WHO: Tony & Arthur. WHAT: Sneaky Corporate Espionage and Science, not in that order. WHEN: Wednesday Afternoon. WHERE: Stark Campus. WARNINGS: Typical Tony Warnings.
Tony could honestly say this is the least fun he'd ever had with the Periodic Table. He'd spent hours working through possible alternatives to the palladium; both as a power source and as a 'not killing his goddamned ass' replacement.
Results were not promising.
So there he was, digging through a supply room for parts. Maybe he could contain the system more effectively; actually stop the issue with a reinforced casing.
Not that it'd work long term. But it might slow it down.