Part 1: Happy Hour

No worries, seemed really quiet in general on the site over the last week or so so I just figured peeps were busy :)

Well you can always spend a Story Point and the credits to say Zoey previously picked a set of lock picks up so she'd have them to hand now and can add them permanently to her inventory

Yeah that would be an option but again I'd be looking for a Story Point to say their is a convenient access point on this side of the door. If you did it that way it would be a Average Computers check to gain access to the back end system and then we'd run it as a Network Encounter. Up to you which way Zoey would proceed

Start with that Average (two purple dice) Computers check.

Ok, you have successfully gained access to the system and can view the subsystems. You are currently at the top level of the system and can spend an incidental to move between the various sub-systems. Once you are in a sub-system you can spend perform an 'Enact Command' maneuvre which the specifics of which can vary depending on the sub-system. In the case of the door control sub-system you would use the maneuvre to open the door but if you don't do something about the intrusion alert system then you'll probably have to expect company real soon.

The other sub-system is protected by an ICE (Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics) and in order to access it you would need to move to that sub-system and 'encounter' the ICE, then you'd need to perform a 'Break ICE' action to get through. Each piece of ice has a program strength. To break the ice, the runner’s attempt must generate a strength that exceeds the strength of the ice they are targeting. To determine that strength, the runner makes an Average Computers check. If the check succeeds, their strength is equal to the number of Successes generated on the check. If you are using an ICEbreaker to help you you add the Strength of that to the number of successes you have rolled.

Zoe has a Crypsis ICEbreaker on her rig which is Strength 3 but is quite a slow and methodical program meaning if you use it to attempt when performing a 'Break ICE' action you also need to spend a Maneuvre, if you don't Cryptis becomes damaged by one step (same penalties apply to using it as normal for equipment damage).

The ICE on the intrusion alert sub-system is a simple ICE Wall Barrier ICE with a Strength of 5 so if Zoey uses Crypsis to try and break the ICE then she would need to get at least 3 successes on an Average Computers (Hacking) check (using the Break ICE Action).

Hope that's all clear, will try and put some more general notes in about the Network Encounter Rules later (they are quite indepth)

Slight clarification - it is an Incidental to move to the protected sub-system but it's just an action to try and break it, the extra Manoeuvre is simply to demonstrate taking time to avoid damaging the Crypsis ICEbreaker (other ICEbreakers would not need you to spend the manoeuvre).

In this case there's not a lot of risk, the ICE is pretty basic and you can keep trying to bypass it until you reach the required level of successes - sufficient Threat's could lead to you being detected though. In a more Structured encounter obviously you'd have wasted your turn and sitting hooked up to the terminal could leave you pretty vulnerable. Your next attempt you could use the Advantage from this roll for a Boost and remember you still have some Story Points if you want to use them

Based on my look over the rules at the moment it appears not thought I could be wrong, will have another look through them all later to be sure for future runs. For now lets just say you can spend those 3 advantage to have found a vulnerability in the ICE and treat it's Strength as being 1 lower for this attempt so the 2 x Successes are sufficient

Zoey can either use the Advantages to get some details about the various ICE on the subsystems before she moves to encounter them or she can keep them for floating boosts.