Digital Programs refer to using the power of the all-encompassing Datasphere to directly attack an opponent via a wireless hack, or to defend yourself from such a maneuver. Crucially, digital attacks cannot be dodged or blocked. If the enemy can see you, they can hack you, unless you can block it with a defensive program you have learned. Fortunately, hacking takes time. Between an enemy initiating a hack and transmitting it, you have time to either kill the hacker or leave line of sight. Digital programs are given a name, efficacy number, and maximum target number. Example, Hack-1-1. This refers to a hacking attack at severity 1, which can only target one person. Severity is ranked from 1 to 3. The more powerful the severity, the more damage it does and the stronger firewall it can break, but the shorter the effect lasts. Maximum targets are either 1, 10, or 100. A single individual can have up to 3 offensive programs. A 1-1 program, a 2-1 or 1-10 program, and a 3-1, 2-10, or 1-100 program. Defensive programs do not count for this. If a character is flashing white, it means they are protected by a firewall. If they are flashing red, it means they are being digitally attacked. The bigger the size of the flashing symbol, the stronger the program is.Overload
Overload programs are the most directly powerful, wirelessly transmitting a load of powerful energy and causing the target to be blown away.Shatter
A program that induces seizures to damage the physical body of the target and temporarily impair their physical stats.Delirium
These programs cloud the mind of the target and temporarily reduce their mental attributes.Lock
Lock programs slow the speed of targets by impacting their joints, forcing them to freeze up and struggle to move.Hack
A dangerous offensive program which shuts down the ability to use other digital programs. Due to the fact that more powerful digital programs only activate after a certain period of time, they benefit most from the element of surprise. Otherwise the fight will end before a severity 3 hack can be used.Firewall
Firewalls are a defensive program which, when used, can negate an attack of the firewall program’s severity or lower. Firewalls which target multiple individuals shield those individuals as well as the user, but are best used out of combat and before a battle. Unlike other programs, each individual type can be learned, meaning an individual can have all 6 firewall programs, and 3 offensive digital programs.