North Star Development · hacking track
MAINFRAME · LEVEL 1 · FIREWALL FLOOR
Get through the scanners without being seen, hack the port, then clear the wave of three in front of the exit node. Under three minutes for a first-timer.
Connecting to the mainframe…
Move
W A S D move · drag to look · Shift run (loud) · C crouch, and crawl in a duct · W into a riser to climb · Space jump, catch a ledge · W pull up · C drop
Hack
E at a port. Hold to slow a reel, tap to lock the glyph that pulses. Two wrong and the lock reshuffles. The descent gate at the exit is two locks: boxes that light in order (the higher your hacker skill, the longer they stay lit), then tones hidden on a grid — find the pairs by ear, five chances.
Watch
Scanners sweep a cone. Seen fills the bar; break line of sight and it drains. Full bar and you burn back to the last node. In the wave: F purge, short arc in front of you · Q decoy, they chase the pulse.