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 ===== "Forbidden energies" ===== ===== "Forbidden energies" =====
  
-There is energy woven into the very fabric of matter itself, but the only way to get at it is to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission|unweave the matter]]. This is extremely unintuitive and involves considerable effort, but it can be done. The problem, however, is that the energist is not equipped to do this with any kind of precision, either in volume or in rate, and the result, unless the energist is lucky, can be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon#Fission_weapons|uncontrolled and extremely dangerous]]. For this reason, the [[avishraa:community:citadel:council|Citadel Council]] makes it well-known that attempting to release this kind of energy means death, one way or another; either self-annihilation from a successful attempt, or a death sentence after an unsuccessful one.+There is energy woven into the very fabric of matter itself, but the only way to get at it is to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission|unweave the matter]]. This is extremely unintuitive and involves considerable effort, but it can be done. The problem, however, is that the energist is not equipped to do this with any kind of precision, either in volume or in rate, and the result, unless the energist is lucky, can be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon#Fission_weapons|uncontrolled and extremely dangerous]]. For this reason, the [[geopolitical:citadel:council|Citadel Council]] makes it well-known that attempting to release this kind of energy means death, one way or another; either self-annihilation from a successful attempt, or a death sentence after an unsuccessful one.
  
 It is possible that alchemist-energists might be able to harness the forbidden energies successfully and safely, though no attempts have been recorded. It is possible that alchemist-energists might be able to harness the forbidden energies successfully and safely, though no attempts have been recorded.
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