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Revision as of 12:42, 28 January 2016
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 Biologist nor Medic | Base efficiency | |
Biologist or Medic (i.e. only one) | Base efficiency + 4-6% | |
Biologist and Medic (i.e. both) | 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.
Some anti-Mush research projects require the presence of Chun in the Laboratory (or Zhong Chun's Genome Codex from the Xyloph DB) to be available. Others will be unlocked only after killing the first Mush. There will be a message indicating when these conditions are met.
Some projects also require certain items like the Mush Sample or a food item on the shelf. Finally, the "#NCC Contact Lenses" are a special case in that Schrödinger needs to be picked up and held in the inventory while working on them.
Hover over the image to see the in-game description of a research.
Requires | Image | Name | Effectiveness | Glory | Details |
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Nothing | Anabolics | 12-18% 16-24% 20-30% |
0 | Generates 4 Dose of Anabolics. Gives +8 Movement Points (). | |
Mush Sample | Antispore Gas | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
3 | The maximum number of Mush spores generated per day is reduced by 2. | |
Mush Sample Any consumable |
Constipaspore Serum | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
3 | Causes spore extraction to cost 4 instead of 2. | |
Dead Mush | Meridon Scrambler | 3-4% 7-10% 11-16% |
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). | |
Soap Chun |
Mushicide Soap | 3-4% 7-10% 11-16% |
3 | Transforms the Soap into a Super Soaper. Every shower you take will destroy one mush spore on your body when carrying it. | |
Dead Mush Chun |
Mushovore Bacteria | 12-18% 16-24% 20-30% |
3 | It takes 4 spores to turn a human into a mush, instead of 3. | |
Mush Sample Chun |
Mush-Hunter: ZC16H | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
6 | Gives 6 . | |
Mush Genome Disk | Mush Language | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
6 | Gives 6 . | |
Dead Mush | Mush Races | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
6 | Gives 6 | |
Dead Mush Mush Genome Disk |
Mush Reproductive System | 18-27% 22-33% 26-39% |
6 | Gives 6 | |
Mush Sample | MycoAlarm | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
3 | Makes 5 Myco-Alarm. | |
Chun | Mycoscan | 4-6% 8-12% 12-18% |
3 | Allows the detection of spores on a healthy crew member. | |
Nothing | Narcotics Distiller | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
0 | The Distiller can be used once a day to create a drug. | |
Blaster Mush Sample |
Natamy Rifle | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
0 | Upgrades blaster to a Natamy Rifle, which does more damage to mush. TODO: The Description is missing. | |
Schrödinger (must be carried with you) |
NCC Contact Lenses | 12-18% 16-24% 20-30% |
0 | Creates 2 pairs of Lenses | |
Dead Mush | Patuline Scrambler | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
3 | Mush can no longer communicate on the Mush channel. Note: Humans can't, either. Posts just turn into random symbols. | |
Water Stick | Perpetual Hydration | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
0 | Gives 3 Bug: This gives no Glory | |
Dead Mush Mush Genome Disk |
Pheromodem | 3-4% 7-10% 11-16% |
3 | Allows communication the Mush channel with a Walkie Talkie or iTrakie. | |
Mush Sample Dead Mush Chun Mush Genome Disk |
Retro-Fungal Serum | 1-1% 5-7% 9-13% |
16 | Generates Retro-Fungal Serum | |
Mush Sample | Spore Sucker | 4-6% 8-12% 12-18% |
0 | Produces a Spore Sucker | |
Starmap Fragment | Super Calculator | 3-4% 7-10% 11-16% |
0 | Installs a Super Calculator in the Nexus which allows you to triangulate the coordinates of Eden using 3 Starmap Fragments | |
Water Stick | Tesla SUP2X | 12-18% 16-24% 20-30% |
0 | Increases the maximum number of turret charges by 2. | |
Medikit | Ultra-Healing Pomade | 6-9% 10-15% 14-21% |
0 | Healing actions regenerate an additional health point Note: Bandage still heal 2 only. |
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 about infections appear in the channel, the names of the participants will be replaced by scrambled letters, with no clues to their identity except the time at which it happened.