🍉 [MELN] 1UP Operator Weekly Lab Report: eXode

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Greetings, eXode pilots and civilians! Welcome to the sixth weekly eXode #oneup report! In the past few days, I have been testing the newly released Investigation update! Finally, our queued actions that have been piling up can be implemented! Time to see what new intel we can uncover!

Every 23 or so hours for the past 14 days, I have been queuing up investigative missions to discover the properties of my planet's plentiful ores.

This is the set-up I have been queuing repeatedly. According to their skill values, they are the best candidates for that role. I also wanted them to get used to these roles and perhaps, later, develop perks related to that role's respective skills. Perhaps this was not the best idea though because the Scout and Observer could potentially get injured. (The Researcher stays at base where the ship crashed.) After losing a certain amount of health (and morale), they are unable to embark on further missions. The actions I would have had lined up would then be cancelled and I'd have 2 weeks worth of wasted actions that could have been used towards training Eliza as a better Researcher or some such. Developer Elindos (Devlindos) stated that he would award compensation tickets (free actions) to those whose games had bugs but he won't hand them out willy-nilly! In the future, I will try to alternate my scouts and observers, though I'll still keep Eliza as the colony researcher.

Vera Bama, my Flesh Cult scientist, prepares the expedition.

Many factors contribute to potential events. Preparation affects all rolls made during the mission. I'm particularly concerned when there is a low number for Stealth, Safety, or Detection as these can prevent ambushes, attacks, and incidents.

A group of Aniavipax! Speak of the devil! I have learned that this creature is vicious despite its very tiny size! (All the creatures on planet Casrarene are tiny except for one which is "immense".) We have also learned something else: the Aniavipax can hiss! Let's see what the damage is.

Oksana is a trooper. Despite suffering 18 wounds, she only lost 34 health. Only? That's more than half! Oops! Perhaps our observer fared better.

Oof! Under normal circumstances, Vera Bama would have died! However, for testing reasons, she was spared. After all, what good are testers if all your crew members are deceased?
I guess my strategy failed. I will have to reassign some scouts and observers.

In the future, there will be a new daily action called, "MEDICAL". As you might expect, this will heal wounds and replenish health. Once that is released, I'm probably going to be using that a lot. Casrarene is a dangerous place, after all.

Despite being ambushed, the team still managed to discover some of the properties of the ore we are now calling Dark Blue Avuine. Later, the "revealed" intel will be made available to us. The fact that "construction group" seems important since that will likely determine what type of building material we can craft out of the ore. Much remains unknown. That's what happens when you perform field tests and leave the *actual scientists* back at base. Further investigations performed on the same resource will reveal more information. My goal was to investigate each ore (and other resources) at least once. We can likely discover more of the blanks when we recover actual units of the resource and bring them back for testing. I don't know if my crew will survive that many missions though! I am especially scared of encountering the Yellow Ebebopi in the field:

This is the only creature on Casrarene (that we know of) that is not "tiny" or "very tiny". Compared to Earthly animals, it is the size of a T-rex! It also flies and performs raids in groups. I investigated it in an attempt to find some countermeasures against it. So far, none.

Our studies of the Tiny Pink Il turned up our first glimpse at biofragments, extractable crafting components!

Being an insect-sized creature, I can understand why extracting the heart would be nearly impossible. Have you ever tried to skin a mouse? Or a bird? (Probably not!) Their skin is paper thin and everything is so delicate! So I fully feel the pain of my scientists right now! If the biocomponents are toxic, does that mean we could inadvertently poison ourselves in our extraction attempts? (Have you ever tried skinning a skunk?...)

I have so many questions but I'd rather discover for myself. That's all the intel I have to share for now. Tomorrow brings a new Sol and, with it, more opportunities to investigate the mysteries of planet Casrarene.

What is eXode?

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In the future, these lab reports will contain much more substance (and numbers!) including season objective rewards, legacy rewards (when your game...ends), and of course 🍉 [MELN] activities.
🍉 [MELN] is the alliance I co-founded, the Market Expansion Leaders Navy. Our leader, @birdbeaksd, is also the host of eXode's only weekly giveaway. Check that out for a chance to win a Rekatron SD, which will be very useful against your planetary fauna.
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