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During a Mush journey, the players have several personal resources at their disposal. Managing them properly is a key factor in victory.

Action Points

General

Action Points is one of the main resource of a character. They correspond to time / energy that are used to perform actions (or even attempt to). Most actions cost 1-2 , but there are also more complex actions that require more. can be converted to , but not vice versa. In some cases usage can be reduced or increased by specific items, skills or character traits.

Obtaining

Each character regenerates 1 at the beginning of each cycle. If a character sleeps when a cycle changes that character regenerates 1 additional . There are skills and character traits that can affect points regeneration both negatively and positively. Another way to regain some is to eat, drink or take pills (pills have randomly assigned properties at the beginning of a game — it's not advised to take any without knowledge their effects). Receiving a mission from the commander grants 3 .

Skill-specific Action Points

Some of the actions can be performed by spending special skill-specific APs, instead of general . These special points are given to characters with specific skills at a daily basis. They can be spend only on skill related jobs in 1 to 1 ratio - one action (attempt) per point. Special APs are consumed prior to normal . Characters can have a maximum of 2 days of skill APs.

Name	Comes with skill	Apliance	Gain per day /Image
Tech Points	Technician	Can be spent on repairing and dismantling	+1
Gardening Points	Botanist	Can be spent on plants related jobs: hybridising, treating, watering	+2
NERON project points	Designer	Can be spent on NERON projects	+2
IT action points	IT Expert	Can be spent on accessible terminals	+2
Heal Points	Nurse	Can be spent to heal crew members	+1
Pilgred Points	Physicist	Can be spent on repairing Pilgred	+1
Shooting Points	Shooter	Can be spent on firing weapons (mounted or manual)	+2
Cooking Points	Chef	Can be spent on cooking food	+4

Movement Points

General

Movement points are used to move between rooms of the ship (moving within rooms is free). Passing a door costs 1 . The exception is Terrence Archer, which moves for free if there is a person in a room he leaves.

Obtaining

At the beginning of each cycle one is recovered. Movement Points can also be obtained through conversion of Action Points. The conversion takes place automatically when a character moves to another room while not having any but having at least 1 . 1 is converted to 3 . The regeneration and conversion rates can be affected by: character traits, items and Ship Equipment.

Experience

Experience Points are account wide points that are earned though playing and used to level up various characters available in Mush. They are not bound to any character until they are used. You can use to level up any of the 16 human characters or invest them into new Mush skills.

Gaining

On every cycle change you gain 1 (or 2 if you're playing in Gold Mode).

The Welcome Pack gives you a one-time bonus of 80 .

Experience Table

An overview showing how much is needed to unlock various skill levels:

Level	Human	Level	Mush	Level	Mush	Level	Mush
1	-	1	-	7	120	13	240
2	5	2	4	8	140	14	260
3	50	3	25	9	160	15	280
4	200	4	50	10	180	16	300
5	250	5	75	11	200	17	350
6	500	6	100	12	220	18	400

Glory Points

The Glory Points are divided into two categories, Human and Mush .

Human Glory

is earned by simply surviving and performing activities, ordinary or special - related to the personality, talents or historical background of the character played. Each crew member of the Daedalus has their own goals, accomplishing which usually rewards them with points of .

Mush Glory

The original 2 Mush on board (nominated on game start) begin with 120 added. Each newly converted Mush converted turns their existing human into . Unlike humans, Mush lose their Glory on a daily basis and must obtain more by sabotaging ship peripherals, spiking and turning humans into Mush and other mushy activities.

Role and Ladders

The point of is to encourage role activities of the players, because they are added up at the end of the game, thus creating a natural division into major and minor roles played out during the trip. Thanks to the form of individual objectives for which players get points, they are motivated to play in-character and behave in accordance with their character's background. The game also provides the Ladder divided by and Super Nova awards, where players can compete for 'high scores' and recognition in the community.