Cat man dies in the attack on the gauntlet.

Cat man dies in the attack on the gauntlet.

Not necessarily. Whoever you promoted in time for the mission on the Gauntlet is severely wounded, and not available to take out on missions for a short while.

I sent Jorgan and Elara to hold the bridge and it was Elara that bit the bullet and was laid out for a few days in the med bay. If you send Forex and Jorgan then it's Jorgan who hits his back and needs a nurse.

I THINK it goes that whoever you promoted gets injured, and if you leave your XO on the ship, your humanoid companion (as opposed to 4X) bites it.

I THINK it goes that whoever you promoted gets injured, and if you leave your XO on the ship, your humanoid companion (as opposed to 4X) bites it.

 

The first part isn't true. I promoted Jorgan and chose him and Elara to do the mission alone. I knew from reading spoilers on the forums that Elara would get laid out and since i was a CM Commando I never used Elara for healing. I couldn't risk not having Jorgan's cannon out while questing since I wasn't entirely sure how long the companion would be out.

 

Turns out it's really not that long. Not long enough to really effect questing anyway.

Ah meh, nobody dies. There's a difference between being heavily injured and returning after like 3 quests and being dead for the rest of the game.

He would have been dead...In beta.