Deck Hacker

Netrunner and data thief.

The Deck Hacker is the person who walks up to a terminal, plugs in, and makes the building's own security system forget you exist. In the Nine's corporatocracy, the Kadiss grid is the battlefield: connected doors, turrets, ship systems, and data nodes are network targets, while isolated hardware demands physical access. Asset Realisation books Deck Hackers as "network operations assets" whose value is measured in systems breached, ICE defeated, and data extracted. The grid is both target and adversary; dead zones, incompatible local systems, and air gaps are the terrain between. They operate on the Edge chassis (d6 HD, 3/4 BAB, Ref good, Fort/Will poor) with 8 base skill points. Light armour only: anything heavier interferes with the neural interface rig that lets them talk to machines at the speed of thought.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Armor Allowance	Light
Bab Tier	three-quarters
Base Skill Points	8
Hd	d6
Hd Sides	6
Max Level	20
Primary Abilities	INT, DEX
Prime Requisites	INT, DEX
Save Tiers / Fortitude	poor
Save Tiers / Reflex	good
Save Tiers / Will	poor
Weapon Allowance	Pistol, Knife, Stun-baton

Notes

Archetype Niche: Ship systems intrusion and drone warfare. The Deck Hacker opens locked doors, disables turrets, and turns the enemy's own automated defences against them. Their drone provides reconnaissance without risking the party. In ship-to-ship combat, the Deck Hacker slices enemy navigation, shields, or weapons -- a force multiplier that no other class can replicate. Their niche is the digital battlespace.

Multiclass Notes: Deck Hackers can multiclass with Operative and Academic archetypes. Non-human deck hackers use simultaneous multiclassing rules.

Level Table

Script Kiddie

Field	Value
bab	0
fortitude	0
level	1
reflex	2
skillPoints	32
title	Script Kiddie
will	0
xp	0

Slicer

Field	Value
bab	1
fortitude	0
level	2
reflex	3
skillPoints	8
title	Slicer
will	0
xp	1250

Netrunner

Field	Value
bab	2
fortitude	1
level	3
reflex	3
skillPoints	8
title	Netrunner
will	1
xp	2500

Decker

Field	Value
bab	3
fortitude	1
level	4
reflex	4
skillPoints	8
title	Decker
will	1
xp	5000

ICE Breaker

Field	Value
bab	3
fortitude	1
level	5
reflex	4
skillPoints	8
title	ICE Breaker
will	1
xp	10000

System Architect

Field	Value
bab	4
fortitude	2
level	6
reflex	5
skillPoints	8
title	System Architect
will	2
xp	20000

Ghost in the Machine

Field	Value
bab	5
fortitude	2
level	7
reflex	5
skillPoints	8
title	Ghost in the Machine
will	2
xp	40000

Master Slicer

Field	Value
bab	6
fortitude	2
level	8
reflex	6
skillPoints	8
title	Master Slicer
will	2
xp	70000

Net Demi-God

Field	Value
bab	6
fortitude	3
level	9
reflex	6
skillPoints	8
title	Net Demi-God
will	3
xp	110000

Supreme Slicer

Field	Value
bab	7
fortitude	3
level	10
reflex	7
skillPoints	8
title	Supreme Slicer
will	3
xp	160000

Network Sovereign

Field	Value
bab	8
fortitude	3
level	11
reflex	7
skillPoints	8
title	Network Sovereign
will	3
xp	210000

Master Architect

Field	Value
bab	9
fortitude	4
level	12
reflex	8
skillPoints	8
title	Master Architect
will	4
xp	260000

Deck Supreme

Field	Value
bab	9
fortitude	4
level	13
reflex	8
skillPoints	8
title	Deck Supreme
will	4
xp	310000

Net Overlord

Field	Value
bab	10
fortitude	4
level	14
reflex	9
skillPoints	8
title	Net Overlord
will	4
xp	360000

Cipher Master

Field	Value
bab	11
fortitude	5
level	15
reflex	9
skillPoints	8
title	Cipher Master
will	5
xp	410000

High Cipher

Field	Value
bab	12
fortitude	5
level	16
reflex	10
skillPoints	8
title	High Cipher
will	5
xp	460000

Grid Chief

Field	Value
bab	12
fortitude	5
level	17
reflex	10
skillPoints	8
title	Grid Chief
will	5
xp	510000

System Captain

Field	Value
bab	13
fortitude	6
level	18
reflex	11
skillPoints	8
title	System Captain
will	6
xp	560000

Lord Slicer

Field	Value
bab	14
fortitude	6
level	19
reflex	11
skillPoints	8
title	Lord Slicer
will	6
xp	610000

Data Architect

Field	Value
bab	15
fortitude	6
level	20
reflex	12
skillPoints	8
title	Data Architect
will	6
xp	660000

Special Abilities

System Intrusion

Field	Value
level	1
name	System Intrusion

description: Gain +2 to Computers and Hacking checks. Can attempt to slice into an enemy ship system, security network, or automated defence as a standard action. Base DC by system complexity: door locks DC 12, turret override DC 18, ship navigation DC 22, military command net DC 26. Intrusion attempts that fail by 5 or more alert the system administrator. The DC ladder is the Deck Hacker's combat table: every system is a target, every breach is an attack, and every failure is a counter-attack that brings Corp-Security running.

Drone Commander

Field	Value
level	3
name	Drone Commander

description: Build and operate one personal reconnaissance drone. The drone has 5 HP, AC 14, and uses the hacker's Perception and Stealth ranks. Control the drone as a move action (range: 500 ft). If destroyed, a replacement can be built with 8 hours of work and 200 rek of parts. At level 7, a second drone can be built. The drone is the Deck Hacker's eyes in places they cannot physically reach -- around corners, through ventilation shafts, into rooms that have not been opened yet. The 200-rek rebuild cost is the Deck Hacker's idea of disposable income.

Black-ICE Counter

Field	Value
level	5
name	Black-ICE Counter

description: When counter-hacking or defending against hostile intrusion, the Deck Hacker takes only half damage from defensive ICE programs. Once per day, the hacker can reflect an intrusion countermeasure back at its source, forcing the originating system or slicer to save vs. their own ICE effect (DC = 10 + hacker's INT mod + half hacker level). The reflection is the Deck Hacker's signature: turning the system's own defences against it. Corp security ICE is designed to fry the intruder's neural interface; the Deck Hacker sends it back to the system that deployed it.