Supplement 1 to Unbound Aetherium – Resonance–Topology–Field Equation Beyond GR

This paper is part of the Aetherium Conceptualization Phase, which develops the early ontology, coherence framework, and foundational intuitions of the Aetherium substrate.

Einstein’s General Relativity (GR) has provided a robust framework for understanding spacetime curvature and gravitational phenomena. Yet anomalies in coherence, entropy, collapse, and astrophysical timing motivate a broader substrate-based reinterpretation. This supplemental paper extends the Unbound Aetherium framework by presenting the Resonance–Topology–Field (RTF) equation as a generalization of GR, incorporating substrate coherence fields and allowing effective propagation speeds c_eff > c_vac. While contrasting Einstein’s GR with the Aetherium RTF equation, implications for causality, conservation, and astrophysical observables are explored.