North Star Development · hacking track
MAINFRAME · LEVEL 2 · DAEMON DECK
Patrol guards walk the traces, see what is in front of them, and hear you. Go over them, under them, or wait low on a dark trace. Two ports, then a wave of five.
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
Port 02-A is a trace grid: watch the pads light, play them back; it grows each round. Port 02-B is four reels. Two wrong in a lock and the port rings — the guards hear it. 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
Running and hard landings carry (the blue ring shows how far). Hold C as you land to land soft. Low on a dark trace, nothing can see you. Walk into a guard and you burn. In the wave: F purge, short arc in front of you · Q decoy, they chase the pulse.