I'm running a character in a swarmanoid. I want to attack a synthmorph, hack it's cyberbrain, and then force resleeve a prepared fork of myself into the cyberbrain. Here is the steps I think would be necessary:
Step 1 Jack into the access jacks on the morph. I think this would be pretty easy if I can swarm him. Maybe opposed movement skills (flight/freefall/freerunning/fray?) to land and jack in.
Step 2 Hack into the cyberbrain. Opposed infosec at -30
Step 3 Entrap the ego. Opposed infosec at -30
Step 4 Lock out ego. Opposed infosec at -30
Step 5 Shutdown the cyberbrain. Infosec at -30
Step 6 While the cyberbrain is rebooting, insert the fork into the bootcode. Infosec or programming at -30
Step 7 Profit?
What do you think? The books are unclear about resleeving a synth, just that it is much easier than a biomorph. Mechanically, this is a lot of checks to make at -30, so I don't think it's unbalancing.
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Forceful Resleeve a Cyberbrain
Tue, 2012-02-28 14:26
#1
levi
Forceful Resleeve a Cyberbrain
Tue, 2012-02-28 17:02
#2
D-Miller
Re: Forceful Resleeve a Cyberbrain
I don’t see a big problem with this. Of course I allow my synth/infomorph players to reskin into synth/infomorphs without an ego bridge due to the description of how uploading of synths works. (They still have to make integration and alienation tests.)
I think I would add a little more to this however. I would make you have to remove or force upload the old ego somewhere between steps 5 and 6. Perhaps requiring either the synth you are taking over or your swarm to have a ghost rider module. Though I think it should be your swarmnoid that has the ghost rider.
Cyberbrain hacking is supposed to be very difficult, so I would make the upload/copy of the locked out ego at -60. So something like this:
Step 5a Force upload shutdown ego to ghost rider. Infosec at -60 (not opposed)
Step 6 Load fork into now empty cyberbrain (no test required, just integration and alienation tests)
Step 7 Profit?
Though looking at this it does look unbalancing… This would be an entire criminal enterprise. All it would take is a couple of hackers working together to turn any synthmorph into free money and slaves. Over all I’m not sure I would allow it.
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Tue, 2012-02-28 17:10
#3
levi
Re: Forceful Resleeve a Cyberbrain
Why would you have to upload the ego anywhere? Couldn't you just delete it? Cyberbrain Hacking (pg. 261) says that locked out egos are very vulnerable. If you can edit memories, you should be able to whole scale delete the ego. As long as you don't re-engage the cortical stack feed, they would be in the stack, and not "dead".
Now that I type it all out, I'm not sure I'd want my players to find this out. They are too enterprising. It could be very disruptive.
Tue, 2012-02-28 17:20
#4
Decimator
Re: Forceful Resleeve a Cyberbrain
Hackers can already hit most synthmorphs by hitting their puppet sock, which comes standard with all cyberbrains. It can be disabled, but how many of them actually do so? After breaking the puppet sock, they control the morph and can just walk off to do whatever.
Wed, 2012-02-29 07:59
#5
Decivre
Re: Forceful Resleeve a Cyberbrain
The test to insert the new ego into the cyberbrain would likely be a hardware test, rather than an infosec or programming test. Cyberbrains likely have a physical design built to resist the removal of a stored ego. One may very well be required to physically extract the stored memory for wiping. I believe the cyberbrain is a semi-closed system.
So far as I know, you can't edit the memories of an ego in a cyberbrain. They must be in infomorph form for the psychosurgery process to occur. I could be wrong, however. You can insert some nasty code in there to torture them, but not actually alter the ego directly.
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Wed, 2012-02-29 08:14
#6
levi
Re: Forceful Resleeve a Cyberbrain
Hardware test. I like that. Hardware:Cyberbrain maybe? Or maybe even Interfacing?
Because of the Mnemonic Augmentation, anyone with access to the cyberbrain can use Research or Interfacing to read, alter, or delete memories. You are subject to a -30 penalty, and I imagine it would be an opposed roll if you haven't locked out the ego.
Wed, 2012-02-29 16:34
#7
Decivre
Re: Forceful Resleeve a Cyberbrain
I would go with either Hardware: Implants or Hardware: Robotics. I might grant a synergy bonus if they have both.
You are limited to altering or deleting only the digitally-recorded memories that were stored with mnemonic augmentations. You cannot alter the memories actually stored within the ego. That requires psychosurgery, which requires an editable virtual brainstate.
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