Plasmeme

Plasmeme is an archaic type of energy created and at one point manufactured by the Memesmiths.

A versatile energy with a wide range of uses, plasmeme was considered a highly valuable resource to the Autisti Shamans that the Memesmiths supplied.

Eventually the Manky Collective discovered the valuable commodity that was plasmeme reservoirs, and the Collective soon began harvesting the reservoirs for use in their own bootlegged machinations of war.

As the Memesmiths were the only faction capable of creating plasmeme, and what is left of the plasmeme that was produced is now considered a highly valuable artifact to archaeologists and scientists in 5CR56-Beta.

Design
The creation of new plasmeme involves the manipulation of stale, outdated, and dead memes, a practice only the Memesmiths were capable of. The cancerous aura emanating from the stale memes was harnessed and contained within a magnetic field, creating a volatile concentration of blistering hot energy.

This energy comprises what is known as plasmeme, and the energy has demonstrated a surprising amount of versatility. In the past, plasmeme has been used as a high-output power source, a point-defense shielding system, and in weapons of all types and scales, from handheld weapons to capital class warship armaments.

History
Originally commissioned by the Autistoid Councillors as a jack-of-all-trades energy source, plasmeme was created by the Memesmiths to serve the Autisti Shamans' various needs, and became a staple of all technology the Shamans would commission the Memesmiths to manufacture. After the Autisti Shaman Rebellion, plasmeme became a rare and highly valued resource, only able to be found in abandoned Memesmith colonies and ruins, as well as in a select few Autisti Shaman installations, and rarely a Shaman Battleship or Dreadnought crash site if scavengers happened to be particularly lucky.

Once the Manky Collective was formed, the Manky Warlords quickly discovered the valuable and versatile properties of plasmeme, and established a directive to make the locating of and collection of all plasmeme a top priority to Crab Manky scavenger squadrons. Soon, as the Collective began to bootleg Memesmith and Autisti Shaman technology, plasmeme became a staple of their technological building philosophies.