oh well, we shall hope this opens up a database and doesn't cause my computer to evaporate

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ minecraft = { module = "com.mojang:minecraft", version.ref = "minecraft" }
 quilt_mappings = { module = "org.quiltmc:quilt-mappings", version.ref = "quilt_mappings" }
 quilt_loader = { module = "org.quiltmc:quilt-loader", version.ref = "quilt_loader" }
 
+h2 = { module = "com.h2database:h2" }
+
 quilt_standard_libraries = { module = "org.quiltmc:qsl", version.ref = "quilt_standard_libraries" }
 quilted_fabric_api = { module = "org.quiltmc.quilted-fabric-api:quilted-fabric-api", version.ref = "quilted_fabric_api" }
 quilted_fabric_api_deprecated = { module = "org.quiltmc.quilted-fabric-api:quilted-fabric-api-deprecated", version.ref = "quilted_fabric_api" }

src/main/java/xyz/minecommune/micomc/MicoMc.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public class MicoMc implements ModInitializer {
 	// It is considered best practice to use your mod name as the logger's name.
 	// That way, it's clear which mod wrote info, warnings, and errors.
 	public static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger("MicoMc");
+	public static final Storage STORAGE = new Storage();
 
 	@Override
 	public void onInitialize(ModContainer mod) {

src/main/java/xyz/minecommune/micomc/Storage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package xyz.minecommune.micomc;
+
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
+
+public class Storage {
+
+	public Connection connection;
+
+	public Storage() {
+		String jdbcURL = "jdbc:h2:~/test";
+		String username = "";
+		String password = "";
+		try {
+			this.connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
+				jdbcURL,
+				username,
+				password
+			);
+		} catch (Exception e) {}
+		MicoMc.LOGGER.debug("Connected to H2 embedded database.");
+	}
+}