He pointed to the . "It starts here. The engine takes in a massive gulp of air. The fan does most of the heavy lifting, pushing air around the core for thrust and cooling. But the air that goes inside ? That’s where the magic happens."

Elias gestured to the rear, where the most advanced alloys lived. "The turbine is the 'price of admission.' It steals just enough energy from the hot exhaust to keep the compressor spinning at the front. The rest of that energy? It blasts out the nozzle."

"Exactly. We spray fuel into that high-pressure air and light it. It doesn’t explode like a car engine; it burns steadily. That expanding fire has nowhere to go but back, screaming through the ."