Chef
 Chef
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| Description: | Formidable when it comes to knocking meals together. They also have an impressive awareness of what you should eat.
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| Learned by: |  Stephen 1 Mage Book
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If  Mush:
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Kept |
The Chef skill allows Stephen to cook meals for the crew, so they can refuse to eat them out of paranoia. :p
Seriously: Since few people are willing to eat a meal they didn't prepare themselves due to the dangers of 
Fungal Kitchen (and by the time they are, there may not be much food left to cook), the actual use of this skill is mainly to hyperfreeze stacks of 
Alien Steaks collected on expeditions before they spoil, and to see the properties of food and Alien Fruit.
The one exception being 
Chun, who can serve as a trusted delivery girl after reading the respective Mage Book.
What is unique about this skill, and another reason why Stephen may not want to pick it, is that every ship with an active 
Communications Officer is guaranteed to receive such a book when they find 
Roger's Kitchenary 2830.
- Since all fresh food spoils on day change regardless of its actual age, it is advisable to do any provident cooking early in the day, and to do any freezing by cycle 8.
- Also make sure the NERON BIOS has been set not to destroy spoiling food immediately. Even slightly (or even completely) spoiled food can be valuable, especially with your ability to recognize it.
Affected items
Food:
- Level of decay can be read.
- Effects of consumption can be read.
Affected actions
1 
Cook (
Standard Ration), 1 Hyperfreeze (Consumables):
- If any
are available, uses 1 instead of .
2 Participate (NERON's Core):
- Bonus to efficiency on NERON Projects:
General effects
- Gains 4 a day, to a maximum of 8.
