Finola Keegan

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Finola Keegan
30 Biologist
Finola earns 3Glory for every completed piece of Mush research.
Germaphobe Germaphobe
Germaphobe

Finola loses 1 Morale for each cycle she remains dirty. She cannot caress Schrödinger Schrödinger.

Skills:
BiologistBiologist
MedicMedic
NurseNurse
DiplomatDiplomat
OCDOCD
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 Icon 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.

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 Icon Mush?
BiologistBiologist Yes
MedicMedic Yes
NurseNurse Gain 2 Free Healing Action per day, which can be used for any healing actions (surgery included). Can read the properties of pills. Yes
DiplomatDiplomat
  • During expeditions, cancels the possibility of combat.
  • Once per game, you can declare a ceasefire for 1Action Point, which prevents any aggressive actions for 3 cycles in the room where it is declared.
Yes
OCDOCD Prevents you from getting Dirty. Does not work against Template: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 Icon Ian, or tech-savvy characters like Icon Frieda and Icon Janice) to have them relay you.
  • Finola should never be far from the Stainproof Apron Apron, as her Germaphobe Germaphobe trait makes dirtiness dangerous to her Morale. 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!
  • BiologistBiologist is useful for researching, though its main utility is that it stacks with Medic.
  • MedicMedic is useful both for researching and for healing the crew. If you're making a choice between this and Biologist, take this.
  • NurseNurse will help you heal the crew (and yourself) with its free Free Healing Action actions, though unlike Medic, it doesn't help with research.
  • DiplomatDiplomat 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 Starmap Fragment in Crystalite zones. Finally, your ceasefire ability can be an excellent defense against a rampaging Icon Mush.
  • OCDOCD can generally be skipped so long as the Error: Unrecognized item Error: Unrecognized item. is consistently available to you. Were something to happen to it, though, this might come in handy.

Recommendations:

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

If Mush

Finola is a difficult character to play as a Icon Mush, because she has few good reasons to get Dirty (similar to Icon 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 Spores.\
    • Obviously, don't take OCDOCD, or you'll have no excuse whatsoever to get dirty!
  • Use Fungal KitchenFungal Kitchen to infect pills and fruits in the lab.
  • If you're caught, you can use DiplomatDiplomat's Ceasefire action to protect yourself and your colleagues for three cycles.