WRITING THE PROGRAM

Once you've determined the functions, options and strength level of the program, you must determine how hard it will be to write it. Add together all the DIFFICULTY COSTS for all options, plus the level of Strength; the result is the Difficulty number for the program.

For example, Hellhound consists of:
Antipersonnel +20
Movement +5
Trace +2
Recognition +2
Strength 6 +6
Icon (Superrealistic) +5

The total Difficulty of writing Hellhound would be 40.

To make a skill check for this, you would add your INT + Programming Skill + 1D10 to get a value equal to or greater than this Difficulty number.

Pooling: Sometimes, you won't have enough Skills to write a program. However, two or more netrunners can pool their respective INTs and Skills together, rolling one D10 for the total. Example: With an INT of 8 and a Programming of 10, Spider can't possibly write a Difficulty 40 Hellhound. But with the help of Eager (INT 9. Programming 7), the two can mount an impressive total of 8+10+9+7=34. They'll need to roll a 6 on their D10 to successfully write the program.