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[Nifft]

What are the absolute minimum requirements for a good Hacker?

Seems to me like:

Skills:
Cracking (group) 4
Electronics (group) 4

Gear:
Comlink - Transys Avalon (4/4), or upgraded (6/6)
OS - Novatech Navi (4/3), or Custom (6/6)
Hot Sim Mod

Software:
All common programs at rating 4 or 6 (depending on gear)
All hacking programs at rating 4 or 6 (depending on gear), except Blackout & Blackhammer.

If you spring for the 6/6 comlink, the 6/6 custom OS, and rating 6 in all of the above programs, it's about 130k¥ -- slightly over half what a starting character can afford.

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So, am I right that that's all a budding Hacker will need to be very effective for quite a long time, in terms of character creation stuff? If so, it looks like the Hacker role can be filled while allowing the character to be at least halfway effective in another role.

Thanks, -- N