Gameplay
Levels: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Requirements: Rank 3 requires Thief, Hunter, Scientist or Engineer focus.
Rank 4 to 5 requires engineer focus 2-3
Young Characters: Rank 3 requires the Hacker role.
This stat determines the ability of a character to hack computer systems.
Hacking 0
No ability to hack.
Hacking 1
Able to determine the presence of unencrypted information sent over a
network.
Hacking 2
Able to read unencrypted material sent over a network, such as emails.
Hacking 3
Able to hack into poorly protected computers.
Hacking 4
Able to hack into most computers and read almost any legally encrypted
material sent over a network.
Hacking 5
Able to hack into most professionally encrypted sites and can often
crack even military-grade encryption.
Hacking the Police Band:
Characters with Hacking 2 and over can hack the local HSD police band to
listen to ongoing dispatch messages. To do this, one must purchase a
police scanner and simply hold it in one's inventory.
Each rank of hacking reduces the cost of doing a phone trace by 15%.
At Rank 3 it allows the jamming of a traced individuals communications.
At Rank 5 it allows the interception of some of the traced individual's communications.
When combined with engineering to a total of at least 5, they can detect
bugs in any room they enter.
Order
911
Stats
bugsweep
plantcamera
Network 666
Hacking
Levels: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Requirements: Rank 3 requires Thief, Hunter, Scientist or Engineer focus.
Rank 4 to 5 requires engineer focus 2-3
Young Characters: Rank 3 requires the Hacker role.
This stat determines the ability of a character to hack computer systems.
Hacking 0
No ability to hack.
Hacking 1
Able to determine the presence of unencrypted information sent over a
network.
Hacking 2
Able to read unencrypted material sent over a network, such as emails.
Hacking 3
Able to hack into poorly protected computers.
Hacking 4
Able to hack into most computers and read almost any legally encrypted
material sent over a network.
Hacking 5
Able to hack into most professionally encrypted sites and can often
crack even military-grade encryption.
Hacking the Police Band:
Characters with Hacking 2 and over can hack the local HSD police band to
listen to ongoing dispatch messages. To do this, one must purchase a
police scanner and simply hold it in one's inventory.
Each rank of hacking reduces the cost of doing a phone trace by 15%.
At Rank 3 it allows the jamming of a traced individuals communications.
At Rank 5 it allows the interception of some of the traced individual's communications.
When combined with engineering to a total of at least 5, they can detect
bugs in any room they enter.
See Also
Spending ResourcesOrder
911
Stats
bugsweep
plantcamera
Network 666