Mandy Thompson tries to find the Onyx

Cannot decide between:

Shortcut + Trench Coat or Open Gate. Both will probably be removed early.

2x Calling in Favors 2x Art Student vs 2x Enraptured 2x?

I really want Calling in Favors but not really happy with Art Student, Laboratory Assistant, Dr. Elli Horowitz or Research Librarian all feels like shoe ins. And if running Charisma and Calling in Favors it even feels as Dr. Milan Christopher should go for another ally that is great when it is played.

• Dr. Milan Christopher: Stat boost is important as I have few skill cards, and will try to avoid higher education. Extra Money is always nice, a bad ally to cast Calling in favors on.
• Art Student: Speeds up clue finding, but not really cost efficient
• Laboratory Assistant: Do not want card draws in risk of actually drawing research cards, otherwise good at digging for Rook early.
• Dr. Elli Horowitz: Segment of Onyx are relics, maybe Disc of Itzamna, maybe Pnakotic Manuscripts much later
• Research Librarian: Searches whole deck, but no good/suitable tomes. Old Book of Lore works with Mandy but don't think a cluefinder should spend so many actions drawing cards and not getting clues, maybe for Pnakotic Manuscripts but then Dr. Elli Horowitzalso works and will be a very late buy if at all.

Is Backpack enough with only 3 Segment of Onyx and a few other assets? But it digs deep for Segment of Onyx.

Trench Coatmostly exist for another Backpacktarget and extra health soak if needed.

More skill cards? Enraptured fills the slot a little if added.

Upgrade Path (Fast hurried thinking will probably be changed many times):

• 1xp Segment of Onyx
• 3xp Charisma
• 1xp Pathfinder
• 1xp Pathfinder
• 2xp Deduction
• 2xp Deduction
• 2xp Hyperawareness(If I feel I always have extra money, or need to handle enemies alone more often then thought)
• 3xp Studious
• 3xp Studious
• 1xp Death • XIII
• 1xp Stargazing
• 1xp Stargazing
• 3xp Emergency Cache (Refill a fingerprint instead of playing the cost to replay another one)
• 5xp Glimpse the Unthinkable (Return research cards without reading weakness if drawn)
• 5xp No Stone Unturned
• 5xp No Stone Unturned
• 4xp Anna Kaslow