Wang Chao

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Chao sprite.png Wang Chao
Chao earns 3 Glory every time you administer a fatal blow.
Hyperactive status.png Hyperactive

You earn one movement point per cycle You don't earn any additional AP by lying down.

Skills:
1 Icon Shooter
2 Icon Survivalist
3 Icon Wrestler
4 Icon Torturer
5 Icon Crazy Eye
6 Icon Intimidating
Position on title lists:
#2 Icon Commander
#17 Icon NERON Administrator
#17 Icon Communications Officer

Wang Chao is assigned to crew protection detail. His chaotic personality makes him as much of a threat to his allies as his enemies. Despite errors made in his youth, Chao managed to earn the trust of his team by organising the emergency evacuation convoy from the Daedalus and successfully protecting them against ex-members of the SDF.

How to play

Chao's job is to k̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶o̶n̶e protect the crew from the Icon Mush. Once the Mush have been eradicated, his job evolves into an expedition leader or turret runner based on his skillset. (He also makes for a great coffee barista, though he would not admit it.)

On the other hand he is first in succession for Icon Commander, and should be ready to inherit all of Icon Jin Su's powers and responsibilities.

Icon Bronze

Icon Shooter: Chao's initial skill, and one of two skills that still benefit the crew once the Mush are removed. Does NOT stack well with a Icon Pilot Mage Book in his case, since Chao cannot gain Action Point from beds, unless you plan on getting the Action Point bonus from Icon Logistics Expert .
Icon Survivalist: The second skill that Chao can use to the ship's benefit. A sub-par only Bronze skill, however. Do not take it if you are not Silver.
Icon Wrestler: The big brother of Icon Solid, this skill means you are always dangerous and ready to kick people around, as well as freeing precious inventory space.
Icon Torturer: Chao's signature skill. For every 1 HP the target is missing, they will reveal one previous action. (If they are missing 5 Health Point, you will see their last five actions etc.) A great way to confirm if that person really did get dirty repairing a door.
Icon Crazy Eye: A good skill, but not worth taking as Bronze. Combine this with Icon Plastenite Armor or Icon Hard Boiled to greatly improve your survivability.
Icon Intimidating: A situational skill. The benefit a Bronze Chao gains from this skill are outweighed by the ability to just punch/shoot the guy.

Icon Silver

Icon Shooter / Icon Survivalist: Provides better expeditions as well as combat prowess. This is the most pro-ship Chao can get, and only costs 5 XP.
Icon Wrestler / Icon Torturer: Rough someone up before getting information out of them! Just be careful you don't murder people 'accidentally'.
Icon Shooter / Icon Torturer: Good Mush hunter and still versatile. Using Shooter with a Icon Natamy Rifle is very effective at killing discovered mush!

Icon Gold

Drop Icon Crazy Eye and Icon Intimidating if you want to be useful to the ship in the long-term. Drop Icon Shooter and Icon Survivalist if you want to be a lean, mean, Mush hunting machine.

Icon Mush

As Chao, your role puts you in a good position to infiltrate the Mush hunt, while your trigger-happy style and occupation as Icon Torturer can be used as an excuse to get rid of a few 'suspicious' humans - as long as you do not overdo it. When not 'hunting' yourself, your mobility makes you a good choice for odd jobs around the ship, giving you excuses to become Icon Dirty at times.
Mush Chao' greatest challenge is his lack of Action Point without nutrition from food, which will make things like a Icon Wrestler rampage harder to pull off (yet still very effective!) without the aid of Icon Phagocyte - and you might need that skill and maybe Icon Fertile only to simulate gains from food, as the lack of sleep also makes it easier to estimate the amount of Action Point you should have.
  • Icon Crazy Eye makes you very good in defense (e.g. able to guard a passage) especially in combination with damage reduction, Ian's Icon Pacifist or a Icon Diplomat's Ceasefire.
  • The 1 Health Point damage from Icon Torturer kills people with "Injuries" rather than "Assassination". This can be used to mask a murder as an accident.

Useful tips

  • Being Icon Hyperactive, Chao cannot gain Action Point from beds.
  • However, he can gain Action Point from Logistics and can thus actually have more Action Point and Movement Point than most people if kept in a room with a Icon Logistics Expert.
  • Because Chao has a high potential to break something aboard the ship, people are more willing to kill him if he jumps the Blaster. Form or join a tribunal so you can have support when the death threats start flying.
  • Chao's bonus Movement Point means he can ferry items around the ship more efficiently. Always check if there is something to take along.

Biography

3120 
Born on Earth.
3139 
Joined the SDF (Sol Defence Force)
3146 
Taken prisoner at the Battle of Sol, Officer Wang managed to hijack the rebel transporter which he used as a hideout after almost entirely wiping out the crew. He was awarded the golden-beam but for fear of him losing control, his superiors assigned him to Xyloph-17, to the Magellan expedition under the command of Sergeant Derek Hogan..
3150 
Officer Wang transferred to Encelade in order to plan the invasion of the Ross248 and Tau-Ceti systems. He was trained to operate the blast-IOM, designed to heal an infected soldier in one shot.
3151 
The Blast-IOM proved ineffective. Chao saw his entire commando unit massacred in a surprise attack on Tau-Ceti. Chao had to feign death to evade the rebels and await Sergeant Hogan's late arrival in the area. The surviving rebels were executed but Chao remains convinced that this massacre and numerous others in this war were orchestrated by the federation or the Mush..
3152 
Having returned to the Magellan team, Chao and Derek learn of an objective change on the project. The Ark World is now charged with the mission of protecting the human race from the Mush. According to them, the Mush has already taken control of the guerilla rebels and the federation. The new ark is named Daedalus...
3153 
The head of the Daedalus project, Kim Jin Su, unofficially tasks Chao and Derek with the kidnap of Finola Keegan, an eminence grise in antimush research circles who refused to join their alliance. Derek Hogan disappeared during the operation under mysterious circumstances, but the mission is a success. Finola is collected and cryogenically frozen on Xyloph-17
3154 
When he discovers that the new superior sent by the Federation is a Mush, Chao eliminated him without the consent of his colleagues. This led to the degeneration of his relationship with the Federation who command SDF operatives in that location to put the project on hold. Chao then helps the remaining members of his team to make their escape from the Daedalus.