Cosmologist

 makes you a better planet scanner, without confusing people with and 's similar names.

While improves you efficiency and reduces the scan action cost, this skill improving your action economy and keeps everything you scan until you delete it (no data loss!).

It grants you free points to use on the, akin to , usable on scans and analyzes.

Its main strengths, however, comes from the improvements to the terminal: as mentioned above, you do not lose your planets unless you delete them yourself (or fully explore them). Additionally, you get one more planet slot, allowing you to keep a dangerous but oxygenated planet, a viable planet, and keep looking for an even better planet.

Not losing planet is also very useful in late game, as hunter waves tend to become overwhelming large, and running away is the only solution. With , people get to move the ship, and you don't lose your precious work.

Lastly, other people have a 10% chance of finding Spatial Anomalies instead of planets while scanning. s get to find the anomaly and the planet behind it. Finding the planets behind anomalies makes those more appealing to the crew and increases the chance they will visit one, giving more to those with the anomalies glory path.

Standard Roster

 *  completes her kit nicely, but tends to shoehorn her into a pure navigator. She will usually have to abandon, and the gimmicky.


 * this skill enables her to do some scans while still being a generalist: the free and the planet saving bonus give a generous liberty for her other roles, both in  and in movement.

If the crew finds a, it should go to an : if she didn't pick it,  or.
 * If there is none, then try to give it to an available.

Custom synergy
Needless to say,  synergies the best with. It could be considered an alternative, but you will need a second action economy skill like or.

Speaking of which, or  form a good synergy, boosting how many planets you can find a row. to a lesser extent.

Affected actions

 * Use points instead of  if available.
 * Nulls the probability of finding Spatial Anomalies instead of planets.


 * Use points instead of  if available.


 * Does not wipe the 's planets.

General effects

 * You get an additional planet slot at the.