Carhacker

Carhacker
Class	Intelligence Perk
Attribute	Intelligence
Tier	Rookie (4)
Levels	1

Carhacker unlocks quickhacks for vehicles. V can set off an alarm, take the wheel remotely, force a car forward or make it explode, and which of those are available depends on the cyberdeck installed. It is an early pick in the Intelligence tree. A street full of traffic becomes something V can use.

Effect

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Vehicle quickhacks are a separate class of hack and they do not exist for a build without this perk. Unlocking them adds a whole category to the deck rather than improving one.

What they are for is control of ground V does not occupy. A car made to drive itself into a group, or detonated in the middle of one, solves a problem that would otherwise need a firefight.

How to Unlock Carhacker

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It sits behind the Rookie gate of the Intelligence tree and needs nothing bought ahead of it.

Character Builds

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It suits a netrunner working a street rather than a building, where traffic and parked cars are the available hardware.

Buy it at the Rookie gate whenever a point is spare, since nothing in the tree is bought from it. A better cyberdeck widens the list of vehicle hacks available, so the perk gets stronger as the operating system implant improves rather than as points are spent.

Notes

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The cyberdeck decides which vehicle hacks are available, so a better operating system implant widens the list.

Gearhead in the Technical Ability tree makes V's own vehicles tougher instead.

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