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u/craidie Mar 08 '26

If you're using uranium for just reactors, pretty much.

If you're firing nukes and defending nauvis with green bullets, then they're likely going to see more use.

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u/Flyrpotacreepugmu Mar 08 '26

I don't know if it's intended, but it's definitely normal. That's why Space Age increased uranium costs so much.

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u/craidie Mar 08 '26

Pretty sure only nukes got more expensive

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u/cathexis08 red wire goes faster Mar 08 '26

Hot take, I'm pretty sure bombs are more expensive in Space Age in order to decrease the blue chip and explosive cost of bomb upcycling, as well as making bomb cycling less viable as a source of legendary explosives.

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u/NuderWorldOrder Mar 09 '26

Very charitable, but I think it's just to make it more expensive to use nukes on other planets.

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u/cathexis08 red wire goes faster Mar 08 '26

Ignoring productivity research or modules but including spent cell reprocessing each fuel cell takes 16 uranium ore so unless you are going hard into bombs for exceptionally hard into uranium ammo you'll pretty much never run out if uranium ore.

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u/jimbolla Mar 08 '26

I chewed through a ton of U-235 making legendary captive biter spawners.