Light blue dots are research materials, and you’re probably the only crew member with a scanner. Red dots are enemies, and you should advise your crew if they’re walking into an ambush. Your other responsibility is the scanner. The gun shoots through walls, and can damage enemies (slowly). While everyone else is blasting aliens with laser guns, your job is to use the Healing Beam gun to heal your friends. Away MissionsĪs Scientist, you’re the odd man out on away missions. There’s a finite amount of it in the game and you can screw over your comrades by buying the wrong thing. If you are a new player, let your captain spend your research. Research materials go into the atomizer, turning them into spendable Research Credits.
Make sure you’re Sensor Locked, and if it’s still not working, ask the captain for upgraded sensors! Research If this is the case, your ship’s sensors are too weak to do Focus abilities. When you’re inspecting an enemy ship, the sensor focus icons may not appear. Is the ship’s damage trivial, but too fast to catch easily? Sensor Focus: Engineering will wreck their engines, slow them down and make them easy prey. Want all your ship’s damage output to strike the enemy’s weapon systems, rendering them unable to shoot back? Choose Sensor Focus: Weapons. This matters, because if you have a very strong lock, you have access to Sensor Focus. This is how clearly you can see the target. You may have noticed that depending on your EM Strength, the distance to your target, and whether you Sensor Locked them first, you have a Lock Strength on that target. Science in 3 Minutes Sensor Lock, Sensor Focus Aim your sensor dish at it and Hold Right Click to tractor in that sweet reward. This is scrap, the currency for ship upgrades. Sometimes, especially after combat, the space around your ship will have blue glowing metal garbage floating around. If you see something weird floating in space, probe it! Mushrooms, crystals, weird blue shimmers, all these things can get you Research Points, to unlock upgrades. If you’re unsure, ask your captain if he’s okay with decloaking before you probe around the system. Holding Right click Sensor Locks a target, making it harder for them to hide from you. Left click will fire probes, which extend the range at which you can spot stuff. You are now plugged into the Sensor Dish, looking out into space.
Walk up to your science computer and hit R.
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If your ship is persistently unable to find things, ask the captain to upgrade the EM Sensor using scrap. If your EM Strength is below ten, ask your Engineer if Science is damaged or currently has its power cut. If your captain is looking for something hard to find (a wreck, a cloaked ship, a ship hiding in a nebula) your EM Strength will determine how well you can find it. Beams are by far the most common player ship killer, you should have shields on Modulate unless your pilot or captain specifically requests static. Static shields resist bullets, explosions, and collisions. Your computer screen shows you two very important things. Got a little more time? Let’s get more into specifics. If combat is ongoing, you may need to repeat this cycle many times, shield boosting and asking for fuel to recharge it.ģ0 seconds are up! You are now a bare minimum functional scientist. In this case, speak clearly into your microphone (T key for push to talk) “Engineer, I need fuel for program recharge.” He will know what this means. The shield boost above is not ready for use. The little circles below Shield Boost indicate if it is ready for use. It is the most important thing you will do. In the upper right of that window, click on Programs.Ĭlick the box marked “Sh”, click Execute Program. If it’s below 30%, go immediately to your Science Station. The narrow bar on top is shield strength. Immediately look to the upper right corner of your screen. If you have points left over, ask your captain when he’s not busy. Spend all your remaining points on Frequency Amplification.
Scroll way down, spend 1 point on Scanner Mode Research Materials. You just loaded into a new game as science officer.
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