Tri-Lithium

Tri-Lithium for Hyperwarp]Tri-Lithium is the fuel source necessary to power the Transportation|rocket], required for Travel | interplanetary travel] in II]. The ship requires a single unit of this substance for every hyperwarp jump, making it a valuable commodity. Should the [http://worldselectshop.com/?id=9361 have ever been lost outside the orbit of earth without any tri-lithium, it may well have spelled the hero's end.

Description
Tri-Lithium could usually be found on the bodies of slain foes, although large caches of it were stored also stored in the lowest depths and highest spires of [http://worldselectshop.com/?id=9361 | Earth's] (Ultima II) | towers] and | dungeons] - a fact alluded to by an imprisoned | npc= The Subdued Balron| transcript= Underworld Dragon's Ultima II Transcript | game= Ultima II}} in the iteration of [http://worldselectshop.com/?id=9361 Britannia] that occurred in the (1990 A.D.) | late twentieth century]. Finding sufficient stock of the fuel was not difficult without such ventures, however, making it likely that many of these citadels and caverns were left unexplored.

Trivia

 * A patch exists for the Apple II version of Ultima II which removes the random dropping of tri-lithium by enemies, forcing the player to traverse the dungeons and towers in order to obtain this resource. The Ultima II  of the Japanese Ports of Ultima II | FM-Towns port] of the Trilogy I II III | Ultima Trilogy] does the same.
 * The name is likely derived from the fictional (Star Trek)|dilithium] crystals featured in the Trek | Star Trek] series, which are used to regulate the anti-matter-powered warp drives of star ships. Interestingly, Star Trek itself eventually referenced in the film [http://worldselectshop.com/?id=9361 Trek: Generations|Star Trek: Generations], wherein it was revealed as a substance powerful enough to cease all fusion within an active star. These fictional compounds, in turn, may be based on hydride|lithium deuteride], a real world substance used as fusion fuel in nuclear weapons.