Lethal counter-intrusion rigged to a trapped system or air-gapped vault.
The corp security stack's last laugh. A slab of counter-intrusion code (or one of the
older neural-bond riggers) tied to the access list and waiting. Anyone who plugs a deck
into a trapped node without pre-clearance gets worked: feedback burns the implant, a
psychic lash rattles the spine, or both -- sequenced for layered pain. The smart slicers
sniff for it, run a sandbox first, and tip-toe. The loud ones end up a cautionary tale
in the deck-clinic waiting room.
Rules Reference
Field
Value
Detect / Dc
22
Detect / Note
Hacking (DC 24) on a sandboxed spoof surfaces the ICE stack before the live link.
Detect / Skill
Sensors & Signals
Prevented By
Routed pre-clearance token, Sandboxed probe sweep
Reset
Automatic; re-arms every 1d4 minutes once triggered.
Save / Dc
20
Save / Note
Fortitude (DC 20) against deck-feedback burn; Will (DC 20) against the psychic lash. Resolve both on a hot payload.
Save / Type
Fortitude or Will
Trigger / Detail
Engages any direct neural link or deck handshake lacking the routed pre-clearance token.
Trigger / Type
unauthorized deck handshake
Category
hazard
Disarm
dc: 26
Field
Value
dc
26
note
Opposed Hacking vs the ICE; failure by 5+ triggers the payload.
skill
Hacking
dc: 22
Field
Value
dc
22
note
Burn the carrier frequency and ride a dummy handshake in.
skill
Sensors & Signals
dc: 24
Field
Value
dc
24
note
Run a proxy rig; absorbs the payload through the drone, not the slicer.
skill
Drone Ops
Effect
description: Neural burn transmitted up the deck link.
Field
Value
description
Neural burn transmitted up the deck link.
modifier
-3d6 deck-feedback
target
hp
description: Counter-loaded intrusion payload rides the link.
Field
Value
description
Counter-loaded intrusion payload rides the link.
modifier
-2d4 sap (psychic lash)
target
sap
description: Spike on a failed Will save; slicer drops for a heartbeat.
Field
Value
description
Spike on a failed Will save; slicer drops for a heartbeat.
modifier
Stunned 1 round
target
condition
Mitigation
description: Sandbox the link or spoof an authorized handshake first.
Field
Value
description
Sandbox the link or spoof an authorized handshake first.
description: Run a proxy rig (Drone Ops) so the payload burns the rig, not the slicer.
Field
Value
description
Run a proxy rig (Drone Ops) so the payload burns the rig, not the slicer.