====== Scan Chip ======
[{{ scan_chip.png|Scan Chip icon}}]

> //Initially a 'search and destroy' virus protection device, its software development team could not keep up in the virtual space cold war. It still makes for a useful diagnostic tool.//

A **Scan Chip** is an [[:item]] which can be used to identify the [[:daemon]] installed on a [[:mainframe device]] on an adjacent tile. A Scan Chip has a cooldown of 2\ turns, and can only be used by an agent with at least [[:skill#Speed]] skill level 2.

Scan Chips can be bought from [[:mainframe devices:Nanofabricators]] for 100\ [[:credits]].

===== Strategy =====

Identifying daemons is a useful ability, since most daemons can be mitigated or made completely harmless by triggering them at the right time, and others (like [[:daemons:Validate]]) should normally be avoided where possible.

However, the problems with Scan Chips are that you have to move adjacent to the device, and they take up a space in your inventory. By the time there are daemons on more devices, inventory space becomes more expensive, and its cost should be factored into the decision to buy a Scan Chip, so they are usually not as cheap as their price suggests.

Hacking the facility's [[:mainframe devices:Daemon Database]] is usually a better option; [[:agents:Decker]]'s [[:augments:Neural Networking]] ability also functions similarly to a Scan Chip but has no cooldown.