Benoit Verdier

Benoit Verdier (35) is one of the crew members in The Long Journey Home.

He can shred technical devices and relics into resources.

Description
Benoit Verdier (doctorates omitted for reasons of space) shot to attention as one of the world's youngest Nobel prize nominees, and subsequent recipients. Despite, or perhaps directly related to a reputation for being difficult to work with, he spent the next decade moving between prestigious posts, before finding a home working with Professor Lebedev - a rare mind he respects. If any brain on earth is ready for the impossible, everyone agrees, it is Verdier. Quietly, they joke that he may even find his own people out there.

Background
Child prodigy. Born to excel. He wrote his first best-selling software package at the age of 11. By 16, he was deciding on his PhD. By 21, he was bored of every challenge that came his way. With IASA, he found one worth his time. Yet with that intelligence comes an often self-destructive arrogance that more often than not sees him taking short-cuts and quick-fixes on seemingly simple problems that only cause everyone around them more grief. He’s the genius who can knock out the power in a city block just changing a light-bulb.

Benoit is a former child prodigy from France, who grew up believing himself the best at everything.

Benoit is a cynical but smart scientist who can solve even the toughest puzzles and handle the most complicated computers in alien ruins and wrecks.

Despite his awkward social skills, he respects people who challenge themselves every day and give others no quarter. This leads to him developing a crush on the rather ruthless Dr. Hartigan during their journey together. He tends to peek at her in the shower, which doesn't go unnoticed by Kirsten.

Benoit brought his pills, a periodic table, a nerdy cup, and a laptop onto the ship.

"The universe is mathematics. And I am their master. Who touched my cup? I told you-"

Abilities

 * Broken Entrope Drone: Hack to get the Entrope Administrator Password
 * Celindion Device: Remove it
 * Entangled Superparticles: Modify to get a Subspace Collector
 * Expedition Report: Investigate to get the Gate Repair Instruction during Operation: Rescue
 * Gate Circuit: He destroys the last gate
 * Logos Case File: Adjudicates guilty

Item

 * White Pill: Heals all diseases (cyan) and poisoning.