Combat Medic

Combat Medic
Type	Fighter
Acquisition	Contacts
SKILLS
Primary Skill	Doctor
Secondary Skill	Pistols

On the fast and deadly field of combat, a combat medic moves quickly among friends to provide battlefield care while firing back at enemies. At home in the thick of battle, a combat medic delivers life-saving e-sutures between hurling bio-poison attacks.

Skills

As a character advances in the Combat Medic Job, he or she gains the following Skill points at each Rank.

Ranks 1 to 12

Rank	Pistols	Doctor
1	2	2
2	3	4
3	3	5
4	4	5
5	4	6
6	4	7
7	4	8
8	5	8
9	5	9
10	5	10
11	6	11
12	6	12

Ranks 13 to 24

Rank	Pistols	Doctor
13	7	12
14	7	13
15	8	14
16	9	14
17	9	15
18	9	16
19	9	17
20	10	17
21	10	18
22	11	19
23	11	20
24	12	20

Ranks 25 to 36

Rank	Pistols	Doctor
25	13	20
26	13	21
27	13	22
28	13	23
29	13	24
30	14	25
31	14	26
32	15	27
33	16	28
34	16	29
35	16	30
36	17	31

Talents

Each Job provides a series of Talents representing the special abilities granted by this specific training. As a Character progresses through Job Ranks, more and more Talents become available.

SKILL SAVE	Rank: 1 First Aid 3 weeks Cooldown Automatically passes a failed Doctor test in any situation, including deep space travel, orbital ops or exploring or during a mission
	Rank: 1 Bio-Poison Slugs Weapon's Initiative In crew combat, Crippling Pistol Attack causes +20 Bio-Poison Damage, -10% Melee Defense, -10% Ranged Defense for 3 Turns
	Rank: 1 E-Suture 12 Initiative In crew combat, Heals entire team for (6 + 0 Doctor) HP
	Rank: 1 Cleansing Purge 10 Initiative In crew combat, Removes all Debuffs; Restores for (10 + 0 Doctor) HP and Morale

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	Rank: 5 Vaccination Watch 12 Initiative In crew combat, Buffs entire team with +10% Armor, +10 Energy (Plas/Rad) Resist, +36 Bio-Poison Resist for 3 Turns
	Rank: 5 Toxin Terror 12 Initiative In crew combat, bio-threat hits 2 targets and causes -2 Initiative, -10 Bio-Poison Resist for 3 Turns in addition to (10 + 0 Doctor) Morale Loss
	Rank: 5 Bio-Poison Grenade 16 Initiative In crew combat, Crippling Grenade Attack hits 2 targets with 31-50 Dmg and -2 Initiative, +14 Bio-Poison Damage, -25% Melee Defense, -25% Ranged Defense, -10 Bio-Poison Resist for 3 Turns
BOARDING	Rank: 5 Bio-Agent Bomb 9 weeks Cooldown After a successful Boarding, release deadly bio-agents into the enemy ship's ventilation; +10 Morale Dmg/Turn, +25 Crew Dmg/Turn for next 4 Turns

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	Rank: 8 Lifeline 12 Initiative In crew combat, Buffs with +2 Initiative, +10% Armor Piercing, +50% To Resist Debuffs for 3 Turns and Heals for (36 + 0 Doctor) HP
	Rank: 8 Flatline 14 Initiative In crew combat, Removes all Debuffs; Restores entire team for (10 + 0 Doctor) Morale

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Rank: 11 Snakebite Weapon's Initiative In crew combat, Crippling Pistol Attack causes -25% Ranged Defense, -15 Bio-Poison Resist for 3 Turns, knocks target back 1 slot

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Rank: 15 Flechette Rounds 2X Weapon's Initiative In crew combat, Crippling Pistol Attack causes +14 Bio-Poison Damage, +7 Bleeding, -15% Deflection, -12 Bio-Poison Resist, -6 Bleed Resist for 3 Turns

Combat Talent Strategy

Bio-Poison Slugs

This is a good go-to replacement for a default pistol attack. The bio-poison is reasonably strong and the small defensive debuffs help less accurate allies finish off a target. However, unlike basic pistol attacks, this talent cannot hit the 3rd position.

E-Suture

This talent is for AoE healing. It has a rather high initiative cost for a small amount of healing. However, in cases where the entire party is slightly wounded, it is a good option.

Cleansing Purge

This an all-around healing/utility talent for the Combat Medic. It removes debuffs, restores a decent amount of health and also restores morale. Against Xeno, who debuff entire groups rapidly, it will likely be insufficient to keep up with debuff removal. Consider Flatline (or bringing a different job entirely) instead.

Vaccination Watch

A somewhat situational talent that is primarily useful if your foe is heavily relying on bio-poison damage and you have no immediate healing needs. A 10% Armor bonus effectively means 10% less incoming damage unless the buff is removed. It also grants a small bonus to Energy Resist which can come in handy against Xeno.

Toxin Terror

Another situational talent, Toxin Terror would in theory support an entire team of bio-poison attackers but has a very high initiative cost for what it does. If your foe fails to remove the debuff and battle is dragging on, the initiative debuff could become high value. This talent cannot be dodged, but can be resisted by debuff resist.

Bio-Poison Grenade

This is a powerful grenade talent. However, like most grenades, it can only be used from the front two positions. Sword-and-pistol combatants may have enough defense to survive in ranges to use this talent.

Lifeline

This is the emergency healing option for the Combat Medic. It heals substantially more than Cleansing Purge. It also gives a powerful all-around buff to the target! Careful attention must be paid to avoid pushing your combat medic into penalty initiative for the next turn here. While the initiative cost isn't much higher than Cleansing Purge, if you are at 1 or 2 initiative, it'll still knock you into penalty.

Flatline

An expensive group morale boost and debuff removal option. If you've been diligent about using Cleansing Purge, there is little reason to rely on this talent. However, against Xeno, if you're bringing a combat medic, you'll need to use this talent to deal with the large number of debuffs they fling at your crew. Cleansing Purge won't keep up.

Snakebite

This is a powerful utility attack that combos well with Bio-Poison Slugs as the bio-poison resistance penalty will enhance the other talent's damage. Further, this allows for stacking penalties to dodge. It is also very useful for knocking swordsmen into position 3 where they will typically have to waste a turn advancing instead of attacking your team.