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The '''Research Lab''' terminal can be accessed in the [[Ship Equipment#Laboratory|Laboratory]]. It brings up options for fighting {{Character|Mush}}, granting the crew bonus {{Glory}} '''Glory''' and provides a number of useful commodities. | The '''Research Lab''' terminal can be accessed in the [[Ship Equipment#Laboratory|Laboratory]]. It brings up options for fighting {{Character|Mush}}, granting the crew bonus {{Glory}} '''Glory''' and provides a number of useful commodities. | ||
| − | Research can be a [[Dirty]] affair, and since NERON will lock unclean personnel out of the research console, wearing the {{ | + | Research can be a [[Dirty]] affair, and since NERON will lock unclean personnel out of the research console, wearing the {{item|Stainproof Apron}} when participating is recommended to avoid long treks to the shower. |
Participating in research costs 2 {{AP}}, and the efficiency is increased for {{Skill|Biologist}} and {{Skill|Medic}} characters: | Participating in research costs 2 {{AP}}, and the efficiency is increased for {{Skill|Biologist}} and {{Skill|Medic}} characters: | ||
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| − | The {{Glory}} gained for certain research | + | The {{Glory}} gained for certain research projects is immediately obtained by all living humans upon completion, and an additional {{Glory}} can be earned when [[Ending the Game|reaching Sol or Eden]]. |
{{Character|Chun}} earns an additional 4 {{Glory}} each time a research requiring her presence is completed. | {{Character|Chun}} earns an additional 4 {{Glory}} each time a research requiring her presence is completed. | ||
{{Character|Finola}} earns an additional 3 {{Glory}} for all Mush-related research. | {{Character|Finola}} earns an additional 3 {{Glory}} for all Mush-related research. | ||
| − | ==List of Research | + | ==List of Research projects== |
| − | There are a total of 23 possible researches. Except "NCC Contact Lenses" research which you must pick up {{Item|Schrödinger}} when you do the research, all the rest which require items just need to be put on the shelf. Some research | + | There are a total of 23 possible researches. Except "NCC Contact Lenses" research which you must pick up {{Item|Schrödinger}} when you do the research, all the rest which require items just need to be put on the shelf. Some research projects require the presence of {{Character|Chun}} in the [[Laboratory]], or a ghost copy of her (which requires decoding Zhong Chun's Genome Codex at Xyloph DB). |
Hover over the image to see the description of a research. | Hover over the image to see the description of a research. | ||
| − | {{Warn|Description should show the actual in-game text of the research | + | {{Warn|Description should show the actual in-game text of the research project}} |
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| + | | {{H:title|Grempf molecules stimulate the production of androgenous hormones such as testosterone. This functions on humans and animals, regardless of sex, and even plants. You heard about the mysterious migration of sequoias in Yosemite park? Well there you go. Generates 4 Anabolics.|[[Image:Anabolics.png]]}} | ||
| + | | Anabolics | ||
| + | | {{Efficiencies|12}} | ||
| + | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 | ||
| + | | Generates 4 {{Item|Anabolics}}. Gives +8 Movement Points ({{MP}}). | ||
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| Antispore Gas | | Antispore Gas | ||
| {{Efficiencies|6}} | | {{Efficiencies|6}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] |
| The maximum number of Mush spores generated per day is reduced by 2. | | The maximum number of Mush spores generated per day is reduced by 2. | ||
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| [[Constipaspore Serum]] | | [[Constipaspore Serum]] | ||
| {{Efficiencies|6}} | | {{Efficiencies|6}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] |
| − | | Causes spore extraction to cost 4 {{AP}} instead of 2 | + | | Causes spore extraction to cost 4 {{AP}} instead of 2. |
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| [[Image:P deadmush.png|class=margin-small|Icon]] Dead [[Mush]] | | [[Image:P deadmush.png|class=margin-small|Icon]] Dead [[Mush]] | ||
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| Meridon Scrambler | | Meridon Scrambler | ||
| {{Efficiencies|3}} | | {{Efficiencies|3}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] |
| Causes hunters to sometimes fire against each other instead of at the Daedalus. Hunters have 20% chance of firing on one of their own (percentage given by game description). | | Causes hunters to sometimes fire against each other instead of at the Daedalus. Hunters have 20% chance of firing on one of their own (percentage given by game description). | ||
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| Mushicide Soap | | Mushicide Soap | ||
| {{Efficiencies|3}} | | {{Efficiencies|3}} | ||
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| Transforms the {{Item|Soap}} into a {{Item|Super Soaper}}. Every shower you take will destroy one mush spore on your body when carrying it. | | Transforms the {{Item|Soap}} into a {{Item|Super Soaper}}. Every shower you take will destroy one mush spore on your body when carrying it. | ||
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| Mushovore Bacteria | | Mushovore Bacteria | ||
| {{Efficiencies|12}} | | {{Efficiencies|12}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] |
| It takes 4 spores to turn a human into a mush, instead of 3. | | It takes 4 spores to turn a human into a mush, instead of 3. | ||
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| {{Item|Mush Sample}}<br>{{Character|Chun}} | | {{Item|Mush Sample}}<br>{{Character|Chun}} | ||
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| Mush-Hunter: ZC16H | | Mush-Hunter: ZC16H | ||
| {{Efficiencies|6}} | | {{Efficiencies|6}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 6 [[File:Triumph.png]] | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 6 [[File:Triumph.png]] |
| + | | Gives 6 {{glory}}. | ||
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| {{Item|Mush Genome Disk}} | | {{Item|Mush Genome Disk}} | ||
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| Mush Language | | Mush Language | ||
| {{Efficiencies|6}} | | {{Efficiencies|6}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 6 [[File:Triumph.png]] | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 6 [[File:Triumph.png]] |
| + | | Gives 6 {{glory}}. | ||
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| [[Image:P deadmush.png|class=margin-small|Icon]] Dead [[Mush]] | | [[Image:P deadmush.png|class=margin-small|Icon]] Dead [[Mush]] | ||
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| Mush Races | | Mush Races | ||
| {{Efficiencies|6}} | | {{Efficiencies|6}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 6 [[File:Triumph.png]] | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 6 [[File:Triumph.png]] |
| + | | Gives 6 {{glory}} | ||
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| [[Image:P deadmush.png|class=margin-small|Icon]] Dead [[Mush]]<br>{{Item|Mush Genome Disk}} | | [[Image:P deadmush.png|class=margin-small|Icon]] Dead [[Mush]]<br>{{Item|Mush Genome Disk}} | ||
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| Mush Reproductive System | | Mush Reproductive System | ||
| {{Efficiencies|18}} | | {{Efficiencies|18}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 6 [[File:Triumph.png]] | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 6 [[File:Triumph.png]] |
| + | | Gives 6 {{glory}} | ||
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| − | |} | + | | {{Item|Mush Sample}} |
| − | + | | {{H:title|Toxins, spores, the smell, there are so many factors which expose the Mush, that you throw yourself into collecting all the known qualities of Mush to build the ultimate alarm. Based on the oscillation coefficient of the Alpha pheromone and the rate of toxin emission, it is theoretically possible to create a miniature alarm which will go off automatically if a Mush agent spikes someone with a spore within a monitored zone. Makes 5 MycoAlarms. Gives 3 {{glory}}|[[Image:MycoAlarm.png]]}} | |
| − | + | | MycoAlarm | |
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| + | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] | ||
| + | | Makes 5 {{Item|MycoAlarm}}. | ||
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| − | + | | {{Character|Chun}} | |
| − | + | | {{H:title|Finola Keegan's article "From the spore to non-life" is a seminal work in the field of Mushology. It created a branch of science dealing with aggregation organisms. Aggregators, in effect, are strains of viruses which allow the partial splitting of DNA or RNA strands in the host and extract their genetic makeup in order to alter themselves or their genetic pool [...] This article leads directly to the creation of a costly item : The Mycoscan. Allows the detection of spores on a healthy crew member. Gives 3 {{glory}}|[[Image:Mycoscan.png]]}} | |
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| − | + | | {{Efficiencies|4}} | |
| − | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] | |
| − | + | | Allows the detection of spores on a healthy crew member. | |
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| Narcotics Distiller | | Narcotics Distiller | ||
| {{Efficiencies|6}} | | {{Efficiencies|6}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 |
| The Distiller can be used once a day to create a drug. | | The Distiller can be used once a day to create a drug. | ||
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| Natamy Rifle | | Natamy Rifle | ||
| {{Efficiencies|6}} | | {{Efficiencies|6}} | ||
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| Upgrades blaster to a {{Item|Natamy Rifle}}, which does more damage to mush. | | Upgrades blaster to a {{Item|Natamy Rifle}}, which does more damage to mush. | ||
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| NCC Contact Lenses | | NCC Contact Lenses | ||
| {{Efficiencies|12}} | | {{Efficiencies|12}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 |
| − | | Creates 2 pairs of {{Item|NCC Lens}} | + | | Creates 2 pairs of {{Item|NCC Lens}} |
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| [[Image:P deadmush.png|class=margin-small|Icon]] Dead [[Mush]] | | [[Image:P deadmush.png|class=margin-small|Icon]] Dead [[Mush]] | ||
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| [[Patuline Scrambler]] | | [[Patuline Scrambler]] | ||
| {{Efficiencies|6}} | | {{Efficiencies|6}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 |
| Mush can no longer communicate on the Mush channel. | | Mush can no longer communicate on the Mush channel. | ||
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| Perpetual Hydration | | Perpetual Hydration | ||
| {{Efficiencies|6}} | | {{Efficiencies|6}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 |
| Gives glory. {{Todo|Double check, twinpedia says bugged, no glory.}} | | Gives glory. {{Todo|Double check, twinpedia says bugged, no glory.}} | ||
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| + | | [[Image:P deadmush.png|class=margin-small|Icon]] Dead [[Mush]]<br>{{Item|Mush Genome Disk}} | ||
| + | | [[Image:Pheromodem.png]] | ||
| + | | Pheromodem | ||
| + | | {{Efficiencies|3}} | ||
| + | | style="text-align: center;" | 3 [[File:Triumph.png]] | ||
| + | | The {{Item|Tracker}} can now communicate on the mush channel. | ||
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| + | | {{Item|Mush Sample}}<br>[[Image:P deadmush.png|class=margin-small|Icon]] Dead [[Mush]]<br>{{Character|Chun}}<br>{{Item|Mush Genome Disk}} | ||
| + | | {{H:title|A great correlation between Gershwin fungal infections and mechanical propagation related to the influence of quasars. When this correlation has been established, the idea of using a particle accelerator to synthesize a powerful retro-fungal substrate has quickly established itself as THE ultimate solution to the Mush invasion. The result of this study can be crucial and will make the whole crew famous. | ||
| + | |[[Image:Retro-Fungal_Serum.PNG ]]}} | ||
| + | | Retro-Fungal Serum | ||
| + | | {{Efficiencies|1}} | ||
| + | | style="text-align: center;" | 16 [[File:Triumph.png]] | ||
| + | | Generates {{Item|Retro-Fungal Serum}} | ||
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| Spore Sucker | | Spore Sucker | ||
| {{Efficiencies|4}} | | {{Efficiencies|4}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 |
| − | | Produces a {{Item|Spore Sucker}} | + | | Produces a {{Item|Spore Sucker}} |
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| {{Item|Starmap Fragment}} | | {{Item|Starmap Fragment}} | ||
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| Super Calculator | | Super Calculator | ||
| {{Efficiencies|3}} | | {{Efficiencies|3}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 |
| − | | Installs a Super Calculator in the Nexus which allows you to triangulate the coordinates of Eden using 3 {{Item|Starmap Fragments}} | + | | Installs a Super Calculator in the Nexus which allows you to triangulate the coordinates of Eden using 3 {{Item|Starmap Fragments}} |
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| {{Item|Water Stick}} | | {{Item|Water Stick}} | ||
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| Tesla SUP2X | | Tesla SUP2X | ||
| {{Efficiencies|12}} | | {{Efficiencies|12}} | ||
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| Increases the maximum number of turret charges by 2. | | Increases the maximum number of turret charges by 2. | ||
{{Bug|Increases maximum charges by 4, to a total of 8.}} | {{Bug|Increases maximum charges by 4, to a total of 8.}} | ||
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| Ultra-Healing Pomade | | Ultra-Healing Pomade | ||
| {{Efficiencies|6}} | | {{Efficiencies|6}} | ||
| − | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 | + | | style="text-align: center;" | 0 |
| − | | Healing actions regenerate an additional {{HP}} | + | | Healing actions regenerate an additional {{HP}} health point |
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With this piece of research, humans can access and communicate in the {{Character|Mush}} channel. However, everybody's names are obfuscated and they appear as "mush" to each other. This does not apply to the {{Character|Mush}} themselves, who see everybody's real names. | With this piece of research, humans can access and communicate in the {{Character|Mush}} channel. However, everybody's names are obfuscated and they appear as "mush" to each other. This does not apply to the {{Character|Mush}} themselves, who see everybody's real names. | ||
| − | When messages such as spores being placed appear in the channel, the names of the participates will show in a scrambled form, however the number of characters in the scrambled name matches up (including spaces), this includes previous communications that appear in the channel | + | When messages such as spores being placed appear in the channel, the names of the participates will show in a scrambled form, however the number of characters in the scrambled name matches up (including spaces), this includes previous communications that appear in the channel as well. |
| − | + | [[Image:mush channel.jpg|right|thumb|An example of how a Pheromodem channel appears to humans.]] | |
| − | + | *3 letters: Hua, Ian | |
| − | + | *4 letters: Chao, Chun | |
| − | + | *5 letters: Paola, Derek, Andie | |
| − | + | *6 letters: Finola, Frieda, Gioele, Janice, Jin Su, Raluca, Roland | |
| − | + | *7 letters: Kuan Ti, Stephen, Eleesha | |
| + | *8 letters: Terrence | ||
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[[Category:Gameplay]] [[Category:Finola]] [[Category:Chun]] [[Category:Ian]] | [[Category:Gameplay]] [[Category:Finola]] [[Category:Chun]] [[Category:Ian]] | ||
Revision as of 02:46, 3 May 2014
Research plays a vital role in fighting the
Mush menace, slowing their advance and making it more difficult for them to perform their actions. Eventually, as research grows more complex and advanced tools become available, a permanent Mush cure and a distant Utopian world can even be discovered. Nothing is impossible for the resourceful crew for the Daedalus!
Mechanics
The Research Lab terminal can be accessed in the Laboratory. It brings up options for fighting
Mush, granting the crew bonus
Glory and provides a number of useful commodities.
Research can be a Dirty affair, and since NERON will lock unclean personnel out of the research console, wearing the
Stainproof Apron when participating is recommended to avoid long treks to the shower.
Participating in research costs 2
, and the efficiency is increased for
Biologist and
Medic characters:
| Icon | Description | Efficiency |
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Neither |
Base efficiency |
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Base efficiency + 4-6% |
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Base efficency + 8-12% |
A character's research efficiency drops with every participation, requiring Relaying to reset it.
The BIOS affects research in that the Crew Lock can be set to Research, limiting participation to
Biologist and
Medic characters, and CPU Priority can also be set to Research, increasing efficiency by 1-1% or 1-2%:
| Base efficiency | Added efficiency |
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| 1-1% | +1-2% |
| 3-4% | +1-2% |
| 6-9% | +1-1% |
| 12-18% | +1-1% |
| 15-28% | +1-2% |
| 18-27% | +1-1% |
Many research options have certain conditions that must be met before they become available, including the presence of certain objects or characters in the Laboratory. If these conditions are not met, the research option will not be visible, though any progress made on them is preserved. The most important conditions for research are:
- Presence of a
Mush Sample, which can be replaced by decoding a Xyloph DB entry
- Presence of the
Mush Genome Disk, which can be obtained by decoding a Xyloph DB entry
- The presence of
Zhong Chun, which can be replaced by decoding a Xyloph DB entry
- The
Dead Mush (the place of death is irrelevant, it can be even outside Daedalus)
The
gained for certain research projects is immediately obtained by all living humans upon completion, and an additional
can be earned when reaching Sol or Eden.
Chun earns an additional 4
each time a research requiring her presence is completed.
Finola earns an additional 3
for all Mush-related research.
List of Research projects
There are a total of 23 possible researches. Except "NCC Contact Lenses" research which you must pick up
Schrödinger when you do the research, all the rest which require items just need to be put on the shelf. Some research projects require the presence of
Chun in the Laboratory, or a ghost copy of her (which requires decoding Zhong Chun's Genome Codex at Xyloph DB).
Hover over the image to see the description of a research.
Warning: Description should show the actual in-game text of the research project
| Requires | Image | Name | Effectiveness | Glory | Details |
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Anabolics | |
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Antispore Gas | |
3 |
The maximum number of Mush spores generated per day is reduced by 2. |
| Any consumable |
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Constipaspore Serum | |
3 |
Causes spore extraction to cost 4 |
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Meridon Scrambler | |
3 |
Causes hunters to sometimes fire against each other instead of at the Daedalus. Hunters have 20% chance of firing on one of their own (percentage given by game description). |
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Mushicide Soap | |
3 |
Transforms the |
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Mushovore Bacteria | |
3 |
It takes 4 spores to turn a human into a mush, instead of 3. |
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Mush-Hunter: ZC16H | |
6 |
Gives 6 |
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Mush Language | |
6 |
Gives 6 |
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Mush Races | |
6 |
Gives 6 |
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Mush Reproductive System | |
6 |
Gives 6 |
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MycoAlarm | |
3 |
Makes 5 |
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Mycoscan | |
3 |
Allows the detection of spores on a healthy crew member. |
| Nothing |
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Narcotics Distiller | |
0 | The Distiller can be used once a day to create a drug. |
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Natamy Rifle | |
0 | Upgrades blaster to a |
| (must be carried with you) |
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NCC Contact Lenses | |
0 | Creates 2 pairs of |
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Patuline Scrambler | |
0 | Mush can no longer communicate on the Mush channel. |
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Perpetual Hydration | |
0 | Gives glory. |
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Pheromodem | |
3 |
The |
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Retro-Fungal Serum | |
16 |
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Spore Sucker | |
0 | Produces a |
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Super Calculator | |
0 | Installs a Super Calculator in the Nexus which allows you to triangulate the coordinates of Eden using 3 |
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Tesla SUP2X | |
0 | Increases the maximum number of turret charges by 2. |
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Ultra-Healing Pomade | |
0 | Healing actions regenerate an additional |
Pheromodem
With this piece of research, humans can access and communicate in the
Mush channel. However, everybody's names are obfuscated and they appear as "mush" to each other. This does not apply to the
Mush themselves, who see everybody's real names.
When messages such as spores being placed appear in the channel, the names of the participates will show in a scrambled form, however the number of characters in the scrambled name matches up (including spaces), this includes previous communications that appear in the channel as well.
- 3 letters: Hua, Ian
- 4 letters: Chao, Chun
- 5 letters: Paola, Derek, Andie
- 6 letters: Finola, Frieda, Gioele, Janice, Jin Su, Raluca, Roland
- 7 letters: Kuan Ti, Stephen, Eleesha
- 8 letters: Terrence





















