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−	The first time this succeeds, NERON will announce: (tbd - grab text of announcement)	+	The first time this succeeds, every already awoken crew member is granted +3 Morale Points ([[Image:moral.png]]). (NERON will announce: (tbd - grab text of announcement).)
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	The signal starts at 0% at the beginning of the game.		The signal starts at 0% at the beginning of the game.

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Communications with Sol provide rich and powerful bonuses.

The Communications Panel is located on the bridge and accessible by everyone. Anyone may help establish the link to Sol, but everything else is reserved to Communications Officer.

The hacker kit does not override these settings.

The antenna in the Engine Room influences communications:

• If it is down, actions cost 1 AP more.
• If it is enhanced by the spatial wave radar, the chances of making a connection with Sol are doubled.

All communication begins with establishing a connection. warning

This simple action can be performed by any member of the crewn and should be attempted by everyone at the start of the ship (but only once everyone has joined). The link provides morale points to the team and unlocks new abilities for Comms Officer.

If the contact fails,it will improve signal quality and increase the chances of contact at the next attempt. }}

Link

Establishing contact with Sol is the prerequisite for everything else.

The first time this succeeds, every already awoken crew member is granted +3 Morale Points (). (NERON will announce: (tbd - grab text of announcement).)

The signal starts at 0% at the beginning of the game.

2 AP or 1 IT Point increases the signal strength by 4%, 6% in the presence of a Radio Expert or 8% if you are a Radio Expert. The stronger the signal strength, the more likely you will get a successful connection with Sol. As long as the contact is established, this button is replaced by "connection established"

The signal may drop:

• If you use the microwave
• By random chance. When the signal strength is low, this is more likely to happen.
• If the Daedalus hits debris or hunters while moving (rumored, no confirmation)
• If the communications panel is broken for any reason.

Version

NERON Version upgrades from the Communications Panel allows the Comms Officer to complete some random NERON projects before they appear a projects in the Heart of NERON.

The Version number starts at NERON v1.00 and increases from there.
1 is the version number and indicates which project number you are currently working on.
00 is the percentage of completion toward the current project number.

After completing the first nine projects, the version number goes from v9.xx to v1.0xx to v1.1xx and so on.

2 AP or 1 IT Point increases the completion percentage by a random amount, though the amount decreases with higher version numbers.

Once the project reaches 100% completion, it completes a randomly selected project among those that have never appeared as options in Heart of NERON.

If all projects have appeared in Heart of NERON, the version upgrade will not complete any project.

Xyloph DB

confirm names and descriptions

Each database entry will (generally) provide some benefit to the ship and is often worth completing as soon as possible as some of the entries will help decode rebel base signals faster.

2 AP or 1 IT Point decodes one Xyloph DB entry.

Name Nickname	Effect
Access the Lost NERON Database Version	Increases the progress toward the current NERON Version project by 25%
Data Corrupted Nothing	No effect
Wireless Infidelity Magnetite	Causes loss of signal along with 20% drop in signal strength.
Name Ghost Chun	Provides a "ghost" of Chun in the laboratory so research requiring her presence can be carried on without her being in the room.
Workshop Manuals Blueprints	Tabulatrix will print 3 new blueprints at the bridge. Exact blueprints vary.
Contact established with Kivanç Terzi! Kivanc	Gives a 100% bonus on decoding rebel base transmissions. Paola earns 8 glory. Confirm: in-game description misleading, probably every Comms Officer earns 8 glory (Eleesha certainly does)
Contact made with Nils Carlsson! Ghost Sample	You have re-established contact with Nils Carlsson, whose help with your lab research will be invaluable. Communication with Nils will replace a Test Sample in the research module.
Finola's Lost Research List	Prints a list of current infection levels of the crew. Note that this will often provide "insufficient" results.
Roger's Kitchenary 2830 Cook	Prints a Chef Mage Book at the bridge.
Blizzard Documentary... Snow	Causes the communications link to be lost. NERON announces this as an unknown cause.
School Workbooks Mage Books	Prints two random mage books at the bridge.
Genome Data Disk	Provides a disk with Mush Genome analysis at the bridge. Move this to the laboratory to open additional research options.

The DB entries appear in the comms panel in the following locations:

Nothing	Snow	Magnetite	Disk
List	Ghost Sample	Version	Kivanc
Cook	Ghost Chun	Mage Books	Blueprints

Rebel Bases

Decoding rebel bases generally give large bonuses to the ship.

Once per day, a rebel base will attempt to contact the Daedalus. This will happen randomly between cycles 2 and 7 (inclusive) and will remain the same for the course of the ship. As long as contact with Sol has been established, NERON will announce when the rebel bases attempt to make contact.

2 AP or 1 IT Point makes progress toward decoding the rebel base signal. Once the signal is 100% decoded, it will provide the bonus to the ship. The amount of AP required will vary based on whether Kivanc has been contacted through the Xyloph DB and/or the Rebel skill.

If the base is not fully decoded within a certain period of time, or if the Daedalus moves before the signal is decoded, the base will be lost forever and you will not receive that bonus.

Day	Image	Name	Bonus
2		WOLF Lost Children of Wolf	Gives 8 glory to all crew members.
3		SIRIUS Sirius Black Mages	All and will provide 5 AP.
4		CENTAURI ???	Blasters provide one additional defense point on expeditions.
5		KALADAAN ???	Provides 6 morale for all crew members.
6		LUYTEN-CETI ???	Crew receives status Brainsync and allows everyone to communicate without the use of Walky Talkies of iTrackies. Does not replace the tracker functionality.
7		CYGNI Aurora Cygni	Patrol ships' damage is increased by one point Provides 3 morale for all crew members. (Possibly bugged)