IT Expert

This versatile skill gives free action points to multiple actions around the ship. Progressing NERON Projects, researching in the Laboratory, working at the Comms Center and analyzing zones on planets (note: only analyzing zones, not scanning for new planets) are all choices available to the IT Expert, worth 2 each. In addition to that, the base rate of success with the Hacker Kit is doubled to 50%.

Do note that IT action points cannot be used for hacking, nor for actions on the Command Terminal.

Despite the fact that gets this skill early, it is not crucial for her, as BIOS access does not require  and Janice's main task is not research, but keeping  high. Yet she usually can do these things passively (except for the occasional comfort action) and spend her on whatever is needed most, in which it supports her without limiting her options. Especially effective when used on NERON Projects when combined with.

As not only will this skill essentially give you an additional 4  for your job as the, but it also synergizes well with , bringing the hack chance from a near impossible 13% to manageable 25%.

For the skill comes into play if she succeeds Paola or Kivanç as the  and starts to decode Rebel Base signals (also her  objective), decipher the Xyloph DB, connect to Sol and upgrade NERON. (Given Janice's reasonably high position in the corresponding title list, this may apply to her as well.)

For, this is a straight up boost to her planet scanning ability, and should almost always be taken with. Also, because she is usually on the bridge, the boost to hacking the Navigation terminal can come in very handy to get the ship out of danger when the commander is unavailable. She also has a great interest in helping with CPU Overclocking, which further enhances her scans.

should put this to use on NERON Projects as well, to which he gets a number of efficiency boosts from his other skills (mostly ). Also, his scrap heap in Alpha Bay 2 and PILGRED tend to keep him around the back of the ship anyway.

The first candidate for an IT expert is  as the acting, where the 4  extra will be put to good use. Other reasonable candidates include, , , and (if ), getting good value out of free research points in the Lab, or  and  if they have their  skills. Apprenticeship or use by  may be also considered if he becomes Comms Officer.

Affected actions
(NERON's Core), (Calculator), (Research Lab), (Astro Terminal), (Comms Center), (Comms Center), (Comms Center), (Comms Center):
 * If any are available, uses 1  instead of 2.

(NERON's Core):
 * Bonus to efficiency on NERON Projects:

(Command Terminal and BIOS Terminal),
 * The success chance of using the hack command with or  is doubled.
 * Note that it is not possible to perform a Hack with your.

General effects

 * Gains 2 a day, to a maximum of 4.