Systems Abilities

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rank 1