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	Frieda Bergmann
Frieda earns 2 for every planet you discover using the Astro Terminal. Once you have earned more than 4, this will happen... Frieda earns 1 for (sic) every time you arrive in the orbit of a new planet.
Skills:
1	Astrophysicist
2	Pilot
3	Survivalist
4	IT Expert
5	Radio Expert
6	Antique Perfume
Position on title lists:
#5	Commander
#6	NERON Administrator
#14	Communications Officer

Born in the 21st Century, she has over 45 years of experience in cross-system navigation. While she was studying, she proved the existence of Shapiro's slingshot effect. Woken from cryosleep in the 31st Century, her work on locating celestial bodies had already been most useful to great explorers such as GL Maubrick and Kim Jin-Su. Despite having retired to Bavaria, she is called to Xyloph-17 to serve as the navigator of the Daedalus.

How to play

Bronze Tips

A Bronze Frieda is a specialist for planet scans. Know what planets to pick, which to trash, and be as efficient as you are at your job. Try and coordinate with the others, but understand that above all you are responsible for keeping the crew alive by providing regular supply runs. (O2, Food, Fruit, and Fuel)

• Astrophysicist is a must for Frieda! A grand total of three characters have the ability to gain this skill: Frieda, Kuan Ti, and Gioele, and only you can reliably have it. Choosing any other skill can and will doom your team.

• Paola is your bridge-buddy and best friend! Always try and coordinate your actions, as the two of you will spend a lot of time together!

• If you have a technician, Try and get them to build a on the bridge ASAP. Paola will often have Logistics Expert. A bridge sofa with her in the room allows both of you to regain 2AP/turn without leaving the room. If that is not possible, suggest to your crew that you and Paola sleep in medbay to save on AP/MP.

• Try and wear the apron when you eat. You should not need to move much if you are coordinating with Paola properly, so a short detour to the lab for meals will save you a LONG detour to clean up in the dorms.

• Scan in batches. Ditch any planet that has an instant-death location.(Mankogs, Volcano, etc).

• Always try and have your first expedition go to a planet with O2! Expeditions are that ONLY reliable means to truly replenish your Oxygen, rather than simply delaying the inevitable. Fruit, Steaks, and Fragments come secondary to keeping your O2 meter high!

• Make a public thread with scan results. The crew will want to discuss which planets they want to go to!

Silver Tips

A silver Freida has a few options for her second skill, however she still lacks the capacity to be a heavy contributor to expeditions themselves and should generally focus on her bridge duties. Generally you should do what a Bronze Freida does, but also help out Paola as much as possible!

• IT Expert gives you two free actions per day! You can use this for connecting to Sol OR for scanning for a new planet. Not only is this a HUGE AP saver, but it helps out your bridge partner tremendously! This option one of the best choices for a Silver Frieda to take.

• Radio Expert is a very useful skill to have on the bridge, and Paola will appreciate the extra bonus to connecting to Sol. It doesn't quite compare to IT expert in sheer utility, but it is a worthwhile alternative.

Gold Tips

At gold level, Freida has two major choices she can make as to how she progresses.

• Frieda A is the same as a silver Frieda, but has both It Expert AND Radio Expert! Your team will certainly appreciate your highly efficient bridge! Your last slot should be saved for whatever skill benefits your team needs most (Survivalist for food collection, or Pilot for Pasiphae piloting). If you feel nervous about Mush, Antique Perfume allows you to act as Chun for two cycles after you shower.

• Frieda B is all about the expeditions! Pilot, IT Expert, and Survivalist will ensure that not only do you have lots of expeditions... but you can ensure they all go well! If you take this option (Such as, you just went gold for your first time!) be sure to communicate with your shipmates and try to get maximum participation in the expedition. With a bit of coordination you might even be the very one to take everyone to Eden!

Useful tips

Biography

2037 

Born on Earth.

2059 

In less than 2 years Frieda Bergmann listed more than 100 new stars, from the observatory in Dusseldorf.

2060 

While studying the Shapiro effect, Frieda proves that the mass of a synthesized black hole could be used to propel space probes at speeds approaching that of light. That same year she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Astrophysics for her publication.

2070 

At the age of 33, Frieda decides to dedicate the rest of her life to space exploration. However, the sound technology of her time was only barely sufficient to reach the satellites of Jupiter. Frieda called upon Cryo-Hertz – a society specializing in cryogenic freezing for billionaires and who guarantee an eventual reawakening in a future society in which they will no longer be condemned to die by lack of medical technology.

3094 

Frieda is awakened from a sleep lasting 1024 years by specialists who are almost ready to launch the first extra-solar mission to Barnard's Star. Her knowledge will be vital when conducting the first surveys of the star's surface. During this mission she meets the young pilot Kim Jin-Su with whom she must collaborate to take the first samples.

3110 

Back on earth Frieda is summoned by the explorer GL Maubrick to join the crew of the Gonzak, a gigantic spaceship which is to explore the Epsilon-Indi system. This was the first time that Frieda set foot on soil outside her own solar system. During these expeditions, she met Kim Jin-Su again who told her about his expedition to Tau-Ceti. It is a system that Frieda knows well, because she studied it when she was at university in the 21st Century.

3123 

After restocking, Kim Jin-Su and Frieda were authorized to leave the Gonzak to mount their own expedition to Tau-Ceti. Frieda catalogued all the bodies in the system in detail.

3123 

The expedition is a success, the discovery of major Boxylium deposits re-energize space travel. Despite the major role played by Frieda in the geolocalisation of sites, the over-mediatization of the event worked out to the advantage of Jin-Su. Frieda was uninterested in the publicity surrounding the event and in the end she decided just to stay in the shadow of the explorer.

3140 

GL Maubrick, who is the minister of spatial expansion puts Frieda in charge of organizing 3 successive intergalactic missions. Unfortunately, the colossal workload rendered it impossible for her to actually join the expedition crews. Her age ( 53 ) combined with her 1060 years of cryosleep increase the risk of cryogenic complications..

3150 

At the age of 63 Frieda Bergmann's hopes of escaping were buried for good. She left her observatory in Dusseldorf and retired to Bavaria.

3151 

Jin-Su calls on Frieda to work on the discovery of a body found in Magellan's great cloud. This would be a real challenge given the massive distance between this galaxy and the Milky Way. Frieda accepts the mission on the condition that she can participate in the expedition and go to the cloud. Kim Jin-Su names her as the ship's navigator, even though he knows that her chances of surviving 16 years of cryosleep are minimal.