Exotics
"Exotic" is a catch-all term for anything that fundamentally behaves differently than anything described under the known Laws of Physics and the theories of Quantum Mechanics. Antimatter that has no 'munande' material counterparts, matter that has been enhanced or changed with this antimatter, and the energies that are utilized and emitted by such antimatter are all considered to be Exotic.
Utility
E-Antimatter is used for very few processes besides the manufactory of E-Matter, and E-Energy is used primarilly for rare sensory devices; however is emitted and used extensively by Psionic users. The most prominent use for E-Antimatter is the formation of Rend-Gates, a form of FTL travel that makes communes between planets fast (traveling from planet to planet in systems with established gate networks take only tens of minutes), and communes between different solar systems possible (this process often takes months, but after initial contact has been made within a system travel time to different planets when traveling to the system only takes days or weeks depending on the planets' cycle and position of the Rend-Gate).
The uses E-Matter on the other hand are practically innumerable. Anything that any kind of ordinary matter can be used to create will be made better with the use of E-Matter. To know why this is, it's important to understand what E-Matter is exactly. It's matter that has been fundamentally changed using E-Energy to improve (or otherwise change) a given property of the material. For instance, Copper's most noteable Exotic form is E-Copper-3 which signinificantly improves the conductive properties of standard Copper. This allows wiring and electronics to become smaller and lighter while allowing power grids become extremely efficient. Steel (and iron for that matter) is is another popular material for Exotic Enhancement, as it's used in practically everything. E-Iron-2 is a very lightweight Exotic Metal, popular with the military for use in their scouting vehicles and composite metal armors. E-Iron-5 is impervious to oxidization and extremely resistant to corosion, making it a useful material for rebar and other forms of structural reinforcement. As stated previously, the amount of uses E-Matter has is practically innumerable; and is only limited by the infrastructure of the planet its made on and the mechanics of E-Antimatter and the Exotic Enhancement process itself.
The uses E-Matter on the other hand are practically innumerable. Anything that any kind of ordinary matter can be used to create will be made better with the use of E-Matter. To know why this is, it's important to understand what E-Matter is exactly. It's matter that has been fundamentally changed using E-Energy to improve (or otherwise change) a given property of the material. For instance, Copper's most noteable Exotic form is E-Copper-3 which signinificantly improves the conductive properties of standard Copper. This allows wiring and electronics to become smaller and lighter while allowing power grids become extremely efficient. Steel (and iron for that matter) is is another popular material for Exotic Enhancement, as it's used in practically everything. E-Iron-2 is a very lightweight Exotic Metal, popular with the military for use in their scouting vehicles and composite metal armors. E-Iron-5 is impervious to oxidization and extremely resistant to corosion, making it a useful material for rebar and other forms of structural reinforcement. As stated previously, the amount of uses E-Matter has is practically innumerable; and is only limited by the infrastructure of the planet its made on and the mechanics of E-Antimatter and the Exotic Enhancement process itself.
Manufacturing
The conditions to create exotic antimatter are both extreme and precise, and can almost never exist naturally, bar the most extreme places of the universe such as the cores of neutron stars and the singularities of black holes. As one can imagine, creating extreme environments such as this is extremely expensive and requires vast amounts of pre-built infrastructure before it's even remotely possible. Luckily, these extremes aren't the only instances in which E-Antimatter can be created; and instead high amounts of electrical or heat energy traveling through particles of Antimatter can create particles of E-Antimatter.
Even then, such an unnatural particle can't exist in a 'natural' setting for more than a few seconds before dissapearing and releasing large amounts of E-Energy. The process to contain E-Antimatter is relatively straightforward but requires vast amounts of energy and infrastructure in order to maintain. One has to contain the antimatter inside of a perfect vaccum, while suspending it in a magnetic field. If the particle E-Antimatter ever touches a particle of normal matter, then an anihilation event would occur, resulting in potential damage to the machinery used to contain the antimatter and the loss of the highly valuable antimaterials themselves. For this reason, large amounts of antimatter are never stored within a single sealed container, and are instead kept within magnetic sealed ampules called "Antimatter Units."
The process to create E-Matter and E-Energy is even simpler than the process to contain it, as all one has to do is deactivate a portion the magnetic field used to suspend it. This will result in the particle exiting its emulated 'extreme' environment, causing it to self-destruct and release E-Energy. This Energy can then be guided using magnetic fields to bombard vast quantities of matter, turning it into E-Matter. Usually, one single atom of E-Antimatter can cause an entire ton of material to become Exotic.
Even then, such an unnatural particle can't exist in a 'natural' setting for more than a few seconds before dissapearing and releasing large amounts of E-Energy. The process to contain E-Antimatter is relatively straightforward but requires vast amounts of energy and infrastructure in order to maintain. One has to contain the antimatter inside of a perfect vaccum, while suspending it in a magnetic field. If the particle E-Antimatter ever touches a particle of normal matter, then an anihilation event would occur, resulting in potential damage to the machinery used to contain the antimatter and the loss of the highly valuable antimaterials themselves. For this reason, large amounts of antimatter are never stored within a single sealed container, and are instead kept within magnetic sealed ampules called "Antimatter Units."
The process to create E-Matter and E-Energy is even simpler than the process to contain it, as all one has to do is deactivate a portion the magnetic field used to suspend it. This will result in the particle exiting its emulated 'extreme' environment, causing it to self-destruct and release E-Energy. This Energy can then be guided using magnetic fields to bombard vast quantities of matter, turning it into E-Matter. Usually, one single atom of E-Antimatter can cause an entire ton of material to become Exotic.
Access & Availability
Depending on the type of Exotic, they have varying degrees of rarity and accessibility. Raw, unused E-Antimatter is both rare and expensive. The odds of an average person even seeing the containers used to actively store such antimatter is unlikely. E-Matter, on the other hand, is extremely common and can be found in most household products in small quantities. Handling such matter in a 'raw' state is somewhat uncommon, as advanced robotics have all but automated the process of creating it. E-Energy is quite rare for one to observe or sense; as it would require one to possess psionic capabilities (the odds of an individual being born with such powers is a billion to one), or devoutly worship one of the major, known deities present in the galaxy (one would have to go above and beyond to consistently use the powers of their deity more than a dozen times in their lifetime).
Complexity
Creating E-Antimatter was once an incredibly difficult task (explained in the manufacturing section), however since the dawn of its first ever creation, the process has been automated and its science nearly perfected.
Discovery
Exotic Antimatter (or E-Matter) was first discovered around the year 2,500 during routine antimatter fabrication and testing. The vast array of uses that Exotic Antimatter possessed and enabled were not discovered until the 2,600s. This is when the first man-made creation of Exotic Matter (or E-Matter) had occured, and the first time that artificially generated Exotic Energy (or E-Energy) had ever been measured with man-made sensors.
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