====== Wildfire ======
[{{ wildfire.png|Wildfire program icon}}]

**Wildfire** is an active [[generator|generator program]] which, when used, generates +5 [[:PWR]] but also raises the [[:firewalls]] on all unhacked [[:mainframe devices:]] by 1. It has a cooldown of 1 turn. Wildfire can be bought from some [[:mainframe devices:Server Terminals]] for 400 [[:credits]].

===== Strategy =====

Wildfire can generate more PWR per turn than any other generator program. However, the downside of raising firewalls is severe; in practice, Wildfire generates +5 PWR minus the cost of hacking the extra firewalls. Efficient [[:programs:#breakers]] typically hack in the range of 1--1.5 PWR per firewall, so if there are still 3--5 or more devices you want to hack, then Wildfire is not doing much for you. For this reason, Wildfire is usually considered too situational to be a generally good program.

If you do install Wildfire, you will want to save it for late in the mission when there are only a few devices left to hack; in that case, the immediate +5 PWR can be just what you need in an emergency. Once you have hacked everything in the facility, Wildfire generates +5 PWR per turn with no downside. This much PWR lets you go berserk with a [[:weapons:Volt Disruptor III]] or a [[:weapons:Flurry Gun]] with infinite [[:attacks]] per turn from [[:items:Stim IV]]; or you could use it to easily complete the [[:missions:Power Relay Station]] side-mission.

Wildfire's firewall-raising can be mitigated using [[:items:EMP Packs]] or [[:agents:Dr. Xu]]'s [[:augments:Subdermal Tools]] to loot [[:mainframe devices:corporate safe|safes]] without breaking their firewalls. Wildfire can also be paired with [[Oracle]] to hack [[:mainframe devices:Security Cameras]] regardless of their firewalls, and occasionally helps to get devices to the right number of firewalls for a [[Wrench]] to be used.