Initialized float getting reset to 0, can't figure out why

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I have a class Projectile which is attached to a prefab that gets instantiated by my weapon. In it, there is the floating point energyLevel which is initialized at a value of 4f. This is a multiplier that factors into the speed of the transform, propelling the projectile.

For some reason, this value is getting reset to 0f on instantiation, and I can’t figure out why.

Projectile.cs

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using MEC;

public class Projectile : MonoBehaviour
{

    public float energyLevel = 4f;
    public Vector3 aimDirection;
    void Start() => Timing.RunCoroutine(Travel());

    IEnumerator<float> Travel()
    {
        while (true)
        {
            print(energyLevel);
            transform.position += Vector3.ClampMagnitude(aimDirection, 1f) * energyLevel * Timing.DeltaTime;
            yield return Timing.WaitForOneFrame;
        }
    }
}

The instantiation takes place in class Shoot. Here you can see that I instantiate the prefab normally, but I cache the instance of the script attached to it (Projectile.cs) for modification. The only value I am modifying currently is aimDirection which is printing to console with the correct magnitude. I do not touch energyLevel here, or anywhere else. Its lifecycle is purely within the scope of Projectile (at this point).

Shoot.cs

using UnityEngine;

public class Shoot : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] Transform cannon = null;
    [SerializeField] GameObject projectile = null;
    public void Cannon(State state)
    {
        var shot = Instantiate(projectile, cannon.position, state.aimRotation);
        var shotProperties = shot.GetComponent<Projectile>();
        shotProperties.aimDirection = state.aimDirection;
        print(shotProperties.aimDirection);

    }
}

What could be causing this? When I replace the energyLevel variable with a literal value of 4f in the transform.position operation, it works. When I put energyLevel back in, it doesn’t, and energyLevel logs to console as 0. Very confused, lol.

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Doh! Inspector kept overwriting it.