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| daemons:authority [2020/06/18 01:01] – andrew | daemons:authority [2020/06/30 21:36] (current) – andrew |
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| [{{ authority.png|Authority icon}}] | [{{ authority.png|Authority icon}}] |
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| **Authority** is a [[:daemons:|daemon]] which penalises the player for accessing [[:mainframe devices:Corporate Safes]], [[:mainframe devices:Deposit Boxes]], [[:mainframe devices:Secure Cases]] and [[:mainframe devices:Secure Lockers]]. While Authority is active, when an agent accesses one of these devices --- even if they do not take the loot inside --- the [[:alarm level]] is raised by one step, and the nearest [[:guards:|guard]] comes to [[:guard behaviour#investigating|investigate]] the agent's location. Authority has a duration of 4--5 turns. | **Authority** is a [[:daemons:|daemon]] which penalises the player for accessing [[:mainframe devices:Corporate Safes]], [[:mainframe devices:Deposit Boxes]], [[:mainframe devices:Secure Cases]] and [[:mainframe devices:Secure Lockers]]. While Authority is active, when an agent accesses one of these devices --- even if they do not take the loot inside --- the [[:alarm tracker]] rises by one step, and the nearest [[:guard]] comes to [[:guard behaviour#investigating|investigate]] the agent's location. Authority has a duration of 4--5 turns. |
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| The "nearest" guard is determined by [[wp>Euclidean distance]], not by the actual path length from the guard to the [[:guard behaviour#interest point]]. | The "nearest" guard is determined by [[wp>Euclidean distance]], not by the actual path length from the guard to the [[:guard behaviour#interest point]]. |
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| If multiple instances of Authority are active at the same time, then accessing one of these devices will raise the alarm level by 1 step per instance of Authority, but only one guard will investigate. The durations are not added together. | If multiple instances of Authority are active at the same time, then accessing one of these devices will raise the alarm tracker by 1 step per instance of Authority, but only one guard will investigate. The durations are not added together. |
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| Authority is never installed on devices in the [[:missions:OMNI Mainframe]] mission. | Authority is never installed on devices in the [[:missions:OMNI Mainframe]] mission. |
| ===== Strategy ===== | ===== Strategy ===== |
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| If you want to loot safes immediately, then Authority can be annoying; you have to decide whether to take the alarm level hit and bring a guard to investigate, or to wait for Authority to go away. If you're in a [[:missions:Vault]] or a room with several safes, it is usually best to just wait it out --- the alarm level will go up by 4--5 steps whether you loot that many safes or wait that many turns, but if you wait then you can use those turns to do other things. Even just generating [[:PWR]] and letting items cool down can make waiting the better option. | If you want to loot safes immediately, then Authority can be annoying; you have to decide whether to take the alarm level hit and bring a guard to investigate, or to wait for Authority to go away. If you're in a [[:missions:Vault]] or a room with several safes, it is usually best to just wait it out --- the alarm tracker will go up by 4--5 steps whether you loot that many safes or wait that many turns, but if you wait then you can use those turns to do other things. Even just generating [[:PWR]] and letting items cool down can make waiting the better option. |
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| On the other hand, if there's just one or two safes, and you can handle the guard who comes to investigate, then taking the loot now can be the better option. When you need to escape from an [[:guards:Enforcer]] chasing towards you, waiting may also not be feasible. If you do loot a safe while Authority is active, make sure not to access it more than once --- some safes have [[:items:]], so you may want to drop something else first to avoid being [[:encumbered:]]. | On the other hand, if there's just one or two safes, and you can handle the guard who comes to investigate, then taking the loot now can be the better option. When you need to escape from an [[:guards:Enforcer]] chasing towards you, waiting may also not be feasible. If you do loot a safe while Authority is active, make sure not to access it more than once --- some safes have [[:items:]], so you may want to drop something else first to avoid being [[:encumbered:]]. |
