Could be good for the character to have a trait ? reckless/career-pursuing/enthusiastic scientist .. it will help you to give us a clue about hero's journey. Also the goal of main character is only to get the element on the base ? probably to be studied ? but how it will outcome ? what's at stakes? Her career/curiosity/wiping whole planet?
A career-pursuing archaeologist find a new element causing hallucinations at an earth-like planet which causes everyone obsessed murderers, but she resists and bring it aboard the base only to ? face extinction/death/something ...