Energy

Energy was the measure of a physical system's ability to do work. Although quantifiable, energy was not an absolute so it had to be measured with respect to a reference energy level (kinetic energy, chemical energy, thermal energy, etc.). Energy for a starship's purposes could be derived from many different reactions, the most common of which were matter-antimatter reactions and nuclear fusion, though like matter, it could not be created or destroyed. Therefore matter-antimatter interactions release energy. Obsolete means of converting energy include combustion and nuclear fission. An antimatter reaction was always calculated using Einstein's equation, E = mc2. In theory, the combined annihilation of one kilogram of antimatter with one kilogram of matter will produce 1.8 joules of energy (180 petajoules). A source of energy was called an energy source.
== Starship energy systems ==
*Electro-plasma distribution network (EPS conduits)
*Impulse reactors (fusion reactor)
*Main power plant
*Warp core (matter-antimatter reaction assembly)
== Other energy systems ==
*Nuclear fission reactor
*Omega energy
*Polaric ion energy
*Power plant
== Energy-based lifeforms ==
See also: Non-corporeal lifeform
*Douwds
*John Doe, a mutated Zalkonian
*Organians
== Forms of energy ==
*Anaphasic energy
*Anionic energy
*Bio-neural energy
*Chromodynamic energy
*Dark energy
*Electro-plasma
*Electrostatic energy
*Geothermal energy
*Koinoenergy
*Multiphasic energy
*Metaphasic radiation
*Negative energy
*Neural energy
*Neuro-electric energy
*Neurogenic energy
*Nucleogenic energy
*Plasmatic energy
*Polaric ion energy
*Psionic energy
*RF energy
*Sporocystian energy
*Tachyokinetic energy
*Telepathic energy
*Temporal energy
*Warp energy
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