinda shifted. I think the main issue was that my partner wasn't able to give me physical affection (we were at a place with a lot of people) and she red it as him being mean to me.

He was teasing me a bit that day because we had a small "fight" in the morning. I was stressed out by the thought of my mom being stressed out which made him stress out and in the end it was all for nothing because she wasn't even stressed out (yet) and he was the one struggling.
Anyways.
My mom came to me and confronted me about him being dismissive and mean to me and I explained the "fight" to her because I didn't even get she was talking about the affection stuff.
This made me snappy towards him and I kind of ran off (walked faster on the trail) because everything was just so confusing. But me and my partner had a talk and everything was fine.

Back home I explained to my mom that this is not him being mean or dismissive, but that he's just overwhelmed by new places and a lot of people and isn't able to hold my hand or kiss me. I'm used to asking and him saying no and it's fine, I told her that too. She seemed to understand.

WELL apparently she did not because the next day and until the end of our stay (which was just one more night because it was unbearable) she constantly, and I mean literally constantly, passive aggressively mocked him, criticized him, gave me super weird looks when he said something and so on.. it was really tough.
I didn't say anything because I know that would only make it worse for my partner and it kinda developed form a subtle way into something more noticeable.
Right before we left she rolled her eyes and made a weird face on him but without him seeing it and I told her very loudly to stop it.
We left.
And back home I found myself hearing her voice in my head whenever my partner did something "not perfect". I felt ashamed because it even changed my behavior and it really fucked with me because my mom has caused a lot of trauma in my life and I decided to let her back into my life and suddenly she seems like she doesn't know how to behave anymore.
It's also kinda embarrassing.

I couldn't bare the tension and told her that the weekend was very triggering for me and I that need some space.
I really don't know how to resolve this.
My partner doesn't want to get too much emotionally involved because it's really hard for him to deal with conflict (esp conflict he's the main subject of) and I know that I could possibly say stuff about him that could lead to even more uncomfortable situations if she isn't understanding.

I figured I can't be the only one struggling with this so maybe someone can help us.
Thank you!

Sooo my mom is basically the root of my mental illness, I'm in therapy for 10 years now and been in and out of psych wards and other facilities the past 6 years. After being abroad for 7 months I cut off all contact in 2020 because I just couldn't deal with all the triggers and everything. Since 2023 we've been more and more in contact with each other and it was actually okay. We don't see each other often anyways due to a longer drive but when I was there I could see she was trying hard and I honestly believed she was generally more relaxed.

Now to the current situation. I've been with my partner for a year now and they met at Christmas and a second time after that. They were getting along pretty well and she even told me repeatedly (and without me asking) that she liked them and would be happy to see us more frequently and so on..
Well. After 2 times of plan changes we finally visited again and planned to stay 2 nights. She was different and "the vibes" were off too. We went somewhere together and my partner can't really do touching when there's a lot going on (neurodivergence and sensory overload) and my mom interpreted it as them being mean to me, which confused me because my partner actually was a bit more distant because we had a little "fight" but I think I wasn't referring to the same things my mom interpreted as bad behavior. ANYWAYS I did explain that to her and she seemed to get it but the day after (which was yesterday) it was even worse. She was constantly passive aggressive and lowkey mocking my partner, being just rude and nagging around and at everything they did.
She was creating a similar environment I grew up in just that my partner was "the victim" and I still don't understand. In the evening when we went to bed I couldn't help but cry.
When we left this morning and she rolled her eyes on something they said (without them seeing her) I very load and clear told her that it's enough now.
My partner is okay but ofc doesn't really want to go there again.

I'm just sad because they really seemed to like each other and also my partner liked to be there in the garden and my moms food ofc but.. something changed and it's not good. I feel ashamed of her inability to "behave" and just be a respectful decent human being. I'm used to her apologizing after a few days but I'm not sure what to do with that either.

I feel soo dumb for actually believing she had changed. I feel awful for giving her a "second chance" and after 3 years she just goes back to default? And I honestly just feel this heavy sadness and grief because I did really enjoy some moments with her the past years and I know she can be that person but I also know she will never fully be that. It's hard. Thank you for reading.