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
← → or A D walk · Shift run (loud) · S crouch, and crawl in a duct · W climb a riser · Space jump, catch a ledge · W pull up · S 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.
Watch
Running and hard landings carry (the blue ring shows how far). Hold S 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.