Frieda Bergmann

Born in the 21st Century, she has over 45 years of experience in cross-system navigation. While she was studying, she proved the existence of Shapiro's slingshot effect. Woken from cryosleep in the 31st Century, her work on locating celestial bodies had already been most useful to great explorers such as GL Maubrick and. Despite having retired to Bavaria, she is called to Xyloph-17 to serve as the navigator of the Daedalus.

How to play
Frieda is usually a specialist for planet scans. Know what planets to pick, which to trash, and be as efficient as possible at your job. Try and coordinate with the others, but understand that above all you are responsible for keeping the crew alive by providing regular supply runs (for O2, Food, fruits, and Fuel).

As such, she is part of the bridge crew alongside or  and the occasionally visiting. If Paola has a to sleep on and is a, the two of them can stay there virtually all the time and do their work without the need for beds. Otherwise you will often find Frieda sleeping a lot, fitting her age, but then come to the bridge for a burst of activity.

Either way, she can be a viable character choice for players with long downtimes, as she works best after accumulating a reserve of.

Core skills

 * With two very different viable skills, it is a good idea to wait a bit before you decide which role to focus on, to get a picture of the crew situation. Usually you do not want to start scanning anyway until the BIOS has been set to Astronavigation. Since both of Frieda's possible roles are very intensive, it can make sense to only pick one of the below skills. However, generally the versatility that having both affords you is worth it.


 * A grand total of four characters have the ability to gain this skill: Frieda,, and , and you are the only one of those with  and , likely making you the fastest scanner at least until PILGRED turns Gioele into coffee god.


 * However, if there are not enough pilots (0-2 depending on activity), you should focus on piloting as a slowly scanning ship is still better at exploration than a defenseless ship.

Secondary skills

 * Useful if you plan to go on expos, especially if there is a pilot shortage and you are needed to launch the Icarus.


 * Gives you two free IT actions per day. You can use this to scan and analyze planets or help connecting to Sol, among other things. Not only is this a big  saver, but it also allows you to be a backup captain and use the  to move the ship with good success chances if need be.
 * It also triples repair chances on terminals, so you may repair the communication terminal when it inevitably blows up (thanks, Xyloph). Remember (not) to get the before doing so.


 * Additionally, it increases the successful hack chances in Moros' Prison wing by 25% (to 50%), or up to 100% with the hacker kit. If is not available, then you may be called to the Icarus.


 * Grants some bonus to connect to Sol and some projects. Only useful if you plan to stay primarily on the bridge with Paola, or at the back of the ship (e.g., pilot/pseudo-immune Frieda).


 * Allows you to take a more active role in the mush hunt by playing the bait (after showering) and removing traps. However, keep in mind that going for a shower just to trigger this might make you look suspicious. It also reduces the shower cost by 1, negating it if holding the.


 * Grants you two astro actions per day. Similarly to, you can use this for scan and analyses. It additionally grants you one more planet spot, and keep planets when moving the ship. It is an  saver without 's sheer polyvalence.

Build examples
Pick, then:


 * / /  — The trio of Astro/Cosmo/IT will ensure you find plenty of planets and bring the crew to a lot of expeditions. Pilot give you an opportunity to lead those explorations, but nothing makes more important than any of the other pilots.


 * / /  — This build is all about expeditions, you will do less than the previous build, but you can ensure they all go well! If you take this option, be sure to communicate with your shipmates and try to get maximum participation in the expedition. With a bit of coordination you might even be the very one to take everyone to Eden!
 * Consider swapping for  if you want some extra chances at hacking, whether on Moros or aboard.


 * / /  — Full-time bridge bunny, along with the . It will slightly support them, thanks to Radio Expert’s bonus and IT Expert’s free reconnection points. May not be so useful with  as his lack of  means you will usually sleep in a dorm.


 * / /  — Versatility. A Frieda with these skills can not only scan, pilot and help out wherever needed, but also participate in the Mush hunt by playing the bait (after showering) and removing traps. You can swap out Antique Perfume for  if you want to run a gimmicky project build, but eh


 * A fungal Frieda has almost no excuses to get, nor wander around the ship a lot. It is therefore common for Frieda to act as a mimic at first.
 * There are only a few ways to pull spores as Frieda without blowing her cover — such as pretending to be dirty from eating, or winning a bed in the shower dorm and taking stealth showers — but an observant human crew may be suspicious if she does either of those things.
 * One of the Xyloph entry explodes the communication terminal. As an, you have tripled repair chances. A good opportunity to get dirty (or pretend to).
 * The main strength of being a Mush is that failed planet scans (not analyses, which are logged!) are a good excuse for lost, and nobody can see the true scan results until the ship moves towards the planet. So she may have "bad luck" finding planets with oxygen... which can be combined with other tactics that target the O2 supply (beware of  and  bringing free AP on the table).
 * If Mush Frieda notices the crew failing to check planets before exploring them, she might risk sending them to Mankarog Volcano Land as part of her master plan. Warning: This WILL expose her as a traitor and isn't guaranteed to kill any humans, so plan accordingly.
 * Having makes for fairly cheap hacking jobs on the BIOS Terminal or Command Terminal, provided she can access the Hacker Kit.

Useful tips

 * Learn all about Astrophysics, and teach others who may want to help.
 * Post your scanning results! The crew will want to discuss which planets they want to go to!
 * Always have an early expedition go to a planet with O2! Expeditions are that ONLY reliable means to truly replenish your Oxygen, rather than simply delaying the inevitable. Fruit, Steaks, and Fragments come secondary to keeping your O2 meter high!


 * is your bridge-buddy and best friend! Always try and coordinate your actions, as the two of you will spend a lot of time together!
 * If you have a, try and get them to dismantle the shower and build a on the bridge ASAP. Paola will often have . A bridge sofa for her allows both of you to regain 2  per cycle without leaving the room. If that is not possible, suggest to your crew that you and Paola sleep in medlab to save on /.
 * Sometimes you might be banished from the bridge so can supercharge / with his  for faster comms. Try to find a bed in the dorms in that case as your skill set is not very useful if you gain just 1  per cycle.


 * Try and wear the when you eat. You should not need to move much if you are coordinating with Paola properly, so a short detour to the lab for meals will save you a LONG detour to clean up in the dorms.

Biography

 * 2037: Born on Earth.
 * 2059: In less than 2 years Frieda Bergmann listed more than 100 new stars, from the observatory in Dusseldorf.
 * 2060: While studying the Shapiro effect, Frieda proves that the mass of a synthesized black hole could be used to propel space probes at speeds approaching that of light. That same year she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Astrophysics for her publication.
 * 2070: At the age of 33, Frieda decides to dedicate the rest of her life to space exploration. However, the sound technology of her time was only barely sufficient to reach the satellites of Jupiter. Frieda called upon Cryo-Hertz — a society specializing in cryogenic freezing for billionaires and who guarantee an eventual reawakening in a future society in which they will no longer be condemned to die by lack of medical technology.
 * 3094: Frieda is awakened from a sleep lasting 1024 years by specialists who are almost ready to launch the first extra-solar mission to Barnard's Star. Her knowledge will be vital when conducting the first surveys of the star's surface. During this mission she meets the young pilot with whom she must collaborate to take the first samples.
 * 3110: Back on earth Frieda is summoned by the explorer GL Maubrick to join the crew of the Gonzak, a gigantic spaceship which is to explore the Epsilon-Indi system. This was the first time that Frieda set foot on soil outside her own solar system. During these expeditions, she met again who told her about his expedition to Tau-Ceti. It is a system that Frieda knows well, because she studied it when she was at university in the 21st Century.
 * 3123: After restocking, and Frieda were authorized to leave the Gonzak to mount their own expedition to Tau-Ceti. Frieda catalogued all the bodies in the system in detail.
 * 3123: The expedition is a success, the discovery of major Boxylium deposits re-energize space travel. Despite the major role played by Frieda in the geo-localization of sites, the over-exposure of the event worked out to the advantage of . Frieda was uninterested in the publicity surrounding the event and in the end she decided just to stay in the shadow of the explorer.
 * 3140: GL Maubrick, who is the minister of spatial expansion puts Frieda in charge of organizing 3 successive intergalactic missions. Unfortunately, the colossal workload rendered it impossible for her to actually join the expedition crews. Her age (53) combined with her 1060 years of cryosleep increase the risk of cryogenic complications..
 * 3150: At the age of 63, Frieda Bergmann's hopes of escaping were buried for good. She left her observatory in Dusseldorf and retired to Bavaria.
 * 3151: calls on Frieda to work on the discovery of a body found in Magellan's great cloud. This would be a real challenge given the massive distance between this galaxy and the Milky Way. Frieda accepts the mission on the condition that she can participate in the expedition and go to the cloud.  names her as the ship's navigator, even though he knows that her chances of surviving 16 years of cryosleep are minimal.