i wonder if it's at all relevant to casually mention that i retconned copper (Cu) to be lead (Pb) in my mod, and nobody seemed to notice because i changed everything related to it

you can combine items and i wanted something that would let you add radiation protection to armors, and lead is pretty good at stopping radiation irl so i replaced copper with it
i'm ruining this thread aren't i

Mmmm... delicious peanut butter armor.

I felt left out of the joke here.

Hint: What is the chemical symbol for lead?

Might be a nice idea for a mod to create models of the actual elements and make the containers actual containers that can be opened.
Extra points for hilarious side effects like poisoning, chemical reactions when trying to stack certain elements, etc.

you can combine items and i wanted something that would let you add radiation protection to armors, and lead is pretty good at stopping radiation irl so i replaced copper with it
i'm ruining this thread aren't i

That was probably for the best. IIRC no researchable items in the stock game use Copper. I believe it's the only "dead" element, that is one that's not used at least once. You made it into an applyable item as well as one used for research.

Also, am I the only one who finds it ironic that manmade elements are being used to research alien artifacts?

Might be a nice idea for a mod to create models of the actual elements and make the containers actual containers that can be opened.
Extra points for hilarious side effects like poisoning, chemical reactions when trying to stack certain elements, etc.

Some of those elements don't have physical shapes. Also, some of them need to be stored away in a special container because of the violent reaction they'll have. Radium, for example, would kill anyone around it because of (surprise, surprise) it's extreme radioactivity. Cesium reacts extremely (explosively) with water. Barium, antimony and let's not forget arsenic are extremely poisonous and the latter can kill a human with only a minor dose. That said, I'm surprised that chemical storerooms aren't under a fuckton more security.

That was probably for the best. IIRC no researchable items in the stock game use Copper. I believe it's the only "dead" element, that is one that's not used at least once.

It's not; off the top of my head, Arsenic isn't used at all. There are probably others, but I can't check at the moment.

Radium, for example, would kill anyone around it because of (surprise, surprise) it's extreme radioactivity.

You've obviously never read System Shlock (or was it TTLG Volatile?).

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That was probably for the best. IIRC no researchable items in the stock game use Copper. I believe it's the only "dead" element, that is one that's not used at least once.

It's not; off the top of my head, Arsenic isn't used at all. There are probably others, but I can't check at the moment. I don't think Selenium is used, either. Those are the only three, iirc.

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Radium, for example, would kill anyone around it because of (surprise, surprise) it's extreme radioactivity.

You've obviously never read System Shlock (or was it TTLG Volatile?).

Copper is used but yeah Arsenic is only set for WormBlend and that implant was cut out, I make use of As in my mod though because on impossible most items need more elements to research than normal and I put As as an extra requirement on a few.

. . . Techneticum-Hassium . . .

Tellurium, not Technetium.

That's what I thought about too, but I'm noting here that eg Barium & Selenium cannot be subsumed in any elemental classification, whereas for example Selenium & Tellurium (Thank you, Emon!) share the same group.

Did you ever realise that Xerxes is sex-rex spelled backwards?

Might be a nice idea for a mod to create models of the actual elements and make the containers actual containers that can be opened.
Extra points for hilarious side effects like poisoning, chemical reactions when trying to stack certain elements, etc.

Ha ha that would be an awesome mod!