Editing Wasters

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'''Wasters''' are a [[Xenotypes|xenotype]] perfectly suited for post-apocalyptic pollution worlds. Their adaptation comes with several drawbacks, and their aggression and ugliness makes it hard for them to coexist with other xenotypes.

== Lore ==

<blockquote><small>''Wasters are gaunt-faced, grey-skinned, aggressive, immune to toxic pollution, almost impervious to disease, and can ingest as much psychite and wake-up drugs as they wish with no ill effects. Their toxin-adapted metabolism means they must consume some form of psychite to survive - usually flake or yayo.<br>Originally engineered to prevent resettlement of post-apocalyptic deathworlds, wasters are living area-denial weapons. Waster pirates armed with toxic weapons are the bane of many frontier peoples, both on the rimworlds and in the depths of the urbworld hyperstructures.<br>The faction of waster pirates are a diverse collection of violent xenohumans. They are mostly wasters, with a smattering of hussars, neanderthals, dirtmoles, genies, yttakins, and pigskins. They have little interest in building, or farming, preferring to take their sustenance from others using violence. Their technology level depends mostly on who they've managed to steal from recently. Mostly they carry gunpowder weapons, though some prefer to stab victims at close range. They’ll always be a threat. '' - '''In Game Description'''</small>
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== Occurrence ==
The table below describes the chance for a given pawn from each [[faction]] being a waster. Note that this value does not account for chances in xenotype chance from [[ideoligion]]{{IdeologyIcon}} or from pawn kind, it only shows the base value before those factors.
{{Xenotype Faction Table|waster}}

== Summary ==
Wasters can thrive in polluted areas but sacrifice talents in other areas to do so. They are genetically dependent on psychite, with major consequences if their need is not met: they will start feeling mood effects after 5 days without it, will fall into a coma after 30 days without, and will die after 60 days of deprivation. Wasters are very noticeable, with gasmask-like gaunt gray faces.

=== Genes ===
Wasters have a gene complexity of 13[[File:Complexity.png|20px|Complexity|link=Complexity]] [[complexity]].  With a '''0'''[[File:Metabolism.png|20px|Metabolic efficiency|link=Metabolic efficiency]] [[metabolic efficiency]], they have a hunger rate of '''×100%'''.

All wasters have these [[germline gene]]s:

'''Assorted:'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align="center" 
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene SuperStrongImmunity.png|64|Super immunity|Genes#Super immunity}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene TotalPollutionResistance.png|64|Total antitoxic lungs|Genes#Total antitoxic lungs}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene Aggressive.png|64|Aggressive|Genes#Aggressive}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene Ugly.png|64|Unattractive|Genes#Unattractive}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene PollutionRush.png|64|Pollution stimulus|Genes#Pollution stimulus}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|ChemicalDependency Psychite.png|64|Psychite dependency|Genes#Psychite dependency}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|AddictionImmune Wake Up.png|64|Wake-up impervious|Genes#Wake-up impervious}}
|- 
| <small>[[Genes#Super immunity|Super immunity]]</small>
| <small>[[Genes#Total antitoxic lungs|Total antitoxic lungs]]</small>
| <small>[[Genes#Aggressive|Aggressive]]</small>
| <small>[[Genes#Unattractive|Unattractive]]</small>
| <small>[[Genes#Pollution stimulus|Pollution stimulus]]</small>
| <small>[[Genes#Psychite dependency|Psychite dependency]]</small>
| <small>[[Genes#Wake-up impervious|Wake-up impervious]]</small>
|}  

'''Cosmetic:'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align="center" 
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene GauntHead.png|64|Gaunt head|Genes#Gaunt head}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Hair Grey.png|64|Gray hair|Genes#Gray hair}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|FanGene SkinColor Gray.png|64|Slate gray skin|Genes#Slate gray skin}}
|- 
| <small>[[Genes#Gaunt head|Gaunt head]]</small>
| <small>[[Genes#Gray hair|Gray hair]]</small>
| <small>[[Genes#Slate gray skin|Slate gray skin]]</small>
|}  

'''Skills:'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align="center" 
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene PoorCooking.png|64|Poor cooking|Genes#Poor cooking}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene PoorArtistic.png|64|Poor artistic|Genes#Poor artistic}}
| width=100px height=50px | {{Stacked image|GeneBackground Endogene.png|Gene AwfulAnimals.png|64|Awful animals|Genes#Awful animals}}
|- 
| <small>[[Genes#Poor cooking|Poor cooking]]</small>
| <small>[[Genes#Poor artistic|Poor artistic]]</small>
| <small>[[Genes#Awful animals|Awful animals]]</small>
|}

== Origins ==
Many wasters found homes in the [[Factions#Waster_Pirates|Waster pirate bands]] of the Rim. If you have this band of pirates enabled you will be attacked by wasters sooner or later. There is also a slight chance for them to show up with other [[Pirate|pirate]] gangs, or with scattered groups as parts of quests.

== Analysis ==
Besides their immunity to toxicity and need for [[psychite]], wasters are relatively plain. They don't get along with others, due to the combination of Unattractive and Aggressive. They thrive in polluted environments, and decent outside of one. [[Wake-up]] is useful when you need to get stuff done, now.

Psychite dependency is easily manageable, and can even be a positive, as covered below. For the [[gene extractor]], it's well worth to take Psychite Dependency for {{+|4}} [[metabolic efficiency]] and its own positives. Other noteworthy genes to extract are the negative Cooking / Animals / Artistic genes, which are free metabolic efficiency for colonists who don't use those skills.
 
=== Psychite ===
A waster's psychite dependency is ''very'' affordable. Even in [[difficulty|Losing is Fun]], just 10 [[psychoid plant]]s (when converted into flake) are enough to sustain a waster for an ''entire year'', without deficiency. In a year-round growing season, this is a field of 3 psychoid plants. If you have a grower with the required Plants 6 skill and the [[Research#Psychite refining|Psychite refining]] research, this is trivial. In exchange, you can (almost) freely ingest yayo, flake, and wake-up. (See "Health effects with drug genes" for stipulations.)

* {{Icon Small|flake|24}} [[Flake]] is the cheapest way to handle the dependency. Compared to [[psychite tea]], flake restores more [[rest]], reduces [[Sleep Fall Rate]] significantly more, and gives a much higher [[mood]] for the same amount of [[Psychoid leaves|leaves]]. You can take flake once every 2.7 days without a net tolerance increase. While tea can be taken every 2 days, this is not sufficient to overcome the flake's statistical advantages even when [[Drug policies|scheduling]] flake to be taken every 3 days.

* {{Icon Small|yayo|24}} [[Yayo]] consumes twice as many leaves per dose, but is superior as a drug. Yayo shares the same {{+|35}} mood and '''x50%''' [[pain]] reduction as flake, but increases [[Moving]] too. In addition, yayo takes only {{Good|{{%|({{Q|Yayo|Ingestion Time}} / {{Q|Flake|Ingestion Time}}) round 2}}}} as much time to consume, and each dose lasts as long as 2 doses of flake. Thus, yayo makes your pawns more effective. So if leaf production is not a limiting factor, like when you have decent planters and can grow year-round, yayo is better overall.

And, if necessary, you can take yayo, flake, and [[psychite tea]] at the same time for {{+|82}} mood.

If you have ''other'' colonists with the [[chemical interest]] or [[chemical fascination]] traits, you should keep them away from any hard drugs produced. To counter these traits, set an [[allowed area]] to ''exclude'' areas where drugs are produced or stored. With a gene extractor and [[gene assembler|assembler]], you can give chemically interested pawns psychite dependency yourself, allowing them to indulge in chemical need all they want.

==== Health effects with drug genes ==== 
Psychite dependency and wake-up impervious prevent addiction and any sort of overdose upon taking the drug. There are some health effects they do not protect from.
* Too high of a psychite tolerance can cause chemical damage to the [[kidney]]s. However, an adult can take up to 11 doses of flake/yayo in a row without reaching this tolerance threshold. If a pawn takes a drug every 5 days, they shouldn't ever have chemical damage, even if you take a few emergency doses every once in a while. Plus, kidneys can be replaced.
* Wake-up has a rare chance to cause a [[heart attack]] during the high. A [[prosthetic heart]] or [[bionic heart]] prevents this entirely.
Basically, if a colonist is only taking psychite every 5 days, then health concerns are minimal.
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