Science Support

Notes

The meta skill layout would be to skip Shield Capacity, Endurance, and Armor in favor of Improved Weapon Damage, Weapon Criticals, and Weapon Penetration. I just think ground on higher difficulties requires a bit more survivability than that and haven't felt the need to change it. 

Notes

The hypo doesn't matter at all. Replace it with whatever's convenient. There are some teamwide Health and Weapon batteries if you want to get really fancy but they cost dil.

Rainbow or IDIC Tribble is probably better than Solanae since it's teamwide.

Notes:

• Mudd's Time Device is essential for cooldowns, as shown by cooldown reduction analysis and empirical testing

• See the "Red" Tactical Support build for a series of complimentary kit modules that we run alongside this character.

• Could replace Virulent Dark Matter Cloud with Sandstorm Generator if not on a science character, but it has a much longer windup.

Notes: 

One last note: You could make an argument for Intelligence primary, taking Temporal Secondary. I am not sure which is better.

Alternately, the Iconian 3-piece (Shield/Armor/Weapon) is an option.

Meta-Focused Tweaks:

• If you know your DPS is running Hive Mind, you could drop Tricorder Analysis to pick up Hive Mind

• It's expensive, but Shadow of the Black Mountain would be useful over Field Reseacher, which isn't really. Serenity would be better to boost KPerf generically but if I'm going to pick up another expensive trait, it's the former. 

Budget Tweaks:

• Ground Traits tend to be much less expensive than space traits. Skip Tricorder Analysis for something generic like Peak Health or Pistol/Rifle Training. To Absent Friends can similarly be replaced. 

Miscellaneous