Systems Abilities

• You are capable of interacting with Hacking terminals at a faster speed (~1 minute instead of ~3 minutes).

• Call SCAN: <X> for one of the following characteristics:
  • Human
  • Specific Alien Species
  • Various
  • Creature
  • Organic
  • Mechanical
  • Technology
  • Decay
  • Mystic
  • Software

• Mark the ground.
• While you are standing still, you may call YOU: PUSH at the first 3 enemies to enter within 5m of you.
• If you move, you lose any remaining PUSHes.

• Spend X Energy to call GAIN X ENERGY to a target within reach.

• You may establish a communication link with an unresisting entity capable of communicating within reach.
• While this link exists, you may communicate at any distance with them unless there is something powerful blocking you.
• Those nearby will still hear you talking.
• Call a Ref over if you need to communicate with someone far away.
• You may only have one such link at a time and you may end the link at will.

• Mark the ground.
• You may call YOU: BLAST at the first enemy to come within 1m of that location.
• You may only have one Trojan in play at a time.

• You may call YOU: DRAIN in response to a SCAN call.
• The SCAN does not need to have affected you for this to be possible.

• You are capable of reprogramming software systems outside of a combat situation.
• Inform the Ref that you wish to reprogram a system and which aspect you are interested in.
• The Ref will state the commands that this system abides by and you may modify 1 word per 3 power levels.
• Use the Systems Mishap Deck to determine the power level of your reprogramming and any Mishaps that may occur.
• Inform the Ref when you have done this and which commands you wish to modify.

Example: Upon encountering a software-barred door that does not allow you entry.

• You: “I wish to reprogram who this door will allow entry to”
• Ref: “This door’s commands concerning entry:
  • #1 Only open for authorised individuals
  • #2 Authorised individuals are identified by red keys
  • #3 Opening is defined as sliding horizontally to create an aperture”
• You play the Mishap deck and result in a power of 2 with no Mishaps.
• You: “I modify the command one from “authorised individuals” to “unauthorised individuals””
• The door now opens only for people not carrying red keys.

• Call YOU: PULL.

• Call YOU: PUSH.

• When you are present when someone else is drawing from a Mishap Deck, you may create a “Backup” of the count of cards drawn, Mishaps encountered, and Power Level at some point during the drawing.
• You must state so at the point you make the Backup and hold onto those cards.
• At any point during the drawing, including after Mishaps have occurred, you may allow the person drawing to return to the Backup state and reshuffle the deck minus the first X cards before the backup.
• Backups can only be restored with the agreement of the person drawing the cards.
• You may only create one Backup per draw.

Example:

• Unassuming Alloy is constructing a Rig. They have drawn 3 cards, two of which are successes and one of which is a mishap.
• You create a Backup and hold onto the cards that have been drawn so far.
• Unassuming Alloy proceeds to draw 5 more cards, four of which are Mishaps.
• You offer to restore the Backup and Unassuming Alloy agrees.
• You reshuffle the cards drawn since the backup, and give the first 3 back to Unassuming Alloy.
• Unassuming Alloy proceeds to draw 2 cards, both of which are successes, and decides to stop the Rig there.

• You may make a YOU call from the Systems Ability Tree (that you could already make) as a YOU LOT call instead.

• Suffer a DRAIN to call YOU: DRAIN.

• You may spend Energy to call PING to DRAIN (excepting DRAINs inflicted on yourself).

• You may apply a Reprogramming command you have prepared in advance in combat by calling CURSE.
• Inform the Ref that you have done this in advance so they can brief the Monsters.
• Affected enemies will respond accordingly.
• Unaffected enemies will call PING.
• Each CURSE call costs 3 Energy as a use of this Ability.
• You may apply the same Reprogramming repeatedly using this.
• You may only have one Combat Virus prepared at a time.

• Suffer a Severe Injury.
• You may then, for the rest of the encounter, call YOU: GAIN 3 ENERGY whenever an ally within melee reach makes an effect call (other than SCAN).
• Reaction calls, damage calls, and SCAN do not trigger this effect.