Hacking

Gear

• Insulated Gloves
• Screwdriver
• Wirecutters
• Multitool
• Crowbar

The multitool is optional depending on what you're doing, but it makes things easier. The crowbar you need if you want to get through a door.

Wires

Wires all control different functions of an object, for instance in a door, one will control electrification, another for bolts, etc. These are randomized each round, but are the same across all doors for that round.

Possible wire functions in a door:

• Electrify
• Main power
• Backup power
• ID Scan (Door won't open for anyone but the AI or a borg)
• Bolts
• AI control
• Door Open - One wire seems to attempt to open the door, but I've never had a door actually open when this wire is pulsed. Maybe if ID scan and AI control were disabled?

Doors

Before you go after whatever door you actually want to hack through, you need to find a door that you can break without anyone minding too much, just go into maint and pick one.

On your Test Door.

• Screwdriver
• Multitool/Wirecutters
• Pulse or cut all the wires, noting which one controls what. All you really need to know is bolts, but if you can figure out the main power wire, you can hack the door in a "cleaner" way - after 30 seconds or so the backup power will come online and nobody will be the wiser.
• Done.

On your Target Door

• Screwdriver
• Pulse/Cut either all the wires EXCEPT bolts, or just main power, depending on how much you know about the wires and what you're planning to do.
• Crowbar
• Optional - Crowbar again to close
• Optional - Screwdriver again to close the maintenance hatch

Note: Doors that are operational, but have a maintenance hatch that is open cannot be "bumped" or clicked to open, even with the correct access. You need to grab your ID and use it on the door for it to open. lots of people don't know that so grab a screwdriver and go wild

Vending Machines and Autolathes

You need a multitool to hack vendors and autolathes without screwing them up

• Screwdriver
• Multitool (Trying to use the multitool itself on the thing will just result in you hitting it, click with an empty hand and the window with the wires will pop up underneath the regular menu, then switch to the multitool again)
• Pulse wires until they're all green, blinking, or on
• Screwdriver
• Look at the menu to make sure the extra items are showing up
• You can use wirecutters to get the extra items, but usually this results in the machine running really slowly and electrocuting anyone touching it so don't do this unless you're desperate

You can also cut wires to make vending machines launch products at people, and/or electrocute them! For extra fun, forcefeed someone a lot of booze and then cut all the wires in the limeaid vendor!