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I think it's what it's officially called in the Alien Universe

Ah, so this is not how people doing chemistry refer to different chemical elements in their papers. Given the overall level of imitation, I thought it's that.

I think the sequence of sci-fi-like references goes like this:

"Chemical A0-3959X.91–15, i.e. 42-(acetyloxy)-1-7-0-1-unobtaini-interferon acid, also known as "black goo", sold under brand name EcoCola, marketed as alternative to NukaCola, is an nano-engineered chemical first documented in report A0-3959X, ..."

Or something.

Yeah, that makes sense. We will need a Zotero plugin for this citation style.

It's like when people say "802.11n"

In the methods sections they might actually do this with what is called a CAS number. This ensures you can order the that exact chemical from Sigma Aldrich when you try that experiment yourself.

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