ICE

[tukkek]

Other classes are probably gonna have to be factored in, if only to create ICE dynamically. Having a fixed or semi-fixed build for each would make it easy to generate those on the fly. #2

[tukkek]

Types of ICE: #2

• Soldier ICE (guards) will guard a single node.
• Jackers (patrol) walk around the network looking for intruders
• Technician ICE (workers) spawn in a single Datastore (or 10% chance of Control) node but can move to pursue intruders they Listen to Skills #5 They will actively hunt down intruders on certain alarm levels
• Sysadmins Sysadmins #13 don't count for normal ICE generation. They are only there if a sysadmin is present, and even then only on a % chance. If one is jacked in, though, the same % chance will apply cumulatively, that more than one is. They have a 50% chance of spawning in a single node or in another node. They are a subclass of technical nodes and mostly act like them, despite having different statistics.

[tukkek]

Listens are always made against the characters take 10 on Move Silently #5

[tukkek]

Jacker ice will try to disable a player's programs. To do that they need to run a Computer Use against the programming DC (+ 5 if non-session). On success there's a 1/3 chance the program will be removed from memory. That's a full-round action.

[tukkek]

On a red alert, ICE can find the shortest path to an intruder by rolling Perceive against Stealth.

[tukkek]

Stealth ICE can be created if they have purchase the appropriate programs (roll take 10 perceive).

[tukkek]

Healing ICE. Better placed last in nodes with highest amount of ice.

[tukkek]

The unused ICE images are a great source of inspiration too: from a Bomb who will auto-destruct causing huge damage on attack to a Sphinx who doesn't move or attack but has superior querying (level+=2), etc.