Paola Rinaldo

	Paola Rinaldo

23	First Communications Officer
Paola earns 8 when contact is made with Kivanç via the Comms Terminal.

Skills:
Radio Expert
Logistics Expert
Shooter
Biologist
Rebel
Gunner
Titles order:
#12	Commander
#10	NERON Admin.
#1	Communications Officer
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"Brilliant biologist and hardcore rebel markswoman, she is driven by the need to recontact Kivanç Terzi. Her technical and logistical skills are highly prized."

Summary

As the Daedalus's communications expert, Paola is the queen of the Bridge. She is generally expected to stay at the comms terminal, where she provides various bonuses to other visiting crewmates. Once all the Communications are finished, she can easily switch to defending the Daedalus via turrets, or read a Mage Book to learn new skills.


Daughter of the shipowner Gioele Rinaldo. She lives in the constant hope of leading an adventure which will shake up her life. To denounce the Federation's post-colonial system, she starts a pirate radio station on her campus with her boyfriend Kivanç Terzi. On this occasion, she accidentally intercepted disturbing communications informing her of an impending Mush invasion. Fleeing for her life, she meets up with her father who permits her to board the Daedalus, abandoning the man of her life on Earth.
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Available Skills


Skill	Description	Kept if Mush?
Radio Expert	Doubled efficiency when establishing contact with Sol. Increases the effectiveness of teammates' attempts to contact Sol by 50% (while in the same room).	Yes
Logistics Expert	On cycle change, 1 is distributed to a random crewmate in your room.	Yes
Shooter	Gain 2 per day, usable with any firearm (including turrets and fighter ships). Increases your chances of landing critical hits and reduces your chances of critical failures.	Yes
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
Rebel	Doubles the speed at which you decode rebel bases.	Yes
Gunner	Double the damage inflicted to Hunters when using turrets, and increase the chances of hitting with turrets.	Yes

Tips

You can't do any work until the connection with Sol has been re-established. Ask your crewmates to help you reconnect each day until a signal has been established. You'll have to repeat this process when Xylophs inevitably break the signal again.
Ask the crew to build a Swedish Sofa in the Bridge. Communications work is an -intensive task, so the chance to rest will be very appreciated.
As the ship's default Communications Officer, your primary goal should be to decode Xyloph data. However, remember to decode the important rebel bases when they become available, since their bonuses are permanently lost if they're missed! Main article: Communications.
- Some Xylophs provide important items or data that is vital to the Mush hunt, particularly Finola's List and the Mush Genome Disc. Communicate privately with trusted people (especially Chun) when you find these.
- Once the Xylophs are finished, you can begin work on NERON updates. Each update completes a random Project.
On long-term ships, prepare to take on another task for when the Mush are gone. You may want to take Gunner, Biologist, or use a Mage Book.

Skill Notes

Radio Expert is very useful close to the beginning of the ship, since it saves lots of and ensures that you can get to work faster. However, it becomes much less useful once a reliable signal has been established (and on long-term ships, it becomes entirely useless once all your Comms work is done).
Logistics Expert is essential for Paola. It allows her to take the Bridge sofa guilt-free, since she can support other bridge-goers with her passive bonus. It should generally be used by the chief astrophysicist, often Frieda.
Shooter stacks well with Gunner, allowing Paola to be effective on turrets once her comms work is done.
Biologist, though helpful, is often skipped since Paola is expected to work on the Bridge rather than the Laboratory. However, it may still be worth choosing if Finola or Ian are unable to do their work.
Rebel allows you to save lots of when decoding rebel bases, which are very useful for the ship. However, as with Radio Expert, it becomes useless after a point (once all bases are either decoded or skipped).
Gunner is very practical when eliminating Hunters and gives Paola something to do once her comms work is finished. The turrets are weak compared to Patrollers, combined with Shooter, items like the Invertebrate Shell, and/or certain Projects, Paola can be a real help to the pilots. It's especially useful for destroying Aracks so the ship can move.

If Mush

Paola is one of the most difficult characters to play as a Mush. She has few excuses to leave the Bridge, where she has no opportunities to naturally get Dirty. Nevertheless, she does not have to be a burden to the Mush team.

Your comms work is the only way to obtain the Mush Genome Disc, an item that is critical to lategame research projects.
Help your team with passive skills like Mycelium Spirit and Anonymush.
Take advantage of offers from merchant ships, which allow you to trade (and thus eliminate) crewmates who have wandered into storage rooms.
- If you're lucky enough to have three tradeable crewmates, you may occasionally get the option to trade them for PILGRED completion, which will allow you to head straight to Sol...
If worst comes to worst, use Transfer to swap into a body more useful to you - preferably one with a weapon, or skills like Wrestler or Solid.