Finola Keegan

	Finola Keegan
30	Biologist
Finola earns 3 for every completed piece of Mush research.
Germaphobe
Germaphobe Finola loses 1 for each cycle she remains dirty. She cannot caress Schrödinger.
Skills:
Biologist
Medic
Nurse
Diplomat
OCD
Titles order:
#11	Commander
#5	NERON Admin.
#14	Communications Officer
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"A doctor of both medicine and biology, Finola's life's work revolves around making the world a better place. Her research and healing skills make her invaluable on board."

Summary

Finola is a dangerous weapon against the Mush. Highly skilled in research, she can also assist the crew with her medical and diplomatic skills. She is generally expected to stay in the Laboratory to help complete critical anti-Mush research, but she may occasionally travel around the ship to provide healing, or take part in expeditions.

A doctor of both medicine and biology, Finola's life's work revolves around making the world a better place. Her research and healing skills make her invaluable on board.
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Available Skills

Skill	Description	Kept if Mush?
Biologist	Grants a +4% efficiency bonus to all Research in the Laboratory. Can read the properties of drugs. Is not blocked by NERON's research lock.	Yes
Medic	Grants a +4% efficiency bonus to all Research in the Laboratory. Is not blocked by NERON's research lock. Healing actions performed by you restore an additional +2 . Can perform surgical operations to heal serious Injuries.	Yes
Nurse	Gain 2 per day, which can be used for any healing actions (surgery included). Can read the properties of pills.	Yes
Diplomat	During expeditions, cancels the possibility of combat. Once per game, you can declare a ceasefire for 1, which prevents any aggressive actions for 3 cycles in the room where it is declared.	Yes
OCD	Prevents you from getting Dirty. Does not work against Diseases, extracting a Spore, or dirtiness caused by Expeditions.	Yes

Tips

• Your research prowess makes you vital for completing researches after Mush selection. Stick around the Laboratory and coordinate with your crewmates (especially researchers like Ian, or tech-savvy characters like Frieda and Janice) to have them relay you.
• Finola should never be far from the Apron, as her Germaphobe trait makes dirtiness dangerous to her . Remember to drop the apron when you're done using it!
• Consider taking the bed in the Medlab for yourself.

Skill Notes

Finola is expected to take at least one research skill; otherwise, the lack of a dedicated researcher could be detrimental to the crew!

• Biologist is useful for researching, though its main utility is that it stacks with Medic.
• Medic is useful both for researching and for healing the crew. If you're making a choice between this and Biologist, take this.
• Nurse will help you heal the crew (and yourself) with its free actions, though unlike Medic, it doesn't help with research.
• Diplomat is very important on expeditions, as it helps guarantee good results in certain zones. It is especially good when searching for Eden, as it increases the chances of finding a Starmap Fragment in Crystalite zones. Finally, your ceasefire ability can be an excellent defense against a rampaging Mush.
• OCD can generally be skipped so long as the Apron is consistently available to you. Were something to happen to it, though, this might come in handy.

Recommendations:

• Biologist / Medic will turn you into a research powerhouse, finishing anti-Mush projects in no time at all.
• Medic / Nurse will make you very effective at healing the crew, which becomes invaluable during long-running ships.
• For your third skill, consider Diplomat if Janice is unable to take it, or OCD if the apron goes missing.

If Mush

Finola is a difficult character to play as a Mush, because she has few good reasons to get Dirty (similar to Paola). However, she still has options available to her:

• As the ship's primary scientist, you can significantly slow down the pace of research by not doing your job when it's needed. (However, doing too little will likely make the crew extremely suspicious.)
• Healing has a small chance to get characters dirty. Use this to your advantage to extract s.
  • Obviously, don't take OCD, or you'll have no excuse whatsoever to get dirty!
• Use Fungal Kitchen to infect pills and fruits in the lab.
• If you're caught, you can use Diplomat's Ceasefire action to protect yourself and your colleagues for three cycles.

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