Re: IN-GAME ONLY: Downloading software illegally
A specialization of Streetwise - Streetwise (Cyberspace), which I'll call Cyberwise for short - for navigating things like warez sites, torret sites, etc without getting your system riddled with malware or rooted, or attracting the authorities, may be appropriate as a skill. This may share a default with Research. A system with particularly strong security software (or running an operating system with particularly strong built-in security, even if it's just "security through obscurity") will make you less likely to get infected/rooted, as would running things off of a virtual machine. Use of an anonymization strategy of some sort - the classic running off of unofficial proxies, bot-nets, or something akin to TOR - would make it less likely for you to be discovered by law enforcement. Either would be appropriate to give a (potentially rather-sizable) bonus.
Roughly speaking, roll against Cyberwise to find the software for illegal download. Success means you find it, Failure means you don't. On anything but a Success with MoS 5+ or Critical Success, the GM should roll 3d6 on the Complication Table, below. Using a highly-secure system gives a bonus of +1 to +2, while using an anonymizer gives a similar bonus; these normally do not stack, but using 2 +2 systems is good for a total of +3. Note this is simply due to the fact that your more secured/obscured system allows you to browse more freely. This bonus does not directly reduce the chance of a Complication (so it doesn't improve your chance of a Critical Success or reduce your chance of a Critical Failure, and it should be ignored when determining Margin of Success/Failure).
3-4: Your machine is exposed to a zero-day root exploit, giving malicious characters full access to your machine without your awareness. You functionally gain Enemy (Watcher; Secret) while using this machine in the future. Optionally, roll 1d; on a 1 or 2, the software you downloaded is the vector, affecting any machine you put it on (if you get this result on a Failure, the software you downloaded doesn't work aside from infecting your machine). Otherwise, you were exposed at some point while browsing.
5-6: Your machine is infected with ransomware, and locks you out unless you pay a large sum of money to get access again. As with 3-4, this may be linked to the software downloaded.
7-8: Your machine is infected with generic malware/viruses. This functions as a program running at one Complexity level lower than your computer's Complexity level, and there's a chance of files going missing or becoming corrupted. As with 3-4, this may be linked to the software downloaded.
9-12: No Complication. If you get this result on a Failure with MoF 5+, or any Critical Failure, reroll. If you get this result again, treat as 7-8, above.
13-16: You attract the attention of the authorities, but only in the form of a fine for copyright violation or similar.
17-18: You stumble into a law enforcement honeypot without realizing it, and are now being pursued by Enemy (Hunter; Secret) for arrest.
If using a highly-secure system, you are less likely to be infected. This takes the form of a retroactive bonus from +1 to +5. If you get a result of 3-8 on the Complication Table, and the retroactive bonus would have given you MoS 5+, there is no Complication (unless the software itself is affected, in which case you are informed the software has a problem, but can run it safely on this system or any other with a similar level of protection). If using an anonymizer, you are less likely to be detected by the authorities; this functions much like the above, but only to prevent results 13-18. In cases where you have MoF 5+ and roll 9-12, if the retroactive bonus would have put MoF below 5, no reroll is necessary. If using a virtual machine, a Critical Failure (only) and a result of 3-4 means your main machine is affected, in all other cases any sort of security-related Complication only affects the virtual machine.
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