Matrix what ..., Hacking Nabo's commlink in "On The Run Options

[Udoshi]

The big answer?

Mutual signal range.

You've gotta be near it to hack it. If its in a room backstage, that means stuff - namely standard wifi inhibiting wallpaper- is in the way.

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

The big answer?

Mutual signal range.

You've gotta be near it to hack it. If its in a room backstage, that means stuff - namely standard wifi inhibiting wallpaper- is in the way.

Mutual Signal Range is not a necessity if you can draw connections between the link and your Target... of course, Wi-Fi Inhibition/Jamming MAY be in the way, and being there is usually better, as it will give you some more options that remote hacking may not provide... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smokin.gif)

[Trevalier]

"No... No... No... Ew, where's the brain bleach!" "Never mind that, keep going." "Now I know how the Mage feels. No... No... No..."

The worst thing that came out of run for us was the running gag of a guttural ork-stereotype voice singing, "Oops, me do it again!"

Ork boy-bands. Legba help us.

[CanRay]

Kill it! Kill it with fire elementals!!!

[Redcrow]

The worst thing that came out of run for us was the running gag of a guttural ork-stereotype voice singing, "Oops, me do it again!"

Ork boy-bands. Legba help us.

Thats funny, wish I would have thought of it when I ran that adventure. I probably would have went with "Me bringun sexy back!" LOL

[Ascalaphus]

Filtering through copmmlinks' profiles until you find the correct one shouldn't be so difficult.

Ascalaphus, same thing. Your drone points at the guy and says 'I Detect Hidden Nodes'. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Oddly, a Radio Signal Scanner can't do this; it's a Sniffer program, not a Scan program. This must be an error, because it contradicts the fluff. :/ It's not really clear what the RSS actually *can* do, by the rules. Sniffer is used for Capture and Intercept Traffic, so maybe it can do that.

I'm forever trying to figure out the interactions between sensor software, sensors and regular matrix actions. But you get my point; technology is impersonal. Almost anything you can do locally, you can do remotely through an assistant who's on the scene.

[Sengir]

I assume 'natted' derives from NAT, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation .

That was an IC mystery, of course it comes from NAT. But in 60 years a lot of things can be forgotten, doubly so with all the turmoil of Shadowrun history...

[RobertB]

When I ran that adventure I just informed the group that his comm was off.

Even if it was turned on how would you be able to figure out which specific comm belonged to Nabo out of all the comms at the concert. Unless of course you just start randomly hacking until you find the right one.

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Detect Hiden Node (Scan )
You attempt to locate a hidden node. You must be aware of the node,
or at least have a good guess of where the device should be (for example,
if your commlink is not detecting a node for Mr. Johnson but
you are pretty sure he has a PAN, or when you can see the security
drone but it is operating in Hidden mode). To find the node, make a
Electronic Warfare + Scan (4) Test.
You may instead make a general search for Hidden nodes that
are within mutual Signal range. In this case, the test is an Electronic
Warfare + Scan (15+, 1 Combat Turn) Extended Test, rather than a
Complex Action.

[Yerameyahu]

Thanks, Sengir. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I never read the fluff/modules/fiction, so I didn't understand the joke. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)