Illikam Oil

Illikam Oil is a flammable oil of reddish color, due to it's high energy nature in a refined form it is used as a weapon fuel.

''"Triple the harvest, I don't care the lives it takes!" -The Unseen Hand to ''General Kala during the 3rd Phryic War.

Production
Illikam Oil has multi-step process of refinement yielding various forms of the oil.

Steps of Refining:

 * DISTILLATION
 * Vacuum-Distillation
 * Naphtha-Hydrotreating
 * Mid-Distillate-Hydrotreating
 * CRACKING
 * Hydrocracking
 * Fluidic Catalytic Cracking
 * TREATING
 * Isomerization
 * Alkylation
 * Fluidic Coking
 * REFORMING
 * Catalytic Reforming

Illikam Oil is commonly found in 3 forms:
 * Unrefined: Base elements and pre-refined mixes


 * Refined-Precursor: Refined-Precursors is the name given to the various forms of median output from the Distillation process. This form somewhat corrosive and unstable. It is the product of the "insert techno-babble here" Phase of refining.
 * Refined: The most common form of the oil, in this form it' primary usage is as weapon fuel. During production Refined Rust Weed is used, giving the Oil its distinct red coloring.

Uses

 * Primary use of Illikam Oil is as fuel for Hegemonic energy weapons.
 * Illikam Oil is very nutritious and can be used as a food source, it is reported to have a pleasant taste.
 * The oil is sometimes used in a verity of rituals preformed by the Kashik Nomads.