Types of energy

See also: energy combinations

In syphon magic there are fourteen total forms of energy that a syphon have as can either an input or output that are divided by *rarities* based on how many users of a given energy type there are and range from *hard* to *soft* based understanding and explainability. Hard being well understood and soft being more magical.

## Energy types by rarity

There are four rarities based on the number of users that there are, the distribution is not equal by far. The amount of users there are per energy type reflects onto the understanding of the energy type.

* Common - makes up 99.9% of users.
* Rare - makes up 0.09% of users.
* Legendary - makes up 0.009% of users.
* Mythic - Practically nonexistent.

### Common energy types - Hardest

There are **four** common energy types make up 99.9% of magic users, you'll see nearly all of the users in the system are going to be have an energy combination made from two of these four. Because of the fact that these four energy types make up the majority of the system they are also the best understood, meaning that they are *nearly* entirely *measurable* and *explainable* in world. These four common energy types are: kinetic, thermal, sonic, and radiant.

* Kinetic energy is a type of mechanical energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in **motion**, more directly defined as **macro movement**.
* Thermal energy is a type of mechanical and vibrational energy that is associated with the **micro movement** of atoms or molecules that is expressed as **heat**.
* Sonic energy is a type of mechanical energy and vibrational energy that focuses on **mechanical waves**, or **soundwaves** in different mediums.
* Radiant energy is the form of energy associated with the movement of **light** and **electromagnetic waves** or particles across the entire spectrum.

### Rare energy types - Hard

Rare energy types make up 0.09% of users, this means that they are exceptionally rare and not very well understood. However because of their prevalence in both nature and technology are understood to a great extent.

* Electrical energy is energy from moving electrons. All matter is made up of atoms, and atoms are made up of smaller particles, called protons (which have positive charge), neutrons (which have neutral charge), and electrons (which are negatively charged). Protons and neutrons are found in the center, or nucleus of an atom. Electrons orbit around the nucleus, like the moon orbits the Earth. Some materials, particularly metals, have electrons that are only loosely attached to their atoms. They can easily be made to move from one atom to another if an electric or magnetic field is applied to them. When those electrons move among the atoms of matter, a current of electricity is created.
* Chemical energy is energy that is stored within the connections (the bonds) between tiny parts of a substance (molecules). Some common examples of chemical energy are contained in fuels such as coal, gasoline, natural gas and even sugar! When our bodies burn sugar during exercise, the sugar components are “reorganized” and release the energy that was in the chemical bonds of the original substance.

### Legendary energy types - Soft

Legendary energy types are more akin to universal forces than actual forms of energy, the ways that they work are strange and mysterious to all seeming more like magic than science.

* Electromagnetic energy
* Weak atomic energy
* Strong atomic energy
* Gravitational energy

### Mythical/Hypothetical energy types - Softest

The softest, and rarest, of the thirteen forms of energy. These are more akin to fundamental building blocks of the universe rather than actual forms of energy. They live on in magical stories about creation and the end only, hence the name mythical.

* Space energy
* Time energy
* Matter energy

### Pure energy - Hard

Pure energy is an unstable form of energy that a matter holds that rapidly decays into all other energies. All absorbed energy get's converted into pure energy when stored inside of matter and converts back into a different type of energy when released.

The rarity of pure energy is interesting as every syphon uses it to some extent as both an input and an output,

* Pure energy