H4XX0R

#Rules

A -50% limitation for Quick Gadgeteer (B57). This can also be found in Action 1: Heroes.

You don’t truly invent, but you can improvise solutions to computer-related problems. Minor tasks take 10 minutes and a skill roll:

• Computer Operation to link any two computers, however dated or incompatible;
• Computer Programming to reprogram any robot, missile, or similar machine using its built-in keypad;
• Cryptography to design a completely new cipher (normally takes a day);
• Electronics Repair (Computers) to fix any computer that hasn’t been utterly destroyed.

Creating something from parts takes an hour and a skill roll – use Computer Programming to adapt any program to do a similar task (e.g., transform Quake into targeting software), or Electronics Repair to assemble a computer good enough to avoid equipment penalties, provided you have electronics to cannibalize.

Writing a program from nothing takes you a night (12 hours, for the literal-minded) and a Computer Programming roll, and yields software that does whatever the plot calls for (subject to GM permission).

In all cases, the hero can use Time Spent (p. B346) to further reduce the listed times. He can try a roll at -10 to perform a task instantly – often with a swift kick!

Taking H4XX0R or the full version of Quick Gadgeteer (B57) qualifies you for taking Blackhat Perks.

gurps_name::H4XX0R
gurps_source::Action 1 - Heroes