Starting Dead State for the first time. Character creation advice?

[Jeivar]

I generally only play a game once, so I'd like to do a decent job of it. Are there any abilities of skills that are absolute must-haves for the player character, and any that are better outsourced to NPC's?

[Driderman]

I generally only play a game once, so I'd like to do a decent job of it. Are there any abilities of skills that are absolute must-haves for the player character, and any that are better outsourced to NPC's?

Leadership and/or Negotiation for dealing with survivor drama.