XIA — Combined Power (Step 3 of 6)¶
One-line pitch: XIA fuses your general energy (QI) and your venue-specific power (MAI) into a single number called Charge.
What this is¶
XIA is step 3 of the power chain:
QI → MAI → XIA → XIE → ZI → PANG
It takes the outputs of the previous two steps and blends them. The result is called Charge — an intermediate power value that's more meaningful than either QI or MAI alone, because it reflects both how powerful you are in general and how much weight you have at this specific venue.
SHIO tokens (specifically the Fomalhaute channel) also influence the blending.
If you've played a web3 game before¶
- Closest analogy: an effective voting power calculation that combines multiple stake buckets.
- Or: a damage formula in an RPG that mixes base attack + weapon skill into final damage.
- Or: sqrt(price × liquidity) in a Uniswap-style combined metric.
| Dysnomia term | What it maps to |
|---|---|
| XIA | The combiner stage |
| Charge (XIA's output) | Interim combined power value |
| Fomalhaute SHIO | Channel the blending reads from |
What you actually do with it¶
- You don't call XIA directly. It's read during downstream math.
- Increase both QI and MAI — XIA benefits from both. Going heavy on one at the expense of the other diminishes returns.
Rewards / costs¶
- Cost: none directly.
- Reward: none from XIA itself. Just a bigger number flowing into XIE.
Requirements & gating¶
- None beyond having non-zero inputs.
Where it connects¶
Reads QI (step 1) and MAI (step 2). Feeds into XIE (step 4).
Quick FAQ¶
Q: Is "Charge" here the same as the "Charge" that PANG outputs? A: They share a name but not the exact value. The chain refines Charge at multiple steps. XIA's Charge is the interim version; PANG's is the final one after spin modifiers.
Q: What's Fomalhaute? A: A named SHIO channel (think of SHIO channels like numbered lanes in a cryptographic multi-lane highway). Fomalhaute is one of those lanes and its state affects the XIA blend weights.
Q: Why blend at all? Why not just add QI and MAI? A: Addition would make the stats interchangeable — 100 QI + 0 MAI would be identical to 0 QI + 100 MAI. The designers wanted balance across both axes, so the blend penalizes lopsided builds.
Want the Solidity? The contract reference lives at
technical/docs/domain/soeng/XIA.md.