Illnesses
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The crew of the Daedalus, being (mostly) human, is susceptible to a myriad of Illnesses, a type of negative status which closely interfaces with the game's Health system. Illnesses are divided into three types; physiological Diseases, psychological Disorders and physical Injuries. The Mush are immune to all but injuries.
The distinction between the three types of Illness is as follows;
- Diseases are caused by germs, viruses, parasites and the like, generally resulting from unsanitary conditions. Visiting Swamp, Forest or Insect zones during an expedition, eating hazardous foodstuffs like Alien Steaks and Unknown item, and the misfortune of randomly getting sick are ways to attain a disease. Diseases typically come with an array of symptoms such as Vomiting and affect Health and . Diseases can be cured using the Medikit, certain medicines the effects of which are randomised in each game or, rarely, by the passing of time.
- Disorders are largely caused by the stresses of the mission, i.e. Panic Attacks or seeing people die in front of you, and mainly effect Morale , while situationally featuring various disturbing symptoms. These are cured by lying down in a room containing a Shrink for several cycles, or by specific randomized medicines and alien fruit.
- Injuries are caused almost entirely by character combat, be it via successful attack or painful accident. They're also the only Illnesses that effect Mush, as they still inhabit fragile, human bodies. Injuries are largely statuses which affect Health and , but also give other nasty effects which severely limit what a character can do. While not always noted in the in-game description, injuries also reduce the character's Max. , an effect which increases in severity the larger the number of injuries gets. Injuries are remedied via Surgery, which is performed with the Surgical Pod in Medlab, or via DIY Surgery (the latter being more intensive). Outside of the Medlab, a Medic can perform surgery anywhere if they hold the Medikit.
Diseases
These are physical illnesses, often affecting and .
Diseases can be cured using the Medikit, certain medicines the effects of which are randomised in each game, or rarely by the passing of time.
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Acid Reflux |
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You are bringing food back up. It is unpleasant and irritating.
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Black Bite |
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Fairly benign, but persistent, the Black Bite is a recent syndrome which nobody knows much about. | |
Cat Allergy |
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TODO: Missing information. | TODO: Missing information. |
Cold |
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Don't go out without your Kleenex | |
Flu | Severe variant of pony flu ... Irritable, authoritarian, headaches, cold, aches, nothing is spared. Be careful not to leave it lying around, you never know | ||
Food Poisoning |
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You are really weak, you're vomiting, it's everywhere. What on earth were you thinking when you ate this? Well done... | |
Gastroenteritis |
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Do you need a diagram? A good whiff of the smell? Churning stomach? | |
Junkbumpkinitis |
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It's not as if it wasn't fresh... |
Migraine |
Can auto-cure after several cycles, supposedly 2-4. |
A particularly tenacious heavy migraine is harassing the patient at the moment, but it will eventually go away... | |
Mush allergy |
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TODO: Confirm: Sneeze - Randomly when you're in the same room as a mush? when you're infected with another spore?). French wiki says that it causes 2 damage to those infected with spores (per cycle? Max hp?) |
Contact with Mush gives you horrible, painful blisters. |
Rejuvenation |
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Your body is emitting a pulsing green light. This doesn't exactly encourage a good night's sleep... | |
Rubella |
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Headaches, dry pustules, extremely tired. You should make it through. | |
Sepsis |
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You have a serious infection. It's not going to be easy to recover from this. It's highly unlikely you'll make it... | |
Sinus Storm |
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Your sinuses are on fire, frozen, then makes you want to tear your head off. It's bad and it won't go away... | |
Skin Inflammation | Breakouts prints a message in the room's log to the effect of '<name> is scratching their hideous rash, it's really grim...' | Wherever it came from, you've got it. It's incredibly itchy and really irritating.
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Slight Nausea |
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Slight Nausea prints a message in the room's log to the effect of '<name> is vomiting their meal. Not exactly appetizing...' | You feel a little bit shady... It will pass, but you're not hungry anymore and you shouldn't go anywhere near bluuuuuurppp...
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Smallpox | An illness irradicated from Sol but which is apparently thriving elsewhere. As enticing as it sounds, you should probably get help... | ||
Space Rabies |
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You've got rabies. You are prone to violent outbursts but it’s the disease that will end up killing you. | |
Tapeworm |
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You are hungry. Really hungry. All the time... Let's eat for God's sake man!
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Vitamin Deficiency | Deficiencies of vitamins, elements, oligo-elements and the list goes on. You have enough on your plate without this... |
Disorders
These are Psychological illnesses, often affecting .
Disorders can be cured by Shrink treatment (more details on the skill page) and certain medicines, the effects of which are randomised in each game.
Injuries
These are physical traumas which are typically contracted through combat, bringing various disadvantages.
These are healed via Surgery which is performed with the Surgical Pod in Medlab, or via DIY Surgery (the latter being more intensive). Outside of the Medlab, a Medic who is holding the Medikit can perform surgery anywhere.
Status | Cause | Details | In-game Description |
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Broken Finger | One of the fingers on your good hand is broken. | ||
Broken Leg |
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"MP actions cost 1 more
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Broken Ribs | Your ribs are broken, causing pain when your posture straightens. | ||
Bruised Shoulder | Your shoulder has sustained major contusions. Fortunately this is reversible.
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Burnt Hand |
Note: Things that you can use special on will not cost extra like repairing something for which you can use points, even if you dont have the skill. |
Your hand is burnt. | |
Burnt Arms |
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Note: Things that you can use special on will not cost extra like repairing something for which you can use points, even if you dont have the skill.
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Your arms are badly burnt. Picking up the slightest thing is excruciating. |
Burst Nose |
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Your nose is no longer there, at all, you're a bit scary too... | |
Busted Arm Joint |
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Your pendulous arm looks funny but is all the same a pretty serious handicap. | |
Busted Shoulder | Your shoulder has sustained major irreversible contusions, your arm is considered dead.
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Critical Haemorrage | Room log: Despite a good dodge, Janice has lost a little blood | You have a haemmorage in an artery which requires major surgery. Good luck. | |
Damaged Ears |
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Player cannot use public channels. Private channels still seem to work, if they were present before being injured. | Your ears are no longer of any use. Although you never seem to listen to what you're told anyway...
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Destroyed ears |
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Player cannot use public channels. Private channels still seem to work, if they were present before being injured. | Your ears have disappeared. Maybe if you look real hard... Makes you deaf. |
Haemorrhage |
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Room Log: [Victim] turns towards [attacker] who is threatening them with their blade. Too sharp, too quick, too accurate, in short, too much... [attacker], despite making a superhuman effort seems to have been gripped with a sickness... | You have a haemmorage - you need surgery. |
Inner Ear Damaged |
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Mashed Foot |
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That's not even really a foot anymore.
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Open-Air Brain | Bug: Despite the description, you don't die if you are dirty. | Part of your skull is missing. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this can be a problem in several situations. | |
Punctured Lung |
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"Shortness of breath, blood in your lungs, no medical assistance, but you won't have to live with it for long. | |
Smashed Arms" |
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Your arms are completely useless | |
Smashed Legs |
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You no longer have the use of your legs. It's not ideal, as they're pretty handy. No more a actions. | |
Torn Tongue |
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Room Log:Roland missed their target by a good distance and the clash against a nearby wall made them bite their tongue... |
Your tongue is reduced to a flaccid lifeless mass.
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Symptoms
Notice: This section is heavily incomplete and needs vast expansion. Please note that In-Game Effects is for details of room logs from the symptoms and in-game fluff. |
The following is a list of symptoms which are connected to certain illnesses.