[Viktor has the answer to that, and gestures for her to get a little closer, bending slightly to indicate that she should look inside the spinning facets of the device.]

The crystal.

[It's the source of the blue glow, the rest of the Hexcore revolving around it.]

We had to make a deal with a researcher at the Academy. The government doesn't know we have it. [And they probably aren't going to be happy, when they find out.] So, it's unlikely we'll be able to make another, at least without direct access to the power source.