Energon
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Energon is a viscous fluid that is produced after harvesting Energon Crystals that provides sustenance to Cybertronians. It's hue varies depending on the additives and purity, but one thing all brands of energon have in common is that it glows and is generally packaged in cubes.
Flavors
Energon also comes in a wide variety of flavors. How many, you ask? Well, as many as marketing gurus and beverage/fuel manufacturing companies can come up with, limited only by the number of colors available in the visible spectrum. Here are some of the more popular flavors:
- Generic brand energon (pink)
- Power Freeze by Energade (blue)
- Acid Dew by Energade(green)
- Solar Cola™ brand (yellow-orange)
- Fem Fuel (pink- though note that Fem Fuel is different than regular energon)
Distillation
Energon can be turned into something of an "alcoholic" beverage as well. With the right filtration, distilling techniques, additives and the like, energon can attain varying levels of OCP, or Over-charge Proof. Much like alcohol, excessive consumption of distilled energon will result in dampened sensory nets, shorted out motor skill centers and equilibriums, purging, stasis lock, and in the absolute worst of cases, spark burn-out or a complete shutdown. There is an entire industry dedicated to meeting the needs of mature (and perhaps not-so-mature) drinkers on Cybertron. Here are some of the top players:
- Burn-Out™ (100 OCP)
- Absolute Zero™ (90 OCP)
- Dual Aces™ (80 OCP)
- Slickwire (40 OCP)
- Node (15 OCP)
- Nitro (10 OCP)
Regular energon by its very nature has some level of OCP, usually less than one. Due to this, it takes quite a bit of energon in order to overcharge a Cybertronian without them having to purge first. So to create a distinction between drinks of noteworthy OCP and non, the former are usually referred to as "charged" drinks, and high OCP beverages (60+) are called "shock" drinks.
