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"The Doctor is In" - Dorian the Grey - Part 2

“Even through the medication, my head is killing me. 
And I hate using my mouth to speak."

- Dorian the Grey (Zombicide: Invader)


 Welcome back to The Art of Caesura!

Last week we started looking at Dorian the Grey / Dr. Sera Vale - the medic on my Space Station Zero team today we're going to look at how she fits into that team.


 As I mentioned last week, from everything I've seen and read, Space Station Zero is a really lethal game. Your guys can just fall through the floor in a mission and then have to roll on a table after the battle where they might just die. There are many other things that can kill you: poison gas, bombs, station security gone haywire - and these are without even mentioning the enemies you face - who are trying to kill you! All this being said, having a medic is kind of essential (and with an Explorer vessle, like mine - The Relentless Astryx - it actually is a requirement). 


In the game, the Medical Officer can heal your guys - shocking, I know. She also has +1 Intelligence from baseline (she's got a lot of brain in that big head of hers). 


Because of this vital role in the team, I have given Dr. Vale one of my 3 coveted pieces of equipment that I have across my whole crew. I have given her a Medi-Bag - this gives her a better chance of healing more damage on herself or others. 


I really do think the model is fun and characterful. These Zombicide: Invader models are all so unique and work really well for this game! The fun thing about Space Station Zero (and any other miniatures agnostic game for that matter) is that your imagination can really run wild when it comes to the characters you will use to tell your story. 

My crew follows the Star Trek / Mass Effect style of being comprised of human and alien specialists working in concert. But I have been eying my Nemesis crew (from the Nemesis board game) or Spectre Squad from the recent Kill Team: Terror on Devlan, and they would also work perfectly as a Space Station Zero crew. 


Thank you for tuning into these past two weeks as we've looked at Dr. Sera Vale. Who will be next from the crew of the Relentless Asteryx? Tune in to The Art of Caesura next week to find out!


Reading: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Watching: Michael McIntyre on Parenting


Next Week:

Tiny Rick!
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