Astronaut Health

# Astronaut Vitals

The Astronaut's vital signs or phyical observations are very important in this game.

All 'vitals' are in the left hand corner of your Space suit and should be monitored at all times.

## Health

**Health** is a statistics measuring the amount of life in your astronaut before they become stone dead.

### How to gain health

* Resting restores a moderate amount of health (either using a bed or the sleeping bag in the inflatable dome).
* Using bandages or a Medkit.
* Avoiding any of the below situations helps maintain good health.

### How to lose health

* Any breach in the space suit will cause the environment to intrude on the astronaut's body. As such:
	+ Overheating or freezing due to temperature differences can lead to demise.
	+ Starvation and dehydration can cause the astronaut to expire and cease to be, respectively.
	+ Suffocation due to no oxygen will result in the astronaut going to meet their maker.
* Getting caught in a (meteor) storm will definitely cause the astronaut to become a *late* (dead) astronaut.
* Bothering aliens is a sure-fire way for them to become a stiff, bereft of life.
* Don't forget that an encounter with hostile astronauts from other factions will lead to the astronaut resting in peace (or pieces, depending on the manner of death).

## Hydration

**Hydration** refers to providing your body with enough water. Together with nutrition, it's necessary to maintain performance while exploring planets, hacking apart aliens, and gunning down other astronauts.

### Procuring water

* As with nutrition, you will find a small supply of water and food in the survival kit in the beginning. Water replenishes the space suit's supply and keeps your astronaut hydrated - but it's generally a good idea to return home and restock. Some foodstuffs can also provide hydration.
* Restocking is usually done with the help of a water reclaimer.
* Restocking can also be done by Crafting new water in the Chemistry Table. For this you require:

1  Glass Container

25  Oxygen

50  Hydrogen

OR you can also purify Dirty Water found in various locations on Proteus 2.

## Nutrition

**Nutrition** is eating food. Food prevents death.

### Healthy Eating

*Osiris: New Dawn* abstracts food into a single indicator: Nutrition. Each food has a different nutrition value (which can be increased by processing it at a kitchen) and, of course, has to be ingested to have an effect. Staring at food all day long will only fill your poor astronaut with longing.

### Finding Food

To grow crops that can be processed into edible material, use a bio dome for farming. You can also harvest Berries at the Berry Tree or other plants that can be found in the game.

For the adventurous, there's always hunting down aliens and feasting on their flesh. The alien meat needs to be prepared in the kitchen or grilled in the Forge, before you can safely eat it.

## Oxygen (Space Suit)

*This article is about the biological role of oxygen. For other uses, see Oxygen (Crafting).*
**Oxygen** refers to the levels of air remaining in the astronaut's space suit in Osiris: New Dawn.

On Proteus 2, although there are geysers which vent pure oxygen, the atmosphere is too hostile and does not have breathable air. To counter this, the astronaut's space suit has an air tank on the back, complete with air scrubbers to help recycle oxygen. The meter fills up to a maximum capacity of 99%, but can be drained by performing arduous tasks (such as sprinting), or by the suit becoming breached.

Once breached, the air supply will begin draining in proportion to suit integrity. Small breaches will result in air leakage in either a slow rate, or just enough to prevent the system from recycling and restoring air, until the suit is repaired. More severe breaches will result in rapid air loss, with the suit quickly venting in a matter of seconds.

Once the suit's oxygen supply has been depleted, the astronaut will begin to suffocate, gradually losing health until either he/she dies, or reaches a habitat with an oxygenator installed within it, as the suit cannot restore the air supply on its own if it reaches 0%.

## Temperature

**Temperature** is a measure of how cold or hot something is. In *Osiris*, this typically refers to the ambient temperature of the environment.

### The Impact

Outside temperatures are primarily a threat to an astronaut's health. As long as the space suit remains sealed and intact, the temperature outside is typically just a nuisance... But if it's breached in any way, exposure is imminent and the astronaut starts freezing or starts being cooked. The ultimate difference is trivial.

Of course, the space suit only works in the range of temperatures it's intended for. In case its protection is compromised or exposure to extreme temperatures, it's recommended (or rather, absolutely necessary to survive) to find shelter in a cool or warm location. A habitat with a functioning Climate\_Controller is perfect.

## Pressure

**Pressure** refers to atmospheric pressure. Whatever pressure the astronaut might feel, due to being stranded on a deadly planet away from human civilization is not covered in this article.

### Impact

As with temperature, pressure is mostly cosmetic as long as the space suit remains intact. However, if it's compromised, the difference in internal and external pressure can lead to death. Always carry some spare patch tape with you, in case of breach (or you doing something dumb, like walking into an urchin that pokes holes in your suit).