User:ProjektTHOR/Wireshark

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Game currently in development.

Think of it as Uplink meets Tron meets Urban Dead.

Turn-based, AP-driven hax0rin game.

Uses The XKCD IPv4 Map of the Internet as a grid system.

Items

There are a variety of items you can use as weapons, defense, or for convenience. Weapons can be deployable payloads or arbitrary code execution (ACE). Automated payloads have limited number of uses before a system is automatically patched for that particular exploit. Think of them as being weapons with ammunition.

Weapons

• Dictionary tool

Brute-force attack. All players start with this item. Can attack servers or players.

Only tool that can circumvent password prompt, without Social Engineering trait.

• Trojan Horse

Deployable payload

+DMG against servers

• Spyware

Deployable

+DMG against players

Applications

These are items not used as weapons, typically defensive in nature.

Client-side Applications

• Defragmentation tool

Used to repair system damage to yourself or others. Single-use.

• Patch tool

Used to repair firewalls that have been cracked and updat

Must have Network Engineer trait to utilize properly.

• Anti-Malware Suite

Damage Resistance to player.

Stacks with DPI

Server-Side Applications

• Intrusion Detection System

Supplements firewall by attacking those who attack defenses.

Can only be installed by Network Administrator.

Must be updated periodically using hotfixes.

Skills

These are the skills you can obtain, based on your alignment

Black Hat

These are tools "bad" crackers.

• Social Engineer

Password prompts do not stop you.

• Corruption

Unoccupied servers can have their file systems ruined.

Red Hat

These are tools that everyone might want to use

• Script Kiddie +hit to deployable payloads
  • Trojan Specialization +Hit% to servers
  • Spyware Specialization +Hit% to players
    • Kernel Infection Chance on hit to infect player system files.
• Bug Tracker +hit with arbitrary code execution
• Deep Packet Inspection +DR to Playable Character

White Hat

These are the white knights.

• Root Access

Ability to enter server regardless of firewalling

• Network Engineer

Cracked firewalls can be repaired using Patch Tool.

• Workstation Technician

Able to identify amount of damage to playable characters

• Network Administrator

Can install server-side applications