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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 28-September 05 Member No.: 7,787 ![]() |
Hello,
Not only am I new to the forum, but I am also new to the Shadowrun universe and I'm our GM. For me, one of the complex things to look at in this system is the hacking rules. The real stumper is when a hacker wants to hack, say a cyberarm or some stranger's commlink. Without knowing the commcode, does the hacker trace the wireless signal and ride in? Also, how does the LTG and RTG link up with the wireless mesh networks of commlinks and RFID tags? Also, riggers have Matrix Initiative. Great, Cool. But, does a rigger use Matrix Initiative and Matrix IPs when controlling his drones in relation to non-Matrix actions, like a gunbattle? Warewolf |
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 5-September 02 From: Everywhere and Nowhere Baby Member No.: 3,225 ![]() |
I think it would be easier for a hacker to find the com code of someones comlink and hack that, as opposed to finding a way to hack a certain bit of someones PAN.
I kinda think the RTG / LTG thing is dead as I cant recall a mention to it. You just jump from node to node till you get to an new area (what would be a RTG / LTG) If a rigger is commanding drones and more importantly jumped into a drone he would use his matrix iniative. If he is in a gun battle in the meat world he would use his normal iniative until he jumped into a drone. |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 268 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Brisbane, Australia Member No.: 78 ![]() |
Here's a copy of an email I sent to the ShadowRN mailing list explaining how to hack a smartlink > Our Technomancer wanted to know how he could hack into someone's PAN and > turn off their Smartlink (or what have you). From what I figured, he'd have > to do this: > > Extended Test (1 Combat Turn) to locate the PAN of the user. This is an extended test using Electronic Warfare + the Scan program (4, 1 combat turn), and assumes that the target has his commlink in hidden mode (which he will, unless he's an idiot). Assuming your hacker has Electronic Warfare at 5, and Scan at 6, he will net on average 3.6 successes, meaning one or two complex actions depending on his luck > Extended Test (1 Combat Turn) to decrypt the signals from the user. This is an extended test using the hackers encrypt program + his commlinks response (assuming 6 on both of these). The threshold is twice his targets encrypt rating, with a an interval of 1 combat turn. Now the rules state that encryption is everywhere, yet doesn't actually state whether commlinks etc come with built in encryption, or whether you have to buy the program yourself and run it. However you work it, lets assume he's got an encryption rating of 4. This means that you have a threshold of 8. This will mean on average, two complex actions to decrypt An alternative thought on this, is that the "default encryption" is accounted for in the breaking in test. If you use this line of thought, then the decrypt test won't happen at all, unless the target is running an encrpyt program they have specifically purchased. This is the approach that "feels right" to me, but will of course lead to every single runner purchasing an encrypt program :) > Simple Action to sniff the data (now unencrypted) to find the Smartlink. Nope, he know needs to break in. This is a Hacking + Exploit extended test with a threshold of 1 initiative pass, and a threshold equal to the firewall. Now, assuming Exploit 6 and Hacking of 5 and the target has a Firewall of 4, he's got 11 dice, meaning 1 or 2 turns to break in on average. At this point, the targets commlink gets an Analyze + Firewall test against your hackers stealth rating. Assuming the target isn't a hacker running analyze, the commlink rolls 4 dice to try and get 6 (the hackers assumed stealth program rating) hits. Should it somehow pull off this miracle, it triggers an alert, otherwise your hacker is in. The problem is, he's in with personal account access (assuming the target even has personal account level access). It's probably not enough to actually do anything, and certainly not enough to commandeer the targets cyberware. For that, you will certainly need admin access, and that adds +6 to the threshold to get in. So now, your hacker is rolling 11 dice vs a threshold of 10. That's 3 complex actions worth of hacking. It's also 3 chances for the commlink to stack up success and trigger an alert. Admittedly, only rolling 4 dice each turn, even with 3 turns of rolling still generally won't get the 6 total hits needed to get past the hackers stealth program, but it is possible. > Simple Action to command the smartlink to turn off. Nope, this is a complex action, using the Control Device Matrix action. Depending on the GM, you may or may not have to make a roll to pull this off, but I think it's safe to assume that turning off the smartlink will not require a roll. Bear in mind though, that turning it back on will probably only be a free action for the target > So, approximately 2 full Combat Turns (6 seconds) plus another full > Initiative Pass (possibly another 3 seconds) to turn off a Smartlink. No, we're looking at 1 or 2 complex actions to get find the PAN. Possibly 2 complex actions to decrypt 3 complex actions to hack himself admin access 1 complex action to turn off the smartlink. So maybe 8 complex actions, meaning that someone with 3 initiative passes (ie a wired hacker, or a hot simming hacker) will take 3 combat turns to achieve this. > Is that right? Did I miss something? Could a Hacker cause the Smartlink to > take dice away from the shooter's pool, instead? (So, instead of giving a > +2, give it a -2 because it's subtly moving the targeting point away.) Using the control device action, the hacker can command the smartlink to do anything the smartlinks owner could command it to dosuch as "Turn off. Turn on. Report status" etc. You could also use the Edit command to play with the signal from the smartlink. Assuming it was subtle, the GM could probably let the hacker get away with a dice penalty, at least until the target turns off or starts ignoring his smartlink. Each Edit action will only last one combat turn though, so you will need to keep doing this, unless you have previously used a control device action on the smartlink Some alternative techniques include disabling the targets spam filters and/or hitting them with a load of spam. Perhaps putting their commlink on active mode? Unsubscribing devices? Disabling the targets simlink? Turning off their cybereyes if they have them would certainly be effective, even if they can be turned on again with a free action. It would certainly be distracting.
There are two ways to access the Matrix, and thus, two different types of Matrix initiative. Augmented Reality mode and Virtual Reality mode In AR mode, you use your real world initiative, because you accessing the matrix from the real world with the matrix specific elements overlayed on top. More specifically, the hacker rolls his initiative just like everyone else, and he has to mix and match real world actions with matrix actions In Virtual Reality mode, your body is effectively comatose whilst you access the Matrix. This is effectively the way the Matrix worked in SR3. If you're cold simming it, your initiatve is based on your commlinks response rating, plus your hackers intuition and you get two initiative passes. If you're hot simming it, your initiative is based on your commlinks response + your hackers intuition + 1, and you get 3 initiative passes |
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