Thread:Treebeard1010102/@comment-28463410-20160523135545/@comment-28305200-20160525144540

Zhakelei metal is unlikely to become vital to the Talven Empire, because their armor was already very advanced before they started to use it. Vital resources are more likely to be supplies of food and minerals (especially during war), or anything that the Empire has started to rely upon, without being able to produce it itself.