Add Teranium

[Gollee]

Hello all, thought I should make another one of these.

Teranium is a heavy chemical that is currently in the lore; it's the not-so-handwave reason why all of our high power storage items work, such as SMESs, power cells, laser guns, and the rest. I say, not-so-handwave because I worked on and confirmed it's properties with two physics professors and a chemistry professor before it ever appeared here. It's been around for a good long time in the lore, and it would be an interesting thing to have on station, whether on the asteroid, or in rare crystal finds.

There is more information here:

http://aurorastation.org/wiki/index.php?title=Teranium

It would be an interesting new find for miners, especially on the ground map. It could even pose new hazards! Where they find a charged vein of it, and they are at risk of a detonation. Science could use it for all sorts of fun, ranging from electrical arc weapons, to large explosives that are charged rather than mixed.

[Killerhurtz]

That's without mentioning that it could prevent (and/or justify) the whole "research spams power cells and the whole station runs on robotics' production potential" if teranium is needed to make power cells.

[Conservatron]

so how would you detonate unrefined teranium?

sonic drills?

[Gollee]

Hit it with something hard enough, and if it is charged, it's gonna hurt. I calculated it with my professors to be similar to the potential power of dynamite.

[Lady_of_Ravens]

Just what R&D needs: more weird weapons that aren't actually useful. See: plasma pistol and decloner.

Having the ability, either by finding the crytals or ordering it (for a high cost) on the cargo computer, to build new SMESes would be great. As would being able to make power-sink style explosives.

Teranium shouldn't be added as a necessary ingredient in normal or high capacity power cells... and I'm not sure if it would be desirable to require it for super-capacity cells either. Super capacity cells are currently very easy for R&D to get, and adding an even-more-exotic-than-diamond component would be a major nerf in power cell manufacturing.

[Guest]

I SENSE TESLA-COIL SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

[Tenenza]

Just what R&D needs: more weird weapons that aren't actually useful. See: plasma pistol and decloner.

 

The decloner is cool, however.

Plus, it's probably my favorite way to take down psycho geneticists hulking.

[Lady_of_Ravens]

Just what R&D needs: more weird weapons that aren't actually useful. See: plasma pistol and decloner.

 

The decloner is cool, however.

Plus, it's probably my favorite way to take down psycho geneticists hulking.

 

Pretty sure hulks aren't syringe-proof.

And yeah, the decloner is neat in theory... but it doesn't do much damage, shouldn't damage IPCs (haven't actually tested), and it doesn't fire through glass, all of which means it's fairly unrobust compared to lasers.

[TishinaStalker]

Please stay on topic. This suggestion is not about the decloner or how to kill hulks, but is about adding teranium (an important lore object) to the code for in-game use.

[Gollee]

 

This could be a very interesting thing, don't let it die!

And yes, tesla-coils could indeed be a thing.

[Killerhurtz]

I still support this for the reasons outlined above. Teranium would make science a lot more interesting.

Like. A grenade - 60u iron 60u teranium in one beaker, 60u uranium in the other. Now you got an EMP bomb that also actually explodes.

[Zundy]

Question uno: Could this be used as an alternate power source?

Question два: Can this be used to create beings of pure electrical energy a la Golems?

If yes to the above, +1 from me.

[Gollee]

1: Technically...? It's already in the SMESs, someone smarter with powercode then me might have ideas on a full power source.

2: With liberal application of magic, I don't see why not.