QUICKHACK SYSTEM

All hacks need the hacking device to be connected to another device to affect it, either through a wireless or wired connection. Once a hack is performed, you will need to roll the dice described by the hack to determine the amount of turns before the hack is complete. To progress a hack a turn, you need to use your combative action without being hit. Each hit you take reduces your progress by 1, and going over the number of the initial roll will cause the hack to fail, except for when you have made no progress on a hack (first action). Once you complete all the turns, the hack succeeds and is put into effect. At minimum, all hacks will require at least 1 action regardless of modifiers.

Outside of combat quickhacks will passively progress for each action you do, meaning you do not need to dedicate the action to hacking. Being outside of combat means not actively engaged in ranged or melee combat, if you engage in combat or are engaged then you need to go back to using your combat actions to progress a hack.

Wired connections need to be done through a Troj-Wire, to successfully connect you need to complete the action of plugging it in (winning a D20 dice roll, opponent failing to defend in DTB, or plugging it in manually outside of combat), once connected you can perform wired or wireless hacks. A wireless connection requires 1 successful action to be completed and can only perform wireless hacks.

Additionally, Wireless hacking and wired hacking can be done without a PPD or Troj-Wire, but at the cost of hacks requiring 1 more turn to complete Titanium and above hacks (everything above copper.)

IN PRACTICE

In D20

1. I roll a D4 for the hack, and get a 4. I then need to dedicate 4 actions to hacking, and cannot attack if I want to progress the hack. 

2. My opponent attacks me, we both roll a D20 and I win the dice roll, meaning I progress the hack by 1 turn and now only have 3 turns left.

3. They attack me again and I fail the dice roll, meaning I not only don’t progress the hack, but also lose 1 turn of progress, putting me back at 4 turns.

4. I lose another dice roll, and because I went over the initial 4 turns and into 5 turns, my hack fails.

In DTB

1. I have to dedicate my combat action to the hack, it cannot be the passive action.

2. If they are unable to hit me, I progress the hack by 1 turn by dedicating my combat action to progressing the hack. If they do hit me, I lose 1 turn of progress. You cannot defend and hack at the same time, so your best bet is to try to dodge or remain outside of melee distance.

SLEEVES AND HACKING

Sleeves are digital inventories stored on a custom PESTERCHROME application; TUNIC; to allow ease of access for uploading hacks, or "ports". Unlike most other PESTERCHROME applications, TUNIC is exclusive to the legions of Torrentors, and does not require a direct connection to the PESTERCHROME servers to function. 

There are 3 tiers of sleeves, with each having its own limit on how many times you can use hacks in each tier. Each sleeve can connect to a certain amount of devices and hack them at the same time, but each hack progresses at it's own speed, meaning you cannot progress multiple hacks with the same action. All torrentors start with an Aluminum sleeve by default.

There are 4 tiers of hacks, with copper being the weakest, and platinum being the strongest. Copper hacks have no use limit, and can be used an infinite amount of times unlike other hack tiers. Once you run out of uses on a tier of hacks, you need to wait until after the host to use any hacks in that tier again. You lose a use whenever you initiate a hack, regardless of success or failure. 

Your uses determine how many times you can use any hacks in your sleeve of a tier, from any hack in that tier. You can use the same hack multiple times if you wish.

ALUMINUM SLEEVE:

• 3 aluminum tier hack uses

• Can connect to 2 targets at once

TITANIUM SLEEVE:

• 5 aluminum tier hack uses

• 2 titanium tier hack uses

• Can connect to 3 targets at once

PLATINUM SLEEVE:

• 7 aluminum tier hack uses

• 3 titanium tier hack uses

• 1 platinum tier hack uses

• Can connect to 4 targets at once

IEPDS

Though their hacking capabilities and their wide array of fearsome viruses are what the Torrentors are notorious for, there are the odd few Torrentors who opt out of using the TUNIC system for a more down-to-Earth technology. Improvised Electromagnetic Pulse Devices, or IEPDs, are common amongst the wasteland. These loathsome technologies are built for a wide variety of uses, though are most notably found in the hands of Torrentors for their espionage. The full list and specifications of IEPDs will be on the Off The Shelf Storage page, looped in with The Vault.

The IEPD is thrown and used like a grenade, with a 1 turn delay before activation (2 turns total, 1 to throw and 1 to detonate.) Some IEPDs fry electronics where some only stun, the effects are wild and varied.

IEPDs have a radius, anyone caught within that radius at the time of detonation will need to roll a 10 or above to not be affected by the IEPD and suffer its effects.

Torrentors can sacrifice 2 of their hack uses for 1 IEPD, but otherwise have no carry limit. There are several available for purchase in the RELISTORE. Once you purchase a type of IEPD, you can use it freely.

AVAILABLE HACKS

COPPER HACKS

DATA RECOVERY

Connection: N/A

Dice Type: 1 turn

TUNIC temporarily ceases writing functions from a drive, and reconstructs lost data using whatever remains it can find. Its effectiveness is up to the hoster.

TOGGLE

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: 1 turn

Toggles the 'on' state of devices like lights and simple electronics (turns them off.)

MENDING

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: Coin-Flip (Heads is 1 turn, tails is 2 turns.)

Establishes a rudimentary firewall in a target that blocks a hack, it cannot be administered on yourself unless by another torrentor, and blocks an attempt at creating a wireless connection to the target.

VEIL

Connection: Wireless, Target must have a digital visual feedback (cameras, optics, etc.)

Dice Type: Coin-Flip (Heads is 1 turn, tails is 2 turns.)

Makes the target see your face as a glitching blurred mass of pixels, similar to a holomask. Can only affect 1 target at a time.

DISCONNECT

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: Coin-Flip (Heads is 1 turn, tails is 2 turns.)

Forcefully disconnects another Torrentor from a person, device, or system.

SIGNAL TRACE

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: Coin-Flip (Heads is 1 turn, tails is 2 turns.)

Allows the user to trace radio signals, such as TUNIC hacks, or wireless connections. Does not show the information that's being sent, only that they're connected.

INTERJECTION

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: D4

Infects the target with a simple virus, inhibiting use of an inorganic limb of choice for 2 turns.

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ALUMINUM HACKS

ILLUSION

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: Coin-Flip (Heads is 1 turn, tails is 2 turns.)

Injects a virus that creates large scale visual distortions in the optics, heavily obscuring the target’s visibility and severely reducing accuracy.

DEFLECTION

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: Coin-Flip (Heads is 1 turn, tails is 2 turns.)

Used as a reaction to another hack. Upon initial use it captures the signal of a hack and stores it while you attempt to perform the hack. Upon success, the hack is reversed and put upon whoever performed it. On a failure, the hack is released and continues as normal.

SHELL

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: Coin-Flip (Heads is 1 turn, tails is 2 turns.)

Protects yourself from a hack from an outside source, and blocks up to 3 attempts at others creating a wireless connection to you.

UNVEIL

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: Coin-Flip (Heads is 1 turn, tails is 2 turns.)

Reveals the location of a nearby electrical device (prosthetics, cameras, laptops, droids, etc.) Can also let you see through the hacks VEIL, CLOAK, and FADE-OUT.

SYSTEM OVERRIDE

Connection: Wired

Dice Type: D4

Loads a rootkit into the connected system and bypasses security measures such as firewalls and antivirus software, establishing full administrative control to the torrentor. Ask the hoster before bringing it to a host.

SIGNAL JAM

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: D4

Jams up radio frequencies, preventing wireless communication and hacking while disabling nearby devices. Must be coordinated with the hoster before using, so a server message can be sent out to alert the server of the range. This works with either the range of the PPD, or the range of the device you are connected to, if via wire.

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TITANIUM HACKS

OVERTIME

Connection: Wireless, Target must be suffering a hack-inflicted status effect

Dice Type: Coin-Flip (Heads is 1 turn, tails is 2 turns.)

Extends the duration of status effects on the target inflicted by hacks for 1 extra turn.

OVERCLOCK

Connection: N/A

Dice Type: Coin-Flip (Heads is 1 turn, tails is 2 turns.)

Reduces the turn dice of the next hack used by 1. (D8 -> D6, D6 -> D4, D4 -> Coin Flip, does not work on a hack with a Coin Flip turn dice.)

BLACKOUT

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: D4

Completely disables the visual feedback of the target’s optics (including cameras), blinding them entirely for 2 turns.

OVERHEAT

Connection: Wired

Dice Type: D4

Installs a virus that disables cooling functionality and spikes RAM usage inside a device (including prosthetics), causing it to quickly overheat. Skin in contact with the device incurs 3 degree burns, and droids suffer from heavy fatigue.

CONFUSION

Connection: Wired

Dice Type: D4

An improved version of Illusion, afflicts the target’s optics with bright colors, sped-up animations, and corrupted still-frames that rapidly flash across the visual feed. They become blinded and then fall into a seizure after 1 turn. It cannot be used at the same time as another hack for as long as you use it. 

PARASITE

Connection: Wired

Dice Type: D6

Utilizes a Remote Access Trojan to gain full control over any mechanical limbs (prosthetics, droids, etc.) The wireless connection causes a significant input delay, incurring a -3 to any rolls taken while controlling the limb. Requires PTC from the target.

CLOAK

Connection: Wireless, Target must have a digital visual feedback (cameras, optics, etc.)

Dice Type: D8

Disguises your body in a shifting mass of glitching pixels to up to as many targets as your sleeve can connect to, at most 4. The effect is stronger on your face, making it unrecognizable.

MASS EXPORT

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: D12

Taps into data storage of any devices you are connected to, and uploads a hyper-compressed zip file of up to 5 terabytes of files  into the Tunic. Actions are spent downloading the information, and progress cannot be reversed, only paused temporarily or cancelled by the torrentor. The downloaded information can optionally be uploaded onto another device as a zip-bomb and cause a long-term freeze, but doing this will lose all the data.

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PLATINUM HACKS

BURNOUT

Connection: Wired

Dice Type: D6

Overheats the optics to the point of combustion, completely scorching the internals, melting the plastic, and burning surrounding flesh. Optics are destroyed from the inside and skin is left with gnarly burns. Requires PTC from the target, and needs a full replacement of the optics to fix.

FADE-OUT

Connection: Wireless, Target must have a digital visual feedback (cameras, optics, etc.)

Dice Type: D6

Utilizes an artificial intelligence software attached to a transmittable virus to make the user somewhat invisible to the target by replacing their figure with a generated image matching their surroundings. The software has limited memory, as such movement causes the effect to generate slightly differently, causing a shifting ‘shimmer’ effect that increases with movement. Standing completely still will offer the best results, but even the slight movement of breathing can cause it to shift. Must be rewarded to be used.

BLIGHT

Connection: Wired on initial target, spread is wireless

Dice Type: D8 (MINIMUM 2 TURNS)

Deploys a digital worm that does nothing alone, but when paired with any other TUNIC hack spreads itself and the hack to any other system the device, droid, or neural port is connected to directly. It’s especially powerful against ALMA droids, as each one is connected to a localized subroutine, or “hivemind.” Upon successful completion, Blight will spread to anything the Torrentor is connected to. On the next turn, it spreads to anything connected to those initial targets, and continues this pattern each turn at the Torrentor's discretion. Must be rewarded to be used, and permission from the hoster is required.

OBLITERATE

Connection: Wireless

Dice Type: D10 (MINIMUM 4 TURNS)

Overheats the neuralport of the user’s targeted’s prosthetics, superheating it rapidly by cutting off all reactionary attempts by the system to prevent so- while simultaneously directing as many firmware and hardware allocated resources to the neuralport’s programming. Shortly thereafter, the neuralport shorts out and explodes, causing fire to burst from the target’s optical and other facial openings. Takes places over 4 turns, and requires PTK/PTSK to use. Must be rewarded to be used, and cannot be used as your first or second attack in an encounter.

SYSTEM COLLAPSE

Connection: Wired

Dice Type: D10 (MINIMUM 4 TURNS)

Begins to fry the target's mechanical and nervous systems, beginning with the limbs and ending with the heart and total brain-death. In the case of droids, it slowly fries the droid, ending with the motherboard. The process is done over 3 turns and requires PTK/PTSK to use. Must be rewarded to be used and cannot be used as your first or second attack in an encounter.

CONDITIONS

As with anything nice, there are some terms and conditions we must lay out. This is a trusted tool that we are granting you access too. If you abuse it, you will be reprimanded and potentially be locked out of the Torrentor role and it's perks.

1. PTK and PTC rules still apply outside and inside of hosts. Certain hacks are directly listed if they will cripple or kill the afflicted.

2. You must have permission to use hacks on unaffiliated user's prosthetics outside of Chromeskull affiliates.

3. Electromagnetic Pulses (EMPS) are strictly PTC if they are used to disable a droid limb or prosthetic or to cause permanent damages. If they are used to temporarily stun assailants then PTC is not required.

4. While it requires no permissions to do so: keep in mind that while you are in a RF jammer's affected range, you are unable to use hacks, or TUNIC as a whole.

5. To hack, Torrentors must use direct connection, or attempt to connect wirelessly. This is established via a single roll of 8+. From there, hacking is almost entirely D20 rolling against the person you are attempting to hack. Some hacks may provide a roll bonus for uploading your hack.

6. If someone does not want to agree to PTK/PTSK and/or PTC you must respect there wishes however are free to discuss with them to find a alternative to the conditions set by the hack.

7. All approved rewards for hacks must be logged in the Chromeskulls logging spreadsheet under the Misc. Log.

Not abiding by these conditions will lead to your Torrentor role being removed and moderation within the Chromeskulls faction. You must follow these set conditions when using Torrentor gear and equipment.

Mercenary Work

Strays are a mercenary, almost cog-like role within the Chromeskulls, working in-tandem with other factions and groups. Their place in the gang often gets them of being in it for the money or uncaring for the Chromeskin movement, often leading to ridicule from their fellow Skulls.

Strays can go to hosts, startups, and events in other neutral or positive aligned factions, including UFFs, with permission from an HR+ in the faction and the Chromeskulls. Strays also must request permission from the faction HR+ if they intend on use any stray-locked weapons, and must swap their weapons out if asked.

Strays can only carry 2 extra magazines for their stray-locked weapons, and can only carry small-arms and melees in the respective secondary and melee equipment slots. Strays should also have knowledge of what their weapons do and how to RP the effects. The weapons entrusted to Strays are not given by the Chromeskulls, meaning they are entirely responsible for them. Losing one of these expensive and rare guns can often be catastrophic to the Strays funds, and replacing them is exceedingly difficult.

Guidelines and Conditions

1. You cannot become a stray if you have any valid (in the last 6 months) powerplaying or CRP related moderations.

2. Strays are a high trust role, abuse of any of it's weapons will lead to an immediate blacklist from the role, and potentially other LR1 roles.

3. When you request permission to participate in another faction you must also inform them of any Stray locked weapons you intend on using. If they tell you to change it, you must abide.

4. Stray weapons are a privilege, hosters reserve the right to make you use a non-stray locked weapon at their discretion.

5. Weapons locked to strays can only be used by strays, regardless of rank.

6. Stray weapons have limited magazine capacity due to the elusiveness and rarity of their weapons and ammo types, at most a stray can have 2 magazines/reloads, unless said otherwise in the Stockpile.

7. When using Stray weapons, you should attempt to make them look scrappy still. Despite the power and rarity found in the stray's arsenal, they are still low in quality and frequent in malfunctions.

Not abiding by these conditions will lead to your Stray role being removed and moderation within the Chromeskulls faction. You must follow these set conditions when using Stray gear and equipment.