Researcher

MEDICAL / RESEARCH

Researcher

Difficulty: Medium Supervisors: Chief Medical Officer, Commanding Officer/Executive Officer Rank: N/A Duties: Research and Development, inspect any xenobiological elements given to you by Marines. Develop new weaponry such as Chemical Grenades in cooperation with the Ordnance Technicians and discover new chemicals. Guides: Guide to Chemistry, Guide to Paperwork Unlock Requirements: Three hours as a Doctor. Detailed Description: |__________| You are a civilian, and are not subject to follow military chain of command, but you do work for the USCM. You are tasked with researching and developing new medical treatments, helping your fellow doctors, and generally learning new things. Your role involves some roleplaying, but you can perform the function of a regular doctor. Do not hand out things to marines without getting permission from your supervisor. |__________|

"I wish you could understand what we're trying to do here. The potential for this species goes way beyond urban pacification. New alloys, new vaccines. Nothing like this we've ever seen on any world before." ―Dr. Wren, Alien Resurrection

Role

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As the Medical Researcher it is your job to research and develop new technologies in the science lab and study anything xenobiological. The nature of the Researcher means the role is very open-ended, and can be played in several ways.

Ultimately, your job is to focused around analyzing chemicals, alien blood/liquids, storing alien corpses. Synthesizing experimental drugs and creating prototype explosive grenades. Furthermore you are fully qualified to assist the Medical staff with surgeries, should Medbay be overwhelmed in triage.

Chemical Research: Pharmacology

Research has its own chemistry lab that can be used to help out medical by pumping out useful healing chemicals. It is also possible to mix chemicals together to get multiple benefits; however, be aware that there are certain chemicals which will cause more harm if they are used together. Consult the chemistry guide for more details.

Researching Chemicals

As a medical researcher on-board the USS Almayer you're tasked with creating new medications that might be useful to the marines. But what can you do that the silly doctor in chemistry downstairs can not? Discovering completely new medications of course! Every round there will be new chemicals for you to discover. You'll even start with a note in your old lab coat pocket to get you started. Researching a new chemical requires two important tasks to be completed: discovering the recipe and the properties of the chemical. The latter requiring either thorough testing or sufficient data clearance. So what are you waiting for? It is time to do SCIENCE!

A lot of your work will require a resource called Research Credits. These can currently be earned by identifying new chemicals, or given to you by the Corporate Liaison (CL).

The Company has provided your laboratory with an Advanced X-Ray Fluorescence Scanner to help you identify chemicals. On your journey, you will be expected to use this and analyze research samples received from colonies. If you identify a valuable chemical, The Company's interest in your lab will increase. They might even pay USCM High Command.

Research Machines

Picture	Name	Explanation
	Advanced X-Ray Fluorescence Scanner	The A-XRF is an advanced spectrometer that can not only detect what a sample is, but also its chemical composition. It does this by nuking the sample with high energy radiation and detecting the emitted fluorescent x-ray patterns. By comparing this to the database it can identify the unique pattern of a sampled chemical, and the combination of chemicals that make the pattern possible. Although there might be chemicals which composition can't be fully identified. This means that you must acquire a sample of the unknown chemical first, and scan it with the XRF. Whenever the XRF scans something unknown, it will save that chemical's emission pattern to its database. Successfully identifying a chemical increases Company interests." Samples are inserted using a vial filled with a pure chemical sample. After scanning, the XRF searches its database for any available information on the identified chemical. It is not actually able to figure out the properties of the chemical, that will require testing. While the A-XRF can read data from the Company's private chemical database, your clearance level is limited and some information may be classified. Use the Research Data Terminal to purchase higher clearance or get a clearance grant by a corporate official. For example, the Corporate Liaison, however, their power to do this is limited by funding.
	Chemical Centrifuge	The centrifuge is a research machine meant to assist working with the A-XRF and vial management. By using centrifugal forces it can separate chemicals from a beaker into a set of vials. To operate, insert any beaker with a mixture of chemicals and a vial box containing any amount of vials. The centrifuge will try to fill the vials with different chemicals from the beaker best possible. It will also label pure vials for you. Additionally the centrifuge also accepts autoinjectors. To do this, load empty autoinjectors into a vial storage box and insert the box into the centrifuge. The centrifuge will recharge the autoinjectors. The centrifuge operates under the following logic: Cycles through reagents in the input beaker starting from the top. Will fill pure vials containing the same reagent or an empty one. Purity of vials is first priority for the purpose of operating the A-XRF. Will not fill multiple vials with the same reagent. Unless the beaker only has a single reagent, then it will try to fill all as much as possible. This is useful for when filling autoinjectors. Will not transfer reagents from the input beaker if it is within an impure vial inside the box. Use this feature to make impure vials act as filters.
	Turing Dispenser	This advanced dispenser is only available to researchers and allows for a level of automation in chem production. While it is relatively complicated to use, it can become a powerful tool in the right hands. Use it to automate the production of advanced research chemicals or complicated drug mixes. The Turing Dispenser operates by following a set of instructions for what it should be dispensing. These instructions are provided by inserting a vial box, with the vial containing the amount of the chemical you want to dispense. The dispenser reads the vials in order from left to right. The dispenser will run until either: the output beaker is full, all program cycles has finished or a setting is changed while running. Unlike the normal dispenser, the Turing Dispenser can directly dispense a wider range of chemicals. It can dispense any chemical the normal dispenser can with the exception of ethanol. In addition to any chemical available from the medical vendor with the exception of oxycodone. It can also directly dispense simple chemical compositions such as Sodium Chloride, Methane and Ammonia. Any other chemical requires the use of the Smartlink to be dispensed. Programs The Turing Dispenser has two programs: Box and Memory. The Box Program is the currently inserted vial box, while The Memory Program is a Box Program that has been saved to the dispenser’s internal memory. The dispenser can run with just one of either program, or with both; in which case the Memory is run before the Box. This allows up to 12 dispensing steps to be configured (as each box can hold 6 vials). Settings Program Multiplier: Multiplies the amount of the reagent that’s dispensed on each step. For example, a step with 20 water and a 3x multiplier will dispense 60 units of water. Program Cycles: How many times the full cycle of programs will be run before the dispenser goes to sleep. Autorun: If ON, then the dispenser will run the program automatically when both a vial box and a beaker is inserted. Smartlink: If ON, then the dispenser will check the nearby Smartfridge for the required chemicals before spending energy to dispense it. Additionally, this allows the dispenser to dispense exotic chemicals stored in the Smartfridge, making any recipe possible. If the required chemical can not be found and can not be dispensed using energy, then the dispenser will pause the program until the chemical is stored in the Smartfridge. Once available, the program will continue automatically. (Beware that, the dispenser will read the Smartfridge from top to bottom and use any beaker or bottle it finds containing the required chemical, even if that container is contaminated. This theoretically allows for more than 12 different chemicals to be dispensed in a cycle.)
	Research Data Terminal	This terminal found inside the research study allows control of all research assets. It contains the database for all saved research documents, such as A-XRF scans and Synthesis reports. You can read the documents directly from the terminal, or print a copy. Additionally, the current status of research credits can be checked, and used for various functions. Any document can be added to the database by clicking it with a paper in hand. Purchase Clearance Upgrades the current clearance access by one level. Increasing the clearance level this way costs more the higher your clearance. The CL or a colonist (doctors, scientists and colony liasons) with database clearance can scan their ID card here to override the department's clearance levels for free, but limited by the amount of credits they have. Transmit If you want to pass on your science to the next generation of researchers, you can transmit your findings to the central research database of The Company. This way, other researchers may be able to continue your research, which may be useful if your duty ends early or if you become unable to continue your work for other reasons. But using this function is not free. The more positive properties there are in the chemical, the higher the cost of transmission, while a high number of properties and special rare properties also increase the cost. However, the cost is also lowered by neutral properties and twice as much by negative properties. What this function actually does is make the chem spawn in the next round, but with a new name and new recipe. It will also gain a new clearance access, depending on how high the transmission cost was. Publish The CMO's data terminal has the special function of publishing documents. This allows anyone with a HealthMate HUD to view the document remotely. Any paper scanned in the research terminal can be published in this way, even handwritten ones. It is thus a useful method for the CMO to provide precise information to medics on new chemicals that are being distributed in the field, or any other useful documentation. Be sure to ask your CMO to publish your hard work, and for him to announce over medical comms that a new paper has been published.
	Synthesis Simulator	This computer uses advanced algorithms to perform simulations of reagent properties, for the purpose of calculating the synthesis required to make a new variant. It needs a complete data sheet from an A-XRF scan to function, meaning that all components and properties of the chemical must be known. All simulations requires research credits. Making a chemical better will result in the OD threshold decreasing by 5 units, while making it worse will instead increase it (some properties are considered neutral and does not affect the OD threshold). Mixing a chemical with another variant of itself will cause it to react back into its original form. Amplify This function increases the level of the selected property by one. The credit cost increases based on the level of the property. Amplifying a negative property will increase the OD and vice versa. Suppress This function is the opposite of Amplify, meaning the level of the property is decreased. The credit cost for this function is always 2. Suppressing a positive property increases the OD threshold and vice versa. Relate The relate function makes it possible to change the actual properties of the chemical. To do this, an A-XRF analysis of a reference chemical must also be inserted. The target and reference property must be of the exact same level for relation to be possible, and the target must have more than one property. The credit cost is equal to the level of the targeted property. Chemical Naming Conventions When a chemical property is changed, the simulator will automatically label the chemical with a code telling you about the changes. The codes are three letter combinations followed by a number signifying the new level of the property.

Properties

This is a list of all chemical properties and their effects. They are sorted in the same categories as in the code. <POTENCY> is the level of the property.

The DISABLED rarity means this property can't appear in randomly generated chems. The same goes for ADMIN, with the addition that very few non event exclusive reagents have properties with this rarity level.

All effects are applied once per life tick. Life ticks happen once every two seconds.

Positive

Code	Name	Rarity	Effect	OD	Crit OD
ATX	Antitoxic	COMMON	Heals <POTENCY> toxin damage. Accelerates removal of toxin subtypes.	Deals <POTENCY> eye damage.	Makes you sleepy.
ACR	Anticorrosive	COMMON	Heals <POTENCY> burn damage.	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage. Deals <POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 4*<POTENCY> brute damage. Deals 4*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
NGN	Neogenetic	COMMON	Heals <POTENCY> brute damage.	Deals <POTENCY> burn damage.	Deals 4*<POTENCY> burn damage. Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
REP	Repairing	UNCOMMON	ONLY FOR CYBERNETIC LIMBS/ORGANS Heals 2*<POTENCY> brute damage. Heals 2*<POTENCY> burn damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 4*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
HMG	Hemogenic	COMMON	Restores <POTENCY> blood. POTENCY OVER 3 If blood amount goes over the maximum amount in a human: Deals <POTENCY> brute damage. Deals 2*<POTENCY> oxygen damage. Slows you.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Removes 5*<POTENCY> nutrition.
NST	Nervestimulating	COMMON	Knockout duration reduced by <POTENCY>. Knockdown duration reduced by <POTENCY>. Stun duration reduced by 1,5*<POTENCY> IF POTENCY>2. Reduces the duration of all following effects by 2*<POTENCY> Stuttering Confusion Blurry vision Drowsyness Dizziness Jitteriness	Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage. Deals <POTENCY> burn damage. Deals 3*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
MST	Musclestimulating	COMMON	Reduces movement delay by 0,25*<POTENCY> Makes you twitch, shiver and blink rapidly.	Deals <POTENCY> heart damage.	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage.
PNK	Painkilling	COMMON	Reduces pain by 20*<POTENCY>.	Reduces pain by 20*<POTENCY>. Makes you hallucinate. Deals <POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 3*<POTENCY> liver damage. Deals <POTENCY> brain damage. Deals 3 oxygen damage.
HPP	Hematopeutic	UNCOMMON	Heals 0,5*<POTENCY> liver damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> liver damage.	Deals 5*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
NPP	Nephropeutic	UNCOMMON	Heals 0,5*<POTENCY> kidney damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> kidney damage.	Deals 5*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
PNP	Pneumopeutic	UNCOMMON	Heals 0,5*<POTENCY> lung damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> lung damage.	Deals 5*<POTENCY> oxygen damage.
OCP	Oculopeutic	COMMON	Heals <POTENCY> eye damage. Reduces the remaining duration of blurry vision and blindness by 5*<POTENCY>.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage. Deals <POTENCY> burn damage. Deals 3*<POTENCY> toxin damage. Deals <POTENCY> brain damage.
CDP	Cardiopeutic	UNCOMMON	Heals 0,5*<POTENCY> heart damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> oxygen damage.	Applies a lot of pain.
NRP	Neuropeutic	COMMON	Heals 3*<POTENCY> brain damage.	Deals <POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 3*<POTENCY> brain damage. Stuns you.
BNM	Bonemending	UNCOMMON	Mends broken bones one by one. The chest and groin take the longest, then head, then arms and legs, hands and feet are the fastest.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> brute damage.	Breaks limbs randomly.
FLX	Fluxing	UNCOMMON	With a 10*<POTENCY>% chance: Removes shrapnel and implants. Also deals 2*<POTENCY> burn damage to prosthetic limbs.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> brute damage. Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 4*<POTENCY> brute damage. Deals 4*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
NRC	Neurocrygenic	UNCOMMON	Stuns and knocks you out. ONLY ON CORPSES Increases the defib timer by 5 seconds *<POTENCY>.	Reduces body temperature by 5*<POTENCY>.	Deals 5*<POTENCY> brain damage.
APS	Antiparasitic	UNCOMMON	Decreases the larva stage counter by <POTENCY> When the larva gets regressed to stage 0: Removes the larva from the host. Deals between 20 and 40 burn damage to the host.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 4*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
OGS	Organstabilize	COMMON	Prevents the effects of organ damage. Does not actually repair the organs.	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage.	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage. Deals <POTENCY> burn damage. Deals <POTENCY> toxin damage.
EGN	Electrogenetic	COMMON	CANNOT BE INGESTED Use a syringe or injector. Increases defibrillator healing by 4*<POTENCY> brute, burn and toxin damage.
DFB	Defibrillating	RARE	DEAD ONLY Removes oxygen damage. Tries to defib the body. Combine this with inaprov, painkillers and something that will heal the marine when he is revived.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> oxygen damage. Applies pain.	Deals <POTENCY> heart damage.
HDN	Hyperdensificating	RARE	Prevents bone fractures.	Slows you.	Deals 3*<POTENCY> brute damage.
NRS	Neuroshielding	RARE	Applies the neurotoxin resistance effect.	Deals <POTENCY> liver damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> brain damage.
AAD	Antiaddictive	RARE	POTENCY>4 Cures all addictions. Otherwise: Reduces withdrawal and addiction progression by 2*<POTENCY> When the addiction progression gets below the potency value, cures the addiction.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> brain damage.	Makes you hallucinate.
FUL	Fueling	COMMON	-0,1*<POTENCY> fire intensity mod. 0,2*<POTENCY> fire duration mod. 0,01*<POTENCY> fire radius mod.	N/A	N/A
OXI	Oxidizing	COMMON	0,2*<POTENCY> fire intensity mod. -0,1*<POTENCY> fire duration mod. -0,01*<POTENCY> fire radius mod.	N/A	N/A
FLW	Flowing	COMMON	-0,05*<POTENCY> fire intensity mod. -0,05*<POTENCY> fire duration mod. 0,05*<POTENCY> fire radius mod.	N/A	N/A
EXP	Explosive	COMMON	<POTENCY> explosion power mod. -3/<POTENCY> explosion falloff mod.	N/A	N/A
CSL	Cardiostabilizing	DISABLED	Slightly reduces pain. Prevents you from taking oxygen damage due to crit.	Knocks you out.	Sleeps you. Deals 0,5 heart damage.
AID	Aiding	DISABLED	Removes disabilities and disfigurements.	Confuses you. Deals <POTENCY> toxin damage.	Knocks you out. Deals <POTENCY> toxin damage. Deals 3*<POTENCY> radiation damage.
OXG	Oxygenating	DISABLED	Heals <POTENCY> oxygen damage. Removes <POTENCY> lexorin units.	Deals 0,5*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage. Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
ACG	Anticarcinogenic	DISABLED	Heals <POTENCY> radiation damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> brute damage.

Neutral

Code	Name	Rarity	Effect	OD	Crit OD
CMB	Cryometabolizing	COMMON	REAGENT DOES NOT WORK AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 170K Boosts the effect of all other properties in the reagent by 0,5*<POTENCY> levels.	N/A	N/A
TMB	Thanatometabolizing	RARE	REAGENT ONLY WORKS ON CORPSES Reagent now workes on corpses. Caps the effectiveness of all other properties.	N/A	N/A
EXT	Excreting	UNCOMMON	Rapidly removes all other reagents from the marine's body.	N/A	N/A
NTR	Nutritious	COMMON	Makes you less hungry.	N/A	N/A
KTG	Ketogenic	COMMON	Removes <POTENCY> units of ethanol and all it's subtypes. Makes you hungry.	Makes you more hungry. Deals <POTENCY> toxin damage.	Knocks you out.
NIH	Neuroinhibiting	UNCOMMON	Is prevented by neuroshielding. Applies near-sightedness. If potency is over 1, applies blindness. If potency is over 2, applies deafness. If potency is over 3, applies muteness.	Deals <POTENCY> brain damage. Makes you nervous.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> brain damage.
AOL	Alcoholic	COMMON	Is prevented by neuroshielding Makes you drunk. Confusion, sleepyness, etc. All chems that have this are subtypes of ethanol, which also has snowflake code for this. Therefore the effect is way stronger than it should be.	Deals 0,5*<POTENCY> toxin damage. Makes you more drunk.	Deals 0,5*<POTENCY> liver damage.
HLG	Hallucinogenic	COMMON	Makes you high. If potency > 2 Makes you hallucinate. Makes you jittery.	Increases the potency of the previous effects. Makes you stumble around.	Deals <POTENCY> brain damage. Knocks you out.
RLX	Relaxing	COMMON	Makes you slower by <POTENCY>.	Makes you slower by 2*<POTENCY>.	Has a 15*<POTENCY>% chance to knock you out. Deals <POTENCY> oxygen damage. Deals 0,75*<POTENCY> heart damage.
HPR	Hyperthermic	COMMON	Increases body temperature by 2*<POTENCY>. If potency>2: applies pain.	Increases body temperature by 4*<POTENCY>. Applies pain.	Knocks you out.
HPO	Hypothermic	COMMON	Reduces body temperature by 2*<POTENCY>.	Decreases body temperature by 4*<POTENCY>. Sleeps you.	Knocks you out.
BLD	Balding	UNCOMMON	Liquid baldness.	Deals 0,5*<POTENCY> radiation damage.	Deals <POTENCY> radiation damage.
FLF	Fluffing	UNCOMMON	More hair.	5*<POTENCY>% chance of taking <POTENCY> brute damage.	Deals <POTENCY> brain damage.
ALG	Allergenic	UNCOMMON	Makes you sneeze, blink and cough.	N/A	N/A
EPH	Euphoric	UNCOMMON	Reduces pain. Makes you giggle, laugh, smile, etc.	5*<POTENCY>% chance to *collapse	Deals 3*<POTENCY> oxygen damage.
EME	Emetic	UNCOMMON	<AMOUNT>*<POTENCY>% chance of vomiting.	Deals 0,5*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 0,5*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
PST	Psychostimulating	COMMON	Gives you messages about feeling more focused. Reduces confusion.	Deals <POTENCY> brain damage.	Makes you hallucinate. Deals 4*<POTENCY> brain damage.
AHL	Antihallucinogenic	COMMON	Removes 5 units of space drugs and mindbreaker toxin. Reduces remaining duration of hallucinations by 10*<POTENCY>.	Deals <POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage. Deals <POTENCY> burn damage. Deals 3*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
OMB	Hypometabolic	UNCOMMON	Sets the reagent's metabolism to <METABOLISM>/(1+0,35*<POTENCY>)	N/A	N/A
SDT	Sedative	COMMON	Puts you to sleep.	Knocks you out.	Deals 5*<POTENCY> oxygen damage.
HTR	Hyperthrottling	RARE	Slows you by 4*<POTENCY>. Makes you high. Lets you speak every language.	Deals 3*<POTENCY> brain damage.	Knocks you out.
VIS	Viscous	COMMON	-0,025*<POTENCY> fire radius modifier.	N/A	N/A
TSL	Thermostabilizing	DISABLED	Tries to get your temperature to 310K.	Knocks you out.	Puts you to sleep.
FCS	Focusing	COMMON	Removes <POTENCY> units of ethanol and various subtypes. Reduces stuttering, confusion, sleepyness, etc.	Deals 1 toxin damage.	Deals 4 toxin damage.
UNK	Unknown	DISABLED	Used for chems that have weird special snowflake coded effects to give them OD effects.	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage.	Deals 3*<POTENCY> brute damage. Deals 3*<POTENCY> burn damage. Deals 3*<POTENCY> toxin damage.

Negative

Code	Name	Rarity	Effect	OD	Crit OD
HPX	Hypoxemic	COMMON	Deals 2*<POTENCY> oxygen damage.	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage. Deals <POTENCY> toxin damage. Deals 5*<POTENCY> oxygen damage.	Deals 5*<POTENCY> brute damage. Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
TOX	Toxic	COMMON	Deals <POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 4*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
CRS	Corrosive	COMMON	Deals <POTENCY> burn damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> burn damage.	Deals 4*<POTENCY> burn damage.
BCD	Biocidic	COMMON	Deals <POTENCY> brute damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> brute damage.	Deals 4*<POTENCY> brute damage.
PNG	Paining	UNCOMMON	Applies 0,5*<POTENCY> pain.	Applies <POTENCY> pain. Deals <POTENCY> brute damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> brute damage.
HML	Hemolytic	UNCOMMON	Removes 4*<POTENCY> units of blood.	Removes 8*<POTENCY> units of blood. Sleeps you. Increases move delay by <POTENCY>.	Deals 4*<POTENCY>% oxygen damage.
HMR	Hemmorrhaging	UNCOMMON	5*<POTENCY> chance: Causes bleeding in a random limb. Causes internal bleeding in a random limb. Makes you cough up blood.	Deals 0,5*<POTENCY> damage to a random organ.	20*<POTENCY>% chance: Causes bleeding in a random limb. Causes internal bleeding in a random limb.
CRG	Carcinogenic	COMMON	Deals 0,5*<POTENCY> radiation damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> radiation damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> brute damage.
HPT	Hepatotoxic	UNCOMMON	Deals 0,75*<POTENCY> liver damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 5*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
NPT	Nephrotoxic	UNCOMMON	Deals 0,75*<POTENCY> kidney damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> toxin damage.	Deals 5*<POTENCY> toxin damage.
PNT	Pneumotoxic	UNCOMMON	Deals 0,75*<POTENCY> lung damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> oxygen damage.	Deals 5*<POTENCY> oxygen damage.
OCT	Oculotoxic	UNCOMMON	Deals 0,75*<POTENCY> eye damage.	Inflicts blindness.	Deals 0,5*<POTENCY> brain damage.
CDT	Cardiotoxic	COMMON	Deals 0,75*<POTENCY> heart damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> oxygen damage.	Deals 5*<POTENCY> oxygen damage.
NRT	Neurotoxic	COMMON	Deals 1,75*<POTENCY> brain damage.	Deals 3*<POTENCY> brain damage. Slowly inficts drowsyness.	15*<POTENCY>% chance to apply neuro.
EMB	Hypermetabolic	UNCOMMON	Changes the chem's metabolism according to the following formula: <BASE_METABOLISM>*(1+0,25*<POTENCY>)	N/A	N/A
ADT	Addictive	RARE	Makes you addicted to the chem. Addictions cause hallucinations, slows, stuns, organ damage and take HOURS to go away.	Deals <POTENCY> brain damage.	Inflicts nervousness.
HST	Hemositic	DISABLED	Consumes 5*<POTENCY> blood. Increases the chem's amount by 1.	Consumes 10*<POTENCY> blood. Increases the chem's amount by 2*<POTENCY>.	Inflicts nervousness.

Special

Code	Name	Rarity	Effect	OD	Crit OD
BST	Boosting	LEGENDARY	Increases the level of all other properties by <POTENCY>.	N/A	N/A
REG	Regulating	LEGENDARY	N/A	Prevents OD.	Prevents crit OD.
HGN	Hypergenetic	LEGENDARY	Heals 0,2*<POTENCY> brute damage. Heals 0,2*<POTENCY> burn damage.	Deals 2*<POTENCY> radiation damage.	Deals 3*<POTENCY> brute damage. Deals 3*<POTENCY> burn damage.
DDI	DNA disintegrating	LEGENDARY	Deals 10*<POTENCY> radiation damage. WY wants this an awful lot, even considering how deadly it is.	N/A	N/A
CIP	Ciphering	DISABLED	What every researcher wants to accomplish.	N/A	N/A
XMB	Crossmetabolizing	ADMIN	If <POTENCY> is less than 2 this only works on preds. Otherwise works on both preds and humans.	N/A	N/A
MYO	Embryonic	ADMIN	Larva infection.	N/A	N/A
RAV	Ravening	ADMIN	Infects with black goo (the zombie virus).	N/A	N/A
CUR	Curing	ADMIN	If <POTENCY> is 2 or more, cures diseases.	N/A	N/A
OMN	Omnipotent	ADMIN	Rapidly removes all subtypes of generic toxin. Heals 5*<POTENCY> brute damage. Heals 5*<POTENCY> burn damage. Heals 5*<POTENCY> toxin damage. Sets all other damage types to 0. Removes all status effects. Cures all diseases.	N/A	N/A
RAD	Radius	ADMIN	Increases flamer fuel range by <POTENCY>. Increases fire radius for explosives by 0,1*<POTENCY>.	N/A	N/A
INT	Intensity	ADMIN	Increases flamer fuel intensity by <POTENCY>. Increases fire intensity for explosives by 0,1*<POTENCY>.	N/A	N/A
DUR	Duration	ADMIN	Increases flamer fuel duration by <POTENCY>. Increases fire duration for explosives by 0,1*<POTENCY>.	N/A	N/A
PTR	Fire penetrating	ADMIN	Makes fire pierce fire immunity.	N/A	N/A

Hints

Dealing with an unknown chemical is like walking blindfolded. The chemical can have any combination of good and bad properties. Discovering what these are will require testing and organized procedures. How to best approach this will be up to the individual researcher. But here's some things to keep in mind:

• You need 30 units of a chemical for the XRF to work. If you don't have enough, you might want to save it until you know the recipe. If you scan a chemical with the XRF you will know everything about the chemical's properties, given enough clearance.
• Negative properties can also be useful when used with the synthesis simulator to increase the OD threshold.
• Pay attention to research notes brought back from the colony. Colony notes can describe chemicals that are much stronger than the ones you can discover in the lab.
• Distributing a new chemical can still get you in trouble if you overlooked a really bad effect.
• If you can't rely on the marines to bring back research materials, you can try to kick-start your research by mutating plants in hydroponics.
• Your goal is not to get every single person a sample of your new drug, but to help as many as possible. Use the Turing Dispenser for mass production and persuade your superiors to assist with the distribution.

Chemical Distribution

While it might be fun to inject a monkey (or coworkers) with your wonder-drug, your ultimate goal should be to distribute it to where it is most needed. You should always seek the CMO's approval before performing mass distribution, because if an accident happens it will be your medical license that is threatened otherwise. Below are some suggestions to how to distribute your chemicals.

Picture	Name	Explanation
	Pill bottle	The old classic, but also the slowest in terms of production and ingestion. It's an efficient way to store a lot of chemical volume, but that's the only upside, really.
	Hypospray	An experimental high-end chemical injector, used for instant injections. Can be unlocked using a screwdriver, to allow the vial capsule to be ejected as a magazine. Pairing a hypospray with a vial pouch can be an excellent way for one person to distribute a series of research chemicals in the field.
	Custom Autoinjector	If you have a lot of your experimental chemical on hand, then making custom autoinjectors is a good way to distribute it to the masses. A few boxes with empty autoinjectors can be found in your lab. You can fill a bunch of autoinjectors easily by loading them in a vial storage box and inserting it into the centrifuge for filling.
	ACID Harness	Automated Chemical Integrated Delivery Harness. This is the most advanced form of chemical distribution available. Why rely on someone to know when your wonder-drug should be injected and then to actually do it, when you can leave all the work to a computer that does everything for you? The A.C.I.D. will monitor the vitals status for its user constantly, and depending on your configuration, automatically inject the chemical from an internal vial into the user. Additionally the A.C.I.D. will never overdose its user. While the storage slots in the A.C.I.D. can technically be used for anything that would fit in the webbing, the A.C.I.D. specifically requires both a battery and a vial inside the storage slots in order to operate. A high capacity cell battery will last approximately 50 minutes. A couple of harnesses will be available in the test lab, but if you need more then you can one by filling a black or brown vest webbing with the following items and then using a wirecutter on the webbing: hypospray, health analyzer, battery, radio, cables. To configure the A.C.I.D. use a multitool / security access tuner on the webbing. A.C.I.D. Core Configuration Config Type Description Injection Amount Setting How much to inject at a time. The A.C.I.D. will recheck its user's condition after 20 seconds for each unit injected to see if the conditions are still true. If it is, then it will proceed to inject again. Damage Threshold Setting How much damage must be present in any damage type configuration. If no damage type configurations are enabled, this setting is not used. Damage type configurations are each considered their own condition. AND / OR Setting To use AND or OR logic for the configuration. For OR configuration, it injects if any condition becomes true. For AND configuration, it injects only if all conditions are true at the same time. Brute Damage External brute damage. Burn Damage External burn damage. Toxin Damage Internal toxin damage. Oxygen Damage Internal oxygen damage. Genetic Damage Genetic cell damage. Heart / Liver / Lungs / Kidneys / Brain Damage Damage to the respective organ. Vitals Level Condition Whether or not to inject based on vitals type configuration. If this is not enabled, vitals type configurations are ignored. Bleeding Condition Whether or not the user is bleeding. Internal Condition Whether or not the user has internal bleeding. Bloodloss Condition Whether or not the user has less than 40% blood. Fracture Condition Whether or not the user has a bone fracture. Splinted Condition Whether or not the user is wearing a splint. Organ damage Condition Whether or not an organ has 10 or more damage. Organ failure Condition Whether or not an organ has 30 or more damage. Death Condition Whether or not the user is currently dead. Defibrillation Condition Whether or not the user has just been defibrillated. Concussion Condition Whether or not the user has been knocked down or knocked out. Intoxication Condition Whether or not the user is dazed, slowed, confused, drowsy, dizzy or hallucinating. Foreign Object Condition Whether or not the user contain a foreign object. Optimal Vitals User is 100% healthy. Nominal Vitals User is between 80-100% healthy. Low Vitals User is between 40-80% healthy. Very Low Vitals User is between 10-40% healthy. Critical Vitals User is between -10-10% healthy. Emergency Vitals User is less than -10% healthy, but not dead.
	Requisitions Delivery Unit	If you want Requisitions to send your chemicals to the surface for you, then you can use this delivery chute to send any item directly down to the Requisitions.

Alien Research: Xenology

The art of Xenology. Throughout the operation you will have the opportunity to conduct preliminary research on the Aliens. While this research is more esoteric in nature, providing technical data for the Marine Corps and the Company to use.

At its core, Xenology is accomplished by analyzing alien blood and other liquids, storing dead alien bodies in the research containers, and containing a live alien in the research pen.

Xenology Blood Research

Each alien will have two or more unique liquids/blood samples to collect. To analyze alienblood you will need a corpse, an empty beaker, and either a syringe or an IV Drip. After collecting the blood sample, you can place it into a Chemical Centrifuge to split up the different samples. Afterwards you can analyze the samples at the XRF Scanner.

Xeno Blood properties:

• Acidic Blood - Deals 3 burn damage.
• Dark Acidic Blood - Deals 6 burn bamage.
• Pheremone Plasma - Makes you high, fixes stuttering, confusion, blurry vision, drowsiness, dizziness, and jitteriness.
• Catecholamine Plasma - Deals 4 brute damage, makes you faster.
• Chitin Plasma - Prevents fractures.
• Neurotoxin Plasma - Deals 7 brain damage, deals 1 toxin damage, makes you jittery and hallucinate.
• Anti-Neurotoxin - Neuro-Shielding Level 1, Level 2 make marines immune to Queen spit.
• Purple Plasma - Deals 2 brute damage.
• Egg Plasma - Infects with Xeno larva, useful in research.
• Royal Plasma - Infects with Xeno larva, makes you addicted, deals 4 brute damage, makes you hallucinate, makes you high, makes you jittery, useful in research.

Xenology Body and Live Specimen Study

You will need the Marines' assistance in securing egg samples, To grow a Xeno, you will need a monkey in a containment cell and an egg, plant the Egg In the containment cell, then wait.

However

Making Xenos on their own is not useful and is actually be more of a detriment. This might stall the game out, and if the proper precautions were not taken, Xenos may even break out of containment. Not very good.

The better solution is making Corrupted Hive. These are friendly Xenos that can be used to help in combat and ship security.

Materials

• Clearance Level 3
• Egg plasma - extracted from Xeno eggs
• Royal plasma - extracted from an Empress OR can be made by mixing Egg Plasma and Dark Acidic Blood (extracted from a praetorian)

Let's Start Making Xenos

• Make sure you have Level 3 clearance.
• Scan or re-scan Royal Plasma.
• Change one unique property of Royal Plasma in the Synthesis Simulator called Cyphering. It will cost 10 points, make sure the receipt doesn't have Egg Plasma and Dark Acid Blood or it will just make basic Royal Plasma, so just change cheaper properties. Different levels of unique properties will make different Xeno hives. Level 2 - Corrupt, Level 3 - Alpha and etc.
• Make sure the monkey you are using is connected to a blood supply, such as an IV, as the monkey will lose a lot of blood in this process.
• Infect monkey with egg or Egg plasma.
• Inject 5 units of modified Royal Plasma, before larva hatches.
• Good work! This may take some time before the Corrupted Hive hatches so be patient. Do not try to speed up the process.

Hydroponics Research

Note that hydroponics is currently undergoing a rework, much of the information here is subject to change.

Hydroponics is the process of growing plants without soil. The Company has provided The USS Almayer's research wing with a hydroponics laboratory. Here, researchers can grow and experiment with plant genetics.

MachinesItemsHow to do Hydroponics Research Machine: Description: Hydroponics tray A specialised tray to grow plants in. You may right-click the tray and select Flush Tray to reset it, removing everything including nutrients and refill it with water. The lights on the tray correspond to the state of the plant: Green: Plant is ready to be harvested. Red: Plant is unhealthy, old-aged or dead. Orange/Red flash: High amount of weeds or pests. Yellow: Low amounts of nutrients in the tray. Blue: Low amount of water in the tray. MegaSeed Servitor Vendor that contains the basic seeds needed to get started. Seed extractor Extracts seeds from harvested plants. Insert a plant sample to obtain seeds. Lysis-isolation Centrifuge By inserting a flora data disk and any plant material (such as seeds or samples), this machine allows you to process the genome of said plant. The plant material is destroyed in the process. Once analyzed, a set of genes can be extracted. This can be done only a certain number of times before the genes decay completely. The extracted data is saved to the floral data disk. This disk can then be used in the Bioballistic delivery system. Bioballistic delivery system. Uses data disks with extracted genomes from the Lysis-isolation Centrifuge. By inserting a disk and a target plant sample, you can override the existing gene with the stored one. Use this to positively select your plants. If you modify a sample genome too many times, the genome will decay completely. Item: Description: Flora data disk Data disk for storing plant genes. Used with the lysis-isolation centrifuge and bioballistic delivery system. Can only contain a single gene. Empty data disks can be found in the flora disk boxes inside the hydroponics locker. They can also be stored in the disk cabinet for better organization. Plant analyzer Used to analyze plants quickly and get a reading of its general properties. Mini hoe The mini garden hoe can be used to uproot weeds from hydroponics trays. Using the garden hoe will damage the plant slightly. Plant Clippers A specialised clipping tool for taking samples off plants. Use this if you want a sample from a plant before maturity, or if you want to harvest without removing the plant completely. Alternatively, other cutting tools may be used. Hatchet Used to cut down large plants into smaller parts. Usually wood. Spade Used to move dirt around. But we don't have dirt onboard, so it has little purpose right now. Bucket Its a bucket. Fill it with water and pour it somewhere. Plant bag Lets you carry a large amount of plant goods around. Click on a tile to store all the plants on that tile in the bag. Use the bag again to drop everything on another tile. Hydroponics spray Functions similarly to a space cleaner spray. Comes with ammonia. You might want to empty it and fill it with your own special mixture. You can spray this on hydroponics trays to add chemicals to them. Subject: Description: Identifying Genes Modifying your plants can require a lot of work and you may want to take notes during it. Gene labels are reordered and randomized each round, so identifying them requires some trial an error in figuring out which gene corresponds to what trait. Using the plant analyzer will be a great help during this. If you see a plant has a desired trait, try to extract one gene at a time from that plant and apply it to another. Once you see that the desired changes have occurred, you've identified the gene. A gene label represents the same trait across all plants. Some traits won't do much, while others can have drastic effects. Mutating plants Radioactive compounds might mutate your plants. Unlike the above process, this relies on RNG. It can kill the plant, change its properties or create an entirely new species. The plant might even start producing new chemicals. To mutate a plant, you need to put 60-120u of Unstable Mutagen in the hydroponics tray that contains the plant you wish to mutate. Keeping your plants alive Plants are living things and they can die of old age or if not taken care of. Make sure to remove pests and weeds. Some chemicals are beneficial and provides nutrients, while others can be toxic. If your plant is unhealthy, it might contain a lot of toxins, be weeded or contain pests. Providing your plants with water and nutrients will make them slowly heal.

Your Skillset

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