Construct Data Walls

The data wall encloses your system on all sides, top and bottom. Its strength is equal to the number of CPU present, plus 1000eb spent for every additional level added to the wall, up to a Strength of 10.

For example, with three CPU, Syntek 15 has a Strength 3 data wall. However, 3000eb are spent to upgrade this wall to a Strength 6.

Figue 3: Data Walls

Constructing your data walls on paper is a process of blacking in squares on graph paper. The wall can be in any shape, and cover as much area as desired (although putting a lot of empty space in a system probably is a waste of time. Write the Strength next to one corner of the wall.