====== Dr Deepest Fathom ======

//Player: James//

//Pronouns: he/him//

===== Background / Bio =====

Dr Deepest Fathom works for Aspexx as a researcher, though he finds it deeply frustrating that the work he is given is so //mundane//, when what he really wants to research are Ship Hearts.

Time for some extracurricular activities...

===== Stats =====

  * **Species:** Qiate
    * Once per encounter MISS
    * Take BREAK on limbs for 3 seconds longer
  * **Class:** Specialist
    * 30 seconds of uninterrupted roleplay to SELF HEAL FULL
    * 3 uses of Tinkering per Mission
  * **XP:** 12
  * **Rank:** 2
  * **Hits:** 8
  * **Background:** Researcher
    * May procure a laboratory to analyse a sample during downtime, to answer one question about it
    * May ask GM three questions about the capabilities of a creature you are able to study, once per Mission out of combat

=== Abilities ===

  * Armourer (Engineer 1)
    * +2 hits (already folded into total)
    * Once per encounter, out of combat, may grant +2 hits to someone else for duration of encounter
  * Battlefield Repairs (Engineer 1)
    * Three MENDs per encounter on target in reach
  * Bolster (Engineer 1)
    * Three GAIN PING STRIKEDOWNs per encounter on target in reach
  * Mark II (Engineer 1)
    * Convert one Tinkering result into a permanent effect in downtime
  * Bastion (Engineer 2)
    * Three PINGs per encounter when blocking a strike
  * Mechanic (Engineer 2)
    * 5s interrupted roleplay to call MEND
    * Good general knowledge of mechanics and engineering that can be applied freeform out of combat
  * Blind Steal (Operative 1)
    * Once per Tinkering may Draw 3 Pick 1 for the next draw
  * Hacker (Operative 1)
    * Extensive general knowledge of computer systems and software, which may be applied in a freeform manner
  * Personal Forcefield (Operative 2)
    * Once per encounter PING to anything
  * Communicator (Scientist 1)
    * May establish a communication link with an unresisting entity capable of communicating within the same star system
    * May communicate at any distance so long as not blocked by something powerful
    * Others will still hear talking
    * May only have one such link at a time but may end at will
  * First Aid (Scientist 1)
    * Three HEAL FOURs per encounter on target in reach
  * Adaptive Scanner (Scientist 2)
    * Once per encounter, 10s scanning roleplay to pick a property from a downed enemy
    * May now SCAN for that property until you scan a new one

=== Factions ===

  * Aspexx: 3
  * Mytenean Industrial Core: 3
  * Ace's World: 2
  * Unquiet Journey: 5

=== NPC Relations ===

  * Dark Water
    * Nemesis
    * Currently thinks I'm dead; will be unhappy to discover otherwise

=== Ship Heart Knowledge ===

  * An understanding of the material composition of //Infinite Energy//'s casing.
  * Some understanding of the limits of Ship Heart perception...
    * Limited by Ship Hearts in vault being limited by the presence of //Ace's World// - would need to take Ship Hearts out on their own to analyse this further.
    * Some implication that systems exist that could improve or refine the perception of a Ship Heart?

=== Other Stuff ===

  * Access to a vault on Ace's World, shared with some others
    * Contains Ship Hearts:
      * No longer contains //Infinite Energy//!
      * //Snow Piercing//
      * //Fractured Dawn//
    * A basic laboratory is established at this location, with bolstered security
    * Vault also accessible to MSC, MIC, Firebrand/GC, ZRD; should any faction lose access, -2 Clout with that faction
  * Data drive containing holodeck simulation data of Coruscating Beam

===== Missions =====

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