Quasimorph Mission Preparation Checklist

Rebuild a clone without forgetting the expensive parts

1. 01

   Keep a short build record

   Record operator, class, replaced perks, genome target, body parts and intended combat role. A September 4 community discussion requests an automatic pipeline; this checklist does not assume that such a feature has shipped.

2. 02

   Check the newly selected clone

   After class edits or a replacement clone, inspect the equipped class and visible perks instead of assuming the previous body setup was restored.

3. 03

   Install and inspect body hardware

   Confirm slot compatibility, current drawbacks and a practical way to replace any rare component you are risking.

4. 04

   Pack the mission kit last

   Choose damage types for this opponent, reserve healing and extraction supplies, then add only the materials for a reachable crafting recipe.

Mission loadout checklist

Prepare in this order

1. 01

   Read the contract

   Identify the objective, location, faction and any delivery or inventory requirement before choosing equipment.

2. 02

   Predict the opposition

   Review the faction and recent encounters, then plan for the damage and resistance patterns you are most likely to face.

3. 03

   Build one dependable combat loop

   Match operator, class, weapon, ammunition and engagement range so normal safe actions activate the useful perks.

4. 04

   Add one fallback

   Cover the most dangerous resistance, range or supply failure without packing a second full loadout.

5. 05

   Reserve mission space

   Leave enough inventory and weight capacity for the objective, valuable loot and supplies consumed along the route.

6. 06

   Write the exit condition

   Decide which combination of objective completion, wounds, ammunition and carried value means the clone extracts immediately.

Supplies that earn their inventory space

Every slot should answer a likely failure rather than a vague fear.

• Compatible ammunition for the planned number of encounters, plus a modest reserve.
• Treatment for wounds and status effects the route can realistically produce.
• Food appropriate to mission length instead of maximum calories at any cost.
• A repair option only when the primary equipment is valuable and likely to degrade before extraction.
• A compact backup weapon or tool that covers a different problem.
• Open capacity for the objective item, faction loot and an emergency equipment swap.

Choose weapons by supply and matchup, not rarity

A rare weapon is not automatically a prepared weapon. The contract must supply or justify its ammunition, the operator and class must handle its action pattern, and its damage must answer the opposition. If one of those conditions fails, a common rifle with a repeatable supply chain can be the stronger mission choice.

Check minimum damage, penetration, accuracy, range, scatter, magazine, reload cost and condition together. Maximum damage is only one moment in a longer contract. A weapon that needs frequent unsafe reloads or misses at the planned distance can erase an impressive tooltip.

The backup should solve a different failure. It may provide another damage type, a safer close-range response, longer reach or a low-cost emergency option. Carrying two weapons that lose to the same resistance consumes space without making the plan more resilient.

Before launch, count ammunition as encounters rather than stacks. Estimate how many reliable attacks the kit supports, allow for misses and difficult rooms, then compare that reserve with the point at which you have already agreed to extract.

Prepare for wounds, hunger and inventory pressure

Armor is part of a damage plan, not a universal tier. Select protection for the attacks expected from the current faction and objective, then account for weight, mobility and the operator's existing resistances. Broad protection is useful for uncertainty, but a known threat deserves a specific answer.

Treatment must cover the states that actually stop a run. Wounds can disable useful body parts and implant bonuses; infection, pain or bleeding can force increasingly expensive decisions. Pack enough to stabilize and extract, not enough to replace careful room entry.

Food planning depends on contract length and tempo. A fast objective near extraction does not need the same reserve as a long sweep through multiple floors. Excess food competes with ammunition, medicine, repair material, quest objects and valuable loot.

Inventory space is a tactical resource. Keep slots open before deployment and reassess after every major pickup. If the objective still requires an item, do not let low-value salvage occupy the only safe space. Drop replaceable goods before sacrificing treatment or the mission requirement.

Set the extraction threshold before greed changes it

Extraction decisions become unreliable after the player has invested time and collected valuable loot. Set the rule while calm: leave after the objective when ammunition falls below a stated reserve, critical treatment is gone, wounds undermine the combat loop, or the carried value exceeds what another room can reasonably add.

The threshold should become stricter as the run succeeds. Once the mission objective and high-value items are secured, every optional encounter risks more than it can return. A room that was reasonable at the start may be a poor trade near the shuttle.

Keep an action and a route for retreat. Do not open an unknown sightline with the last action merely because the loadout looked strong before deployment. Preparation creates options; it does not remove the need to protect action economy.

After extraction or death, record the first failure in the chain. Ammunition collapse changes the supply plan, repeated wounds change protection or positioning, full inventory changes packing discipline, and missed objectives change contract reading. One specific correction is more useful than replacing the entire build after every run.