Hey everyone.
I was taking a second glance at the 3rd Edition Matrix rules lately, brushing up and making sure I know them relatively well, and I came across a part about cybercombat that was pretty vague, so I wanted to have it cleared up here.
Ok, when resolving attacks in cybercombat. It states it is the attack program that makes the attack, which can be modified by the hacking pool. Now I'm assuming this means that there is no computer skill roll involved at all and that you just roll a number of dice equal to the utility rating of whatever attack program you are using. Am I correct?
On the same token, it really doesn't mention anything for attacking with IC. Now, I know the power of the IC attacking is equal to it's rating and the damage is determined by the color of the host, but what does it roll for it's actual attack? I can only think of it being two things, the security value of the host/grid or the actual rating of the IC attacking. Which one is it?
Can anyone clear up these two things for me? Thanks!