Crypto

Crypto is a function of a Spaceship. Space Ships and other functions can be found here.

Description

This allows the transmission of encrypted information. Communications can become 'secure' between vessels. Without this communication between teammates, ships can be overheard by the enemy. Communications can also be intercepted; this can be done without this module and is a feature of all ships using the Sensors attribute. If the intercepted communications are encrypted, this function can attempt to decipher them. A Character with the Computer Use skill can also assist by adding their Skill Competency level to the roll. A Science Bay can allow for multiple people to work on Encryption/Decryption at the same time, with a +2 to their result.

With a Crypto Machine installed on a ship, all internal communications are hidden from a Hacker. And the Hacker DC for Gather Information increases by 1, and +1 for every Classification level of the Crypto Bay.

This is a set of powerful quantum computers that require both physical space and significant power to maintain at super-cold temperatures. When operated correctly, these machines can create nearly impossible-to-crack ciphers that only other powerful quantum computers could hope to crack. Because this is equivalent to having a small server farm built into a ship, not every Spaceship can easily have one.

Once a ship has a Crypto bay, it becomes impossible to decrypt or jam comms between ships, crew members, and drones unless the enemy ship also has a Crypto bay at a higher masterwork level.

A Crypto machine is installed in a Bay or Customization Slot.

Associated Ship Attribute: Electronics

Price: A Crypto machine base price is: $175,000 + $100,000 per masterwork level.

Procure Diff: A Crypto machine has a starting Procure Difficulty of 1.