Red Energy

Red Energy changes the chemical, electrical and thermal behavior of afflicted particles.

Chemical Reactions

Red Energy affliction mildly alters chemical laws, modifying the likeliness of chemical reactions to occur and the amount of chemical energy produced. For example, chemical reactions that only occur at a certain temperature above may instead occur at lesser temperatures; other particles are more or less likely to form particle bonds depending on the Red Energy affliction of the atoms involved.

All native Scourgian wildlife rely on Red Energy in some amount to facilitate and maintain different bodily functions, such as the oxidization of cells or metabolism of ingested nutrients. Too much or too little Red Energy can cause unwanted affects by promoting harmful chemical behavior in a body's cells, potentially subjecting the individual to various forms of poisoning by promoting excessive chemical behavior or by dampening much-needed chemical processes.

In human beings and Gaian fauna, this can be observed to have effects on the physical and psychological wellbeing of an inflicted body. Red Energy affliction in human beings can cause both visual and auditory hallucinations due to the slight alterations of chemical behavior in their bodies, as well as creating drastic increases in blood pressure.

Electricity

Red Energy affliction promotes electric conduction, facilitating the behavior of electricity traveling through materials. Material which may otherwise be insulating may become mildly conductive. One such example of this is that most kinds of glass become mildly conductive when exposed to Red Energy, and passing electricity through it can cause it to shatter.

Heat

Red Energy affliction can increase or reduce the thermal conductiveness of different materials. Native Scourgian wildlife utilize Red Energy to maintain proper levels of body heat.

Light

Red Energy gets its namesake by altering the behavior of light reflecting from or passing through particles. Red Energy afflicted particles commonly become more absorbent to certain colors of light, giving them more of a reddish tint. 

Pools of Red Energy emit observable force outwards from a centralized point which both transfers Red Energy to collided molecules (in a manner similar to transfer of thermal energy ) and creates an observable effect through interaction with other Red Energy fields that can liken the behavior of the decay of Red Energy to a form of fundamental interaction.

The area of effect produced by a pool of Red Energy is referred to as a Red Field. The strength of the effect decays at the edges of the field, eventually tapering off into an absence. 

Repulsion

One of the most observable behaviors of Red Fields is the act of repelling other Red Fields, causing objects floating in space to be pushed away from one another. This strength of this affect depends on the size of the pool and the proximity of the pools.

Repulsion Between Islands

The repulsive affects of Red Energy pools has massive influence on the behavior of Scourge's floating islands and is thought to be the primary reason that islands rarely collide despite drifting about in open space. As airborne islands approach one another, their fields begin to repel each other and this repulsion becomes stronger the closer they become. This causes islands that would otherwise collide with one another to instead be pushed out of one another's path.

Though effective, these fields aren't impervious and collisions between islands can still occur.

Suspension Aid

The repelling behavior of Red Fields is the only factor permitting Scourge's gaseous atmosphere to be populated with airborne islands as well as a contributing factor to the flight mechanisms of its airborne fauna.

The planets' Core is the largest Red Generator in the dimension as well as host to the most powerful Red Field, affecting every structure within the celestial body. Its field repels against the fields within organisms and geological formations, pressing them outwards and preventing gravity from sucking them to the surface of the Core. 

Many animals, large and small, exploit this behavior to assist with airborne suspension. Animals, microorganisms and even some airborne plants, among other phyla, manifest directional pools of Red Energy within their bodies to manipulate the direction of their fields' emissions downwards, allowing controlled repulsion against the Core to facilitate with the flight of large animals. In other words, the physical mechanics which keep Scourge's floating islands in the air are also exploited by the animals to help them fly.

Certain plants, such as Cleurke Roots, act as conduits to Red Energy in order to influence and exploit the amount of Red Energy within their island. Extracting Red Energy from the stone and emitting it into the air reduces the strength of the island's Field and causes it to lower in elevation; alternatively, transferring Red Energy from the air into the stone causes the island to rise. Through this manner, much of the flora biomass in Scourge's forests are in fact actively monitoring the strength of the islands' Red Field in order to keep the island suspended at a hospitable elevation.