Element 115

Ununpentium (Uup) is the 115th element ont he periodic table of elements. Ununpentium plays a role int he Nazi Zombies backstory. According to the radio messages in Shi No Numa and Der Reise and by character speech, Uup is extensively used by Allied and Axis forces. Uup is normally a synthetic element, meaning it does not exist in nature and must be created in a laboratory.

In Nazi Zombies, however, Uup (referred to only as Element 115) is harvested from meteorites that have fallen into warring powers' territory. The only one of these meteors that can be seen by the player is found in Shi No Numa. Said meteor is red in color, emits a strange noise and has electrical pulses flickering across its surface. Shooting it will bring speech by the characters dealing with the rock. Judging by numerous references in game to different locations where actual meteors have fallen, it can be assumed that the sites of the Tunguska explosion, the Chicora, Pennsylvania meteorite, and the future site of the infamous Area 51base have also yielded amounts of Uup.

Initially, theories suggested that Uup was what created the zombies. Uup is what powers the Wunderwaffe DG-2, as well as the teleporters in Der Reise.

As suggested by Doctor Maxis' radio comments concerning 115 and its uses, Germany began to become depleted on 115 late in t he war. He mentioned that the Nevada base (Area 51) had a large supply.