Elerium-115

2013-08-28T18:47:49Z

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'''In other languages: [[엘레리움-115|한국어]].'''

Elerium, otherwise known as element 115, is the energy source for all alien technologies. Mined from reserves near [[Cydonia]], it has a variety of uses. However, it cannot be found on Earth.

This item appears in ''[[X-COM|UFO: Enemy Unknown]]''. For the ''[[TFTD|Terror from the Deep]]'' equivalent, refer to [[Zrbite]].

== Stats ==
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*Size: 1 high x 1 wide
*Weight: 3
*Sell Price: $5000</td></tr></table>

== Obtaining Elerium ==
Elerium cannot be synthesized on Earth; it can only be obtained from [[UFO Assault]]s or [[Alien Base Assault]]s. Elerium is housed within [[UFO Power Source]]s, and is very fragile. If upon starting a UFO assault you find a UFO Power Source to have been destroyed (as a result of a crash landing), its Elerium will surely have been destroyed as well. Be careful about using explosives near intact UFO Power sources, as the Elerium within is easily toasted!

At the end of a successful mission, any Elerium contained within intact UFO Power Sources will be automatically collected and returned to your base. If for some reason you need to end a mission prematurely, you can still collect Elerium by hand, by shooting open a UFO Power Source (generally with a plasma weapon). For more on securing Elerium in this way, see UFO Power Sources.

Perhaps the most efficient way to gain a stock of Elerium is to find an Alien Base and attack the [[Supply ship|Supply Ships]] as they land nearby. Leave the base intact to attract more supply ships, as the Elerium is worth more than the score penalty (150 units per intact Supply Ship). See details [[Supply ship smash and grab|here]].

UFO Power Sources can also be found in ''some'' Alien Bases, if they have a particular base "module". You can raid such a base without having to win the mission, and have a soldier carry the Elerium back to the entry lift and then abort (see [[Alien Base Assault#Smash And Grab]] for more details). Attacking the base's Supply Ships is likely to be a safer and more reliable source of Elerium, however; see [[UFO Recovery Values#Alien Base Assaults]] for more details.

On the map, Elerium appears as a purple ball (the same graphic as a [[Stun Bomb]] on the ground). This object is worth 50 points of Elerium. During [[Base Defense]], some of your own Elerium from stores may appear on the battlescape. This is a Good Thing™ if you win the mission, as each unit is represented as a pod and can be recovered for ''fifty'' units. This is probably a bug and appears to be absent from the Collector's Edition.

== Uses ==
Don't sell Elerium. Although you do have the option to do so, this is to be discouraged. It is used to fuel the [[Firestorm]], the [[Lightning]], and the [[Avenger]]. It is also used, in varying amounts, to [[manufacture]] most [[Alien Artefacts]], [[Flying Suit]]s, and various other technologies. Given that you can only obtain Elerium in the battlefield, selling it is not a good idea. Furthermore, the market price is a real rip-off, it will only fetch you $5,000 per unit. Consider that the highly abundant Alien Alloys are worth $6500 each. Furthermore, which would you rather have, 1 Blaster Bomb or $15,000? 1 Stun Bomb or $5000?

== Elerium in reality ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ununpentium Ununpentium], the temporary name for synthesized element 115, was only created briefly in atomic laboratories in 2004 and is not the subject of much research. Research in 2013 again confirmed the existence of element 115.[http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/28/world/europe/new-chemical-element/] However UFO 'researcher' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lazar Robert Lazar] made several [http://www.beyondweird.com/element115.html claims] about E-115 in the 1980's. For example, it would be the only element that had a gravitational field extending past it's own atomic 'shell'. This deviance from the normal rule would be so significant that perhaps the technologies seen in the [[X-Com series]] could become a reality - anti-gravity devices used for both flight and particle acceleration.

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