Description
These highly valuable, and fairly rare crystals consist mainly of radioactive elements, and produce small amounts of antimatter as those elements decay. The antimatter annihilates the normal matter in the crystal, releasing a large amount of energy, and causing the crystal to erode over time. Antimatter crystals are typically found in areas with large amounts of radioactive minerals, and frequently near natural reactors.
Due to both their potency and rarity, antimatter crystals are typically reserved for big and/or important applications. They power the biggest capital ships and space colonies, and other big, important things.
Antimatter crystals were first discovered by humans during one of the early expeditions beyond the solar system, early in Era-1. The Empire of 1,000,000 Suns started using antimatter crystals early in Era-0.
