The
Medical Department is filled with jobs aiming to keep you alive and healthy. It's made up of
Medical Doctors, who heal you should you get hurt or die, the
Paramedic, who rescues you from danger when you get hurt and can't get to Medbay yourself, the
Virologist, who cures any epidemics and occasionally makes a healing virus, and the
Psychologist, who will attempt to help any mental health problems onboard. The
Coroner,
Chemist, and
Geneticist are less essential, but can be very useful when played skilfully. There's a lot of information to learn, from
surgeries, to what
medications cure what, to how to use this information effectively, but a good medical team is crucial to a smooth shift. Medbay can be calm and good for roleplay or devolve into chaos quickly, either from an
infestation, or if
someone gets a little stab happy with a chainsaw.