# Plasteel Chef Recipebook

## Why?
The chef as a job is an enjoyable roleplay experience, but is hampered somewhat by having little to no progression of any kind. This seeks to remedy this situation by giving the chef access to a meta-progression in the form of the Plasteel Chef Recipebook, provided by the Galactic Association of Chefs. This tracks their progress in cooking everything the game has to offer and rewarding them as they progress. A leaderboard for the highest GAC score (gained by cooking food, harder food = higher score) would also be implemented.

This system should incentivise players to explore the wider array of food in the game, encourage a bit of friendly competition via the GAC score, and give some prestige points (and bragging rights) to chefs who go above and beyond just feeding the crew.

## The System
Tracks food recipes crafted by a specific player, allowing them to build up a collection of "cooked dishes". At certain thresholds and upon completing categories, they gain access to new recipes (not included in the counting).

### Accolade Tiers
For crafting foods a certain number of times, accolades are earned. These are divided into four tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Plasteel. The number needed varies per dish, from 100 for Plasteel tier on easier dishes, to 5 on very difficult dishes. Attaining the Plasteel tier for each dish in a crafting category will award the player with a new recipe representing the pinnacle of that category.

### Overall Progress
Overall accolade progress is also tracked, with additional recipes awarded at various milestones, which will be placed in the "Exotic" food category. The Exotic category is excluded from the count and does not count towards Plasteel Chef status, although completing the category does award a new recipe: Ambrosia.

### Plasteel Chef Status
At 100% accolade achievement, the player is awarded Plasteel Chef status. This allows the player a new black chef's jacket, as well as a plasteel kitchen knife and infinite bragging rights.