Derek Hogan

Warning: This article pertains to info gathered from the French version of Mush. It is not (yet) available to players of the English version.

Derek Hogan, in the flesh.

Derek Hogan is a new upcoming character. He and Andie Graham may occasionally replace Wang Chao and Finola Keegan, respectively, turning the ship into an alternate timeline version where Finola was not captured and Chao didn't make it through the mission.

Skills

Derek's skill set consists of:

1. Shooter
2. Wrestler
3. Firefighter
4. Motivateur
   • For 1 , gives a boring speech that grants 3 to everyone in the room
5. Hygiéniste
   • 50% chance of resisting Mush contamination
   • 50% chance of resisting physical illness
   • Potential English name (based on icon filename): Strong Skin

Notes

• As with Andie Graham, Derek's character artwork has been done by a different artist: Mathieu "Ani" Leyssenne, the original artist, no longer works with Motion Twin.
• Judging by his skills, Derek seems less focused on Mush detective work than Chao, instead leaning towards the executive function of the Mush hunt.

Biography

The character's current biography (translation courtesy of Twinoid forum user Vector):

3109

Born on Earth.

3121

Derek cuts himself trying to shave his peach fuzz for the first time, which causes a scar. He swears to anyone who will listen that he got this injury from the battlefields of Tau-Ceti.

3139

Derek is enlisted into the SDF (Sol Defense Federation) after receiving a propaganda leaflet. His mother forbids him to leave home, but Derek decides to cut ties and now flies alone.

3145

Derek slowly climbs the ranks, used during his childhood to being a willing and obeying servant, it does not take long for him to get noticed by his superiors. He is sent Sol where he takes part in the great battle. Sent as a scout in the field, he surprises his superiors by taking over an advanced enemy base by himself. By his own admission, he didn't see the enemy communication tower until he accidentally crashed into it and disabled the base...he is rewarded for his bravery on the battlefield and promoted to Sergeant.

3146

After a few missions Derek is posted on Xyloph-17 to oversee the Magellan expedition and report the every action of scientists working in the orbit of Jupiter. He meets Chao Wang, but they spend little time together, as he prefers the company of Xyloph-17's female passengers. Poor Derek, his terrible quality reports and his increasingly problematic contact with the female staff of the station earn him a transfer back to the field.

3151

Derek runs small missions and manages to complete each one. Colleagues often complain of his lamentable decisions, but admit that the man is lucky. He manages with a small squad to rescue Chao Wang, who was previously sent to Encelade. In the upper echelons of the SDF, some see him as a rising star, others fear his risky methods. Alas, the latter are more numerous and better ranked, so he finds himself Sergeant Instructors in one of the many schools affiliated with the SDF.

3151

Faced with the catastrophic results of the students placed under the responsibility of Sergeant Instructor Hogan, he he is once again sent back in the field.

3153

Commander Jin-Su takes Derek under his wing, and before long entrusts him with an "informal extraction mission" with Chao. He is unfortunately unable to defuse the home security system of scientist Finola Keagan. The latter had placed an extreme item in her safe, which causes the Sergeant to lose consciousness. His partner in this mission, Chao Wang, dies, chased by a pack of quadrupedal guards. The latter had sore buttocks before dying from his injuries.

3154

Derek manages to board the Daedalus along with 15 other crew members.