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| ====== Security Camera ====== | ====== Security Camera ====== |
| [{{ security_camera.png?200|A Security Camera.}}] | [{{ security_camera.png?200|A Security Camera.}}] |
| | [{{ security_camera_hacked.png?200|A Security Camera that has been hacked.}}] |
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| **Security Cameras** are [[:security measures]] found in all [[:facility|facilities]]. They have [[:vision]] with a range of 8 tiles and an arc of 90°, allowing the corporation to see agents on tiles that the camera [[:vision#seen|sees]]. | **Security Cameras** are [[:security measures]]. They have [[:vision]] with a range of 8 tiles and an arc of 90°, allowing the corporation to see [[:agents:]] on tiles that the camera sees. |
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| [{{ security_camera_hacked.png?200|A Security Camera that has been hacked.}}] | Security Cameras are [[:mainframe devices:]], and can be hacked to give vision to the player instead of to the corporation. They can also be [[:rebooting|rebooted]] to temporary disable their vision, or shot with [[:lethal damage|lethal]] [[:weapons:]] to permanently disable them. |
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| Security Cameras are [[:mainframe devices:]], and can be [[:firewalls|hacked]] to give vision to the player instead of to the corporation. They can also be [[:rebooting|rebooted]] to temporary disable their vision, or shot using [[:lethal damage|lethal weapons]] to permanently disable them. | |
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| Security cameras can only be located in corners where two walls meet at a 90° angle, facing diagonally. They are never located in the [[:facility#starting room]] or in [[:facility#objective room|objective rooms]]. The locations of all Security Cameras in the facility can be revealed by hacking a [[databases#Camera Database]]. | Security cameras can only be located in corners where two walls meet at a 90° angle, facing diagonally. They are never located in the [[:facility#starting room]] or in [[:facility#objective room|objective rooms]]. The locations of all Security Cameras in the facility can be revealed by hacking a [[databases#Camera Database]]. |
| A Security Camera sometimes appears on the same tile as another device, such as a [[:Console]] or a [[Corporate Safe]]. When this happens, the other device never provides [[:cover]] from the camera. | A Security Camera sometimes appears on the same tile as another device, such as a [[:Console]] or a [[Corporate Safe]]. When this happens, the other device never provides [[:cover]] from the camera. |
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| ===== Inactive cameras ===== | Security Cameras are found in all [[:facility|facilities]]. The number of cameras depends on the [[:mission difficulty]]; additionally, [[:corporations:K&O]] facilities have fewer cameras than other [[:corporations:]]. |
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| | ===== Inactive cameras ===== |
| [{{ security_camera_inactive.png?200|An inactive Security Camera.}}] | [{{ security_camera_inactive.png?200|An inactive Security Camera.}}] |
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| Some Security Cameras are **inactive**, meaning they have no vision and cannot be hacked or rebooted. When [[:alarm level]] 1 is reached, these cameras will [[:rebooting|reboot]] for 1 turn and then become active. In [[:modes:Beginner]] mode, this happens instead at alarm level 2. | Some Security Cameras are **inactive**, meaning they have no vision and cannot be hacked or rebooted. When [[:alarm level]] 1 is reached, these cameras will [[:rebooting|reboot]] for 1 turn and then become active. In [[:modes:Beginner]] mode, this happens instead at alarm level 2. |
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| In the [[:Contingency Plan#extended campaign]], there are no inactive cameras after the [[:missions:OMNI Foundry Lab]] mission. | In the [[:Contingency Plan#extended campaign]], there are no inactive cameras in or after the [[:missions:OMNI Foundry Lab]] mission. |
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| ===== Being seen by cameras ===== | ===== Being seen by cameras ===== |
| > //That camera will keep making things harder for us Operator. [[:Incognita]] has a program to deal with it.// \\ ---[[:agents:Central]] | > //That camera will keep making things harder for us Operator. [[:Incognita]] has a program to deal with it.// \\ ---[[:agents:Central]] |
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| When an [[:agents:|agent]] steps on a tile [[:vision#seen]] by a Security Camera, the [[:alarm tracker]] is raised by 1 step, and at least one nearby [[:guards:|guard]] will come to [[:guard behaviour#investigating|investigate]] the tile stepped on. The text **''REC⏺''** will appear next to the camera, to indicate that it has been triggered. This happens **at most once per turn** per camera, so even if the agent (or another agent) steps on other tiles seen by the camera in the same turn, the [[:guard behaviour#interest point]] will always be the //first// tile where that camera saw an agent that turn, and the alarm tracker is not raised further. | When an [[:agents:|agent]] steps on a tile "watched" by a Security Camera, the [[:alarm tracker]] is raised by 1 step, and all nearby [[:guards:|guards]] (but at least one) will come to [[:guard behaviour#investigating|investigate]] the tile stepped on. The text **''REC⏺''** will appear next to the camera, to indicate that it has been triggered. This happens **at most once per turn** per camera, so even if the agent (or another agent) steps on other tiles seen by the camera in the same turn, the [[:guard behaviour#interest point]] will always be the //first// tile where that camera saw an agent that turn, and the alarm tracker is not raised further. |
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| Security Cameras are triggered by movement and [[:peeking]], so if an agent is in a camera's vision at the start of the player's turn, they will only trigger the camera by moving to another "seen" tile, or peeking from the "seen" tile they are already on. Additionally, cameras always "see" immediately after [[:rebooting]], including cameras which were previously inactive. | Security Cameras are triggered by movement and [[:peeking]], so if an agent is in a camera's vision at the start of the player's turn, they will only trigger the camera by moving to another "watched" tile, or peeking from the "watched" tile they are already on. Additionally, cameras always "see" immediately after [[:rebooting]], including cameras which were previously inactive. |
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| Security Cameras are also triggered by a rescued [[:Courier]] or [[:Prisoner]], but not by hacked [[:drones]]. | Security Cameras are also triggered by a rescued [[:Courier]] or [[:Prisoner]], but not by hacked [[:drones]]. |
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| ===== Statistics ===== | |
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| Security Cameras are found in all [[:facility|facilities]]. The number of cameras depends on the [[:mission difficulty]]. | |
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| [[:corporations:K&O]] facilities have fewer cameras than other [[:corporations:]]. | |
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| ===== Strategy ===== | ===== Strategy ===== |
