Botanist

Botanist
Description:	Capable of distinguishing the characteristics of the various plants and fruits. They are also equally effective when maintaining the garden. Can read the Fruit nutrition information Can read plant properties Can carry out transplants +2 per day (Gardening action points) Expedition: The harvest action gives an additional fruit Bonus for developing certain NERON projects
Learned by:	Ian 1 Hua 2 Unknown Character	If Mush:	Kept

Ian's beginning skill and one that he is expected to take. Allows you to read the effects of fruit gained from expeditions so you can tell your crew that it's totally safe to eat that weird alien fruit, honest!

Hua can take this skill to assist with the plant caring but she's more likely to benefit from going on expeditions to find more fruits.

Unknown Character candidates include Stephen, who can then combine Cycle 8 gardening with some Cycle 1 cooking, Chao to give him something to do if the Mush hunt has been successful (also because he can be a Survivalist) and Paola to help out with large later-game gardens once she is done with comms. Eleesha would also be an option for the same reason as Chao, but if she has her Determined skill, that is better combined with more difficult tasks, like those of a Technician.

Affected actions

Plant (Fruit), Water Plant (Plants), Treat Plant (Plants), Hybridize (Plants):

• If any are available, 1 is used instead of .

Participate (NERON's Core):

• Bonus to efficiency on NERON Projects:
  • Extra Hydropots
  • Heat Lamps
  • Hydroponic Incubator

Affected items

Plant properties tooltip

Fruits:

• Effects of consumption can be read.

Plants:

• Can view Fruit Productivity (fruit per day).
• Can view O2 Productivity (oxygen per day).
• Can view how many cycles are left before the plant matures.

General effects

• Gains 2 per day, to a maximum of 4.
• When on an Expedition, any number of fruit gained from Harvest events will be raised by 1.
• New action: Hybridize
  • Cost: 2
  • Requires: Fruit in inventory
  • Target: HydroPot with plant
  • Effect: If the plant is in perfect condition (not thirsty, dried out or sick) and the Botanist is not dirty, the plant is replaced with a new young plant of the fruit's type. Otherwise, both the plant and fruit are destroyed.