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Computer Tier 1
Price 50
DC to Hack 17; Base Bulk 1
The computer's tier indicates its overall technological sophistication, from 1 to 10. A tier-1 computer might be something as simple as a common datapad, a door lock, or a lighting controller, whereas a tier-10 computer represents the systems managing the engine core of a space station or the mainframe of an Aspis Consortium intersystem office. Note that the workstation of a tier-10 computer mainframe might itself be only a tier-3 computer, but it cannot in any way Access or Control the full mainframe, even if hacked; it can interface with only the components to which it has been granted Access. Thus, Access to the mainframe itself and features it controls requires hacking its tier-10 defenses.
The tier of a computer determines its base price and the base DC to hack into its System using a Computers check. Both of these are modified by the modules and countermeasures installed on a System (see Modules and Countermeasures). The base DC to hack a computer is equal to 13 + 4 per tier.