Speculation

Speculation
Class	Intelligence Perk
Attribute	Intelligence
Tier	Pro (9)
Levels	1
Requires	Embedded Exploit

Speculation refunds RAM when a combat quickhack finishes the job. Killing with a hack returns a share of everything that was spent on that enemy. It sits in the netrunning branch of the Intelligence tree. It rewards a build that stacks hacks and lets them do the killing.

Effect

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The refund is calculated from the total cost of the hacks affecting the target, so the more was invested in that enemy, the more comes back.

That makes stacking a sound strategy rather than a gamble. A netrunner can afford to pile several effects onto a single enemy, because finishing them with a hack returns part of the bill.

How to Unlock Speculation

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It sits behind the Pro gate of the Intelligence tree and is bought from Embedded Exploit.

Perk Tree

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Speculation is bought from Embedded Exploit in the Intelligence tree.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Embedded Exploit		Pro (9)	+10% RAM recovery rate.

Buying Speculation opens the perks below.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Recirculation		Pro (9)	+2 RAM after neutralizing an enemy with a Smart Weapon. If the enemy is affected by quickhacks, restores additional RAM equal to 50% of their total RAM cost.

Character Builds

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It suits a netrunner that kills with its hacks rather than with a gun, which is the purest reading of the tree.

Buy it at the Pro gate from Embedded Exploit. Recirculation needs it bought, and that perk covers the case where a smart weapon takes the kill instead, so a build carrying both a deck and a smart weapon ends up taking the two of them together.

Notes

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Data Recycler returns the cost of hacks still waiting in a queue, so the two cover the finished and unfinished parts of the same plan.

Recirculation returns RAM when a smart weapon takes the kill instead.

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