Hacking: Difference between revisions

Number:

* 1 means an adjacent node is a System Core, Utility Subsystem or Data Cache

* 5 means you are 5 or more nodes away from the nearest System Core, Utility Subsystem or Data Cache

The numbers 1-5 don't tell you how distant you are from the nearest Defensive Subsystem.

* a [[#System Core|System Core]]

* a [[#Defensive Subsystems|Defensive Subsystem]]

* a [[#Data Caches|Data Cache]]

=== System Core ===

'''Finding and disabling the System Core is the goal of hacking.'''

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|+ Difficult System Cores are defended by advanced Defensive Subsystems

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When you click on the System Core or Defensive Subsystem your Virus will attack. Attacking is turn-based:

When you reduce the System's Coherence to 0, it is disabled and removed from the board.

You fail a hack when:

If you fail the hack:

* once a Sleeper Cache will release a deadly toxic gas, activate turrets or put up other obstacle

=== Defensive Subsystems ===

'''Defensive Subsystems prevent you from exploring adjacent nodes until they are disabled.'''

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|[[File:Firewall_node.png]]

When you click the Utility Subsystem it will be added to a free utility slot.

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* {{sk|Archaeology|price=yes|mult=yes}}: Required skill for the use of Relic Analyzer modules. Gives +10 Virus Coherence per level.

** Relic Analyzers require Archaeology, and are a fairly cheap mid-slot module used to interact with Container structures. A good amount of your income as an explorer will come from accessing these Container structures, so note this skill's importance!

* {{sk|Hacking|price=yes|mult=yes}}: Required skill for the use of Data Analyzer modules. Gives +10 Virus Coherence per level.

** ''A la'' Archaeology, Data Analyzers require Hacking, and open Container structures found in Data Sites, Chemical Labs and Ghost Sites. {{sk|Hacking|I}} has slightly higher requirements than Archaeology I, but make sure you get both skills, so that you can hack any sites you find.

Hacking can be done in any ship that has mid slots for Data and/or Relic Analyzers. However, exploration ships have a role bonus for both Virus and scan Strength.

Covert Operation ships are the direct upgrade from Tech 1 Exploration Frigates. They get a +10 bonus to Virus Strength, +10% (50% max) per level bonus to scanning, and can use Covert Ops Cloaking Device II.

* {{sh|Helios}}

* {{sh|Cheetah}}

The [[Sisters of EVE]] faction ships all have a +10 bonus to Virus Strength, a 37.5% role bonus to scanning, and both the Astero and the Stratios can use a Covert Ops Cloaking Device II. They also get bonus to armor resists, energy turrets and drones making them capable combat crafts. They have lower skill requirements than Covert Operation ships, but they are more expensive than Covert Operation ships.

* {{sh|Proteus}}

* {{sh|Loki}}

=== Ship equipment ===

Full list of normally used scanning equipment:

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The slot 9 implants that improve Virus Coherence and Strength.

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! Implant  

! Effect

The slot 10 EY-1005 implant improves Virus Coherence.

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! Implant  

! Effect

* '''Use the 1-5 numbers to guide your movement''' around the board.  For example, if you're approaching an edge or corner of the grid, and the number 5 shows up, then trying to explore anything towards that corner/edge is not useful, because you know that there cannot be anything good within 5 nodes.  In general, you want to click in directions that make the numbers smaller. Because the numbers disappear as you move along, you need to remember where there were 5's, so you know which areas not to bother going back to later.

* '''Use the Rule of Six'''. This rule is slightly complicated, but can make your life when hacking much easier. The rule is that if you have a node that has six edges leading away from it ( a "complete" node with no missing nodes in the hexagon around it), then that node is guaranteed to 1) Have no Defensive Subsystems in it OR 2) be adjacent to the System Core. What that means in practice is that you can use these squares to move safely through the board, and any Defensive Subsystems you find tell you where the System Core is.  It is usually worthwhile to try to reach and use areas of the map with many of these "complete" nodes when hacking. You can find a video tutorial [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5uQC74VvVQ here].

[[Category:Exploration]]