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Pretty Basic Armor types, simple rule of thumb,equip the armor with the best rating. The only trickcomes between choosing between the Powered

Armor and Heavy Armor. personally prefer thePowered Armor, but it does require frequent trips tothe recharge station.

LightArmor

!ou"ll #nd this armor fairly quickly,and you have no reason $%T to equipit. t has low stat requirements, takesup only the armor slot and no itemslots in your inventory, and has nonegative points at all& t"s like freee'perience points or stat upgrades

with none of the work&(trength ) *&io'a(ar"

S%it+reat at stopping damage fromradiation or to'ins. t boosts youradiation-To'in resistance by /.0oupled with a couple of points in1ndurance, you can e2ectively blockout any damage you"d normally takefrom adiation-To'ins while wearingthis.

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Po)ere"Armor

The (trongest Armor in the game, italso has the biggest drawback.Powered Armor has a charge thatprovides the suit with defensivepower. This charge can vary from455)465 depending on yourmaintenance skill level, if this chargeruns out, so too does the defensivepower it provides. The charge drops 4

point every / seconds so every 45minutes it"s going to need arecharge. This isn"t a big problemuntil you reach the ickenbacker andrecharge stations are harder to comeby, but even then there are ways torecharge it, so it is possible to keepyour suit powered throughout theentire game. 0onsidering that this

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'eav*Armor

8ound fairly late in the game, it o2ersa 9:5 defense bonus, but with arequirement of 6 strength. f youhave the strength, and don"t want toworry about the charge with Powered

Armor, this is the way to go. 8or mostpeople though, the Powered Armor issimply a much better choice.(trength ) 6

Anneli"Armor

Think of this as the ;ack)of)all)Tradesarmor. t confers a *5< defensivebonus, 9* to your P( ability whiledraining your psi points, and a 75<radiation-to'in resistance as well. This armor shows up last of all thearmors, and the P( bonus is the only

reason to use it. %therwise, it doesn"thave a high enough defense ratingwhen the enemies at this point cankill you in *)7 hits while wearing it, asopposed to about 7): hits with thePowered or Heavy Armors and theBioHa=ard suit is in#nitely moree2ective at stopping radiation. 8actorin the fact that you need a level 7research rating, and this armorbecomes more of an oddity than atruly useful piece of equipment.

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Marines (47-48 modules)

&asic

4*

94 (tandard ?eapons

+ear

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44

9* (trength 44

9* 1ndurance 44

9* Agility

+ear-

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94 1nergy ?eapons94 0yber)a@nityLaser pistol (poor:2)

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94 Heavy ?eapons94 0yber)a@nityGrenade launcher (poor:2)

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9* (tandard?eapons

+ear.

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94 3aintenance1 MaintenanceTool

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94 3odify 45

94 epair

Navy (45-50 modules)

&asic

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94 Hack94 (trength

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94 3odify94 (trength

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9* 0yber)a@nity

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94 3aintenance

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94 esearch 44

9* 1ndurance 44

9* Agility

O..A. (58-5! modules)

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Tier 4 PsiPsionic amplifer

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*6 Tier * Psi0ryokinesisPsychogenic 0yber A@nity

*6 Tier * Psi0ryokinesisinetic edirection

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Psychogenic Agility

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• The game structure strongly discourages generalistcharacters. f you don"t start in the %.(.A., youprobably shouldn"t invest much in psionics early inthe game.

• 3arines and $avy overlap a little. The main

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"aster "##s

There"s only * known 1aster 1ggs in (ystem (hock*. Perhaps at a later date may include stu2 otherthan 1aster 1ggs on this page, but for now 1aster

1ggs are all that are here.

#he 5ancing Robot3

%n the third year of your training, before you enterthe room with your three choices for your ne'tyear"s career, look through the glass to the roomleft of you. nside is a robot dancing, of all thingsthe macarena.

Psionic Monke*s6 78oin !s97

This is by far the more entertaining of the two1aster 1ggs. n the introduction level to the game,where you choose the military path you want totake, there is a basketball on one of the pillarsoutside. After you get o2 the train, head up thegrav lift and follow the street to the right. ?hen youreach it"s end, climb up the pillar to your right. There is a basketball at the top which you can pickup. Although you can"t open your inventory, once

you have it "ll be in your inventory until you reachthe Faun Braun. %nce you"re on the Faun Braun,hold on to the basketball until you reach Ceck /,the ec Ceck. %n this level is a basketball court. fyou make a shot with the basketball, you"ll get ane)mail consisting entirely of monkeys screechingand smashing things up. However, if you open itand read the te't, you"ll get an entirely di2erentmessage.

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These are kept separate from the Easter Eggs for the simple reason that the Easter Eggs

are intended, humorous tid-bits included by the programmers. Exploits, on the other hand,

are bugs overlooked by the programmers that you can take advantage of for your own benefit.

The following exploits were taken from Daxim's !" with his permission.

• The undo function of the upgrade units can be e'ploited in giving you temporaryabilities without paying for it. n fact you pay the cyber modules, but get themeventually back. 8or e'ample, let"s assume you want to make proper use ofmaintenance tools. (tand ne't to an upgrade station and buy some 3A$T skills, butdon"t leave inventory mode. Co now your weapon maintenance with the increasedskill. 0lick undo to receive your 03s back. The same e'ploit also works with repairskills, psi abilities and lots of other interesting stu2.

• ?hen recycling implants while they are equipped, you keep their 94 bonus.

• To make the laser pistol rapidly delivering overloaded shots, press the change modekey twice in quick succession after triggering a shot. !ou will be able to trigger

another shot immediately without having to wait for the recharge sound to end.

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mplants are very powerful. They"re simple 4 spaceitems that can drastically alter your skills, for free. !ou can only have a ma'imum of one mplantequipped until you get the 0ybernetically 1nhanced%-( upgrade. %nce you"ve gotten that, you caninstall two mplants.

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Psi&oost Implant ) aises P( by 4.

En"%rance&oost Implant ) aises 1$C by 4.

Exper#ech Implant ) aises Hack, epair, and

3odify (kills by 4.

LabAssisstant Implant ) aises esearch

Ability by 4.

Researchable Implants

$orm'eart Implant ) equires a research

level of /. (tops all to'in damage, heals 4 HP every75 seconds. ?hen removed, it #lls your To'in meterup. This implant is a complete waste.

$orm&loo" Implant

) equires a research

level of :. ?hile equipped, you can right click on aworm pool and regain all your health whiledestroying the worm pool. This is a surprisinglygood implant, but it only makes sense to have itequipped when you"re actually using it, otherwiseit"s Gust a waste.

$ormMin" Implant ) equires a research

level of 7. ?hile this implant is equipped, itconverts 4 of every : damage you take to your P(points. The most obvious use for this implant wouldbe for P( users who have : times as many Psipoints as Hit Points. But this implant is also greatfor people who never even touch Psi. ?hy ?ell,























with this implant you"ll #nally have a use for allthose unused Psi points and Psi hypos you"ve beencollecting.

$orm&len" Implant ) equires a research

level of *. Annelids won"t be able to recogni=e youas an enemy at long range. At close range they"llstill attack you.

&tems1very P+ needs items, (ystem (hock * being one, provides& ?hile there are quite a fewitems in (ystem (hock *, most of the are only gag items, meant as Gokes, althoughtechnically items, will not list them here. The pre)game training does a good Gob e'plainingthe item types, so this list is mostly redundant.

I$oteD To #nd more info about an tem or to see what mean by Gokes, Gust click on thequestion mark while in inventory mode and then the item.J

Common Items

'ealth '*po

Abundant, Kseful, and a whole bunch #t into 4 item slot. !ou can buy these, but it"s notreally necessary due to the fact that your >crew mates> usually carry one. +ood for about 45HP.

Me"i :it

Luite a bit rarer than than the Health Hypo, this heals all your health. +ood if you Gust lost alot of Health in a skirmish and can"t #nd a 3edic Table, but try not to use them if you canheal with hypos, or if you can make it to a 3edic Table because they are tough to #nd, ande'pensive if bought from a eplicator.



;oo"

Although tempting to blow o2 food as useless, it"s a godsend in Hard and mpossible. Thereare several di2erent kinds of >food>D (nack 8ood, 0anned Crinks, 0igarettes, and Alcohol.

1ach type heals for di2erent points. (nack 8ood and Crinks for 4 point and Alcohol for *points as well. However, please note that Alcohol and 0igarettes both hurt you in some way.Alcohol will take several Psi points away, but unless you are a psionic, this doesn"t hurt atall. 0igarettes are Gust useless. They damage, not heal, with no bene#t.

Psi '*po

This is e'actly the same as the Health Hypo, e'cept it heals Psi points instead. t"s a tadtougher to #nd, and, is the most common way to restore lost Psi points. +ood for *5 PsiPoints.

Spee" '*po

Actually, although was tempted to call this hypo useless, it"s not. t"s really really useful, ifyou have a desire to commit suicide. !es, you read that right, suicide. This Hypo>supposedly> doubles your speed for 4* seconds. n reality, it makes you move at insanespeeds, causing damage whenever you hit a wall. n a spaceship with a lot of small spaces,this is a bad thing. A very bad thing. There might be a use for it in multiplayer, but in singleplayer, the boost is too short and damaging to be much help. recommend if you #nd it, you Gust chuck it into the recycler.

Strength '*po

?ell this one isn"t quite as bad as the (peed Hypo, but there aren"t any real greatopportunities for using this. Because strength a2ects only * thingsD ?rench Camage, andnventory (pace, there are only * uses for this Hypo. Transporting an item you don"t haveroom for, from a dangerous place to a non)dangerous place for later pickup, or moree2ectively bashing in peoples" skulls. personally used it for only one of these purposes, canyou guess which

Anti<Ra"iation '*po

?hen you enter a room with radioactivity, a bar will begin to build on the lower left of thescreen. As time passes, this bar will begin to shrink, and as it does, you will take somedamage. Anti)adiation Hypos will take a large chunk out of the bar without causingdamage, e2ectively preventing a large amount of damage from occurring. Anti)adiationHypos are quite useful during the 1ngineering deck, but because you don"t really see tomany radioactive spots, their usefulness is limited. t"s best to carry these only when youknow you"ll be needing them, thus saving inventory space for other items.



Anti<#oxin '*po

The To'icity bar works e'actly the same as the adiatioactivity bar, but in regard to theamount of To'ins in your blood stream. Anti)To'in Hypos will remove a large chunk of this

bar without causing damage. (ince there are several things that will cause your To'icityEevel to rise I(piders, Annelid Pools, the Annelid Health AugmentationJ t"s tough to tellwhen you"re going to need this Hypo, so it"s best to keep some on you at all times.

S%rgical !nit Activation :e*

The (urgical Knit Activation ey, when coupled with an ncomplete (urgical Knit, will createa 0omplete (urgical Knit I+o #gureJ. 0omplete (urgical Knits will restore you health to itsma'imum for a small amount of $anites, making them invaluable. Try to hold on to thesekeys when there already is a 0omplete (urgical Knit in an area, so that you can use it in alater area which doesn"t contain any 0omplete (urgical Knits.

M;5 Game Pla*er

This is for entertainment only. Throughout the game you"ll #nd various 38C 0artridgeswhich, when used, will make a new game available for play on the 38C +ame Player. All ofthese games are incredibly cheesy remakes of older 0omputer +ames, and involve pigs andcorn. This item can be hacked with a Hacking ability of Eevel 6, opening up all games forplay.

5isposable Maintenance #ool

f you have any maintenance skill, you"ll need this tool to up the repair status on yourweapon. Because there A1 unbreakable weapons in this game, this item wont have muchuse if you"re using one. f you don"t want to be cheap and use an unbreakable weapon, thenyou"ll need to have some of these to maintain your weapon and keep it from breaking.

&atter*

estores some energy to any weapon or piece of equipment that requires energy. Theamount of energy you get from a single battery goes up with your maintenance level. Agood alternative when you can"t make it to a recharge station.

Item Rec*cler



This item is found in a replicator on the %perations Ceck once the replicator has beenhacked. This single item can make every useless thing in the game suddenly very useful.How By converting the item into nanites, that"s how. !ou can make quite a pretty pennyrecycling things like (peed Hypos with this, more than enough to quickly pay o2 the pricefor the ecycler. strongly recommend that everyone attain this item.

;rench Epstein 5evice

This item instantly modi#es any weapon for free, but is used up afterwards. (ince there"saround 6 of these in the game, a 3odify skill higher than 4 or * shouldn"t be necessary.(imply modify a weapon to the #rst level, then use the 8rench 1pstein Cevice to modify it toits second level.

ICE Pick

This item instantly hacks any hackable console in the game, but is used up afterwards. "veonly managed to #nd : of them in the entire game, so make sure the console you hack iswell worth this valuable item"s use. "d recommend saving 7 of them for the #nal battle, as itwill make things much easier.

A%to<Repair !nit

This item instantly repairs any broken weapon in the game, but is used up afterwards. Thisitem is fairly common throughout the entire game. t"s availability, coupled with propermaintenance all but renders the epair skill useless. eep one of these on you at all timesand you"ll never need the repair skill.

Researchable Items

Anneli" 'ealing Glan"

This has a small chance of appearing in an annelid egg that has been opened. %nceresearched, it can heal a large portion of your health and is a useful alternative to either the3ed it or Health Hypo, but its rarity it a maGor drawback.

Anneli" Psi =rgan

This is another item that has a small chance of appearing in opened annelid eggs. %nce it"sbeen researched, it can completely re#ll your P( points, a maGor help near the end of thegame when a Psi user can have M59 Psi points. Eike the Annelid Healing +land though, itsmaGor drawback is its rarity.



PSI &ooster

This item will raise your P( stat by 4 for / minutes, a pretty long time in this game. There"san important thing to remember when you use this though. 1very time you load a new area,

all bonuses conferred by Psi Abilities and Hypos are reset. (o if you decide to use this hypo, Gust remember not to do it right before you load a new area.

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sionic A1ilities ;ust like the weapons, Psionic skills come in two avors, very useful and very useless. ?ith

psionic skills, you must #rst buy the Tier, then you can buy the skills within the tier. 1achtier you buy adds to your psi point ma'imum. f you"re a psionics specialist, you may wantto buy all the tiers, even if you don"t buy any skills under some of them, Gust so you canincrease your psi point ma'imum.

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Psycho)reective(creen

Protects youfrom 4/< ofcombat

damage.

This is a skill you can use through thewhole game. t"s really long lasting, andcoupled with it"s very low Psi point cost,

you should automatically cast this everytime you enter a new area. !ou"ll want topick this skill during your 7 year training atthe start if you choose the %.(.A. as yourcareer path.

CurationD *5seconds 9 75seconds perP(.

$euro)ree'

Campening

1liminates allweaponkickback.

"ve learned, from much use of weapons inthis game, to control kickback thatweapons have. f you too can manage tocontrol the recoil, then there"s not much

point in having this skill. %n the otherhand, if you are Gust having a tough timegetting the hang of recoil, this is a good,low cost method of eliminating recoil alltogether.

CurationD 4minute 9 *5seconds perP(.













ineticedirection

Pulls anobGect towardyou.

This skill has minimal use. There"s at most4 or * times where this skill is the only wayyou can get an item. (kip it and save theupgrade modules for something else.

CurationD 4

second perP(.

PsychogenicAgility

ncreasesyour Agility by*.

(ome people would argue di2erently, but really like this skill. t lasts for a really longtime and costs only 4 psi point. Because"m an agility whore, prefer to dodgeattacks and ank enemies rather than takethem head on, so every point of agility can get is a god)send.

CurationD *minutes 9 4minute perP(.

Psychogenic0yber A@nity

ncreasesyour 0!B by*.

recommend this to any player trying togo through the game as a hacker, the *0!B points are invaluable assets. However,if you don"t hack very often, there"s notmuch point to this skill.


ProGected0ryokinesis

Eaunches a

heat)drainingproGectile at atarget. HigherP( increasesdamage.

This is only mildly useful throughout the

game. t takes a long time to charge it, farlonger than any other attack in the game.Add on to that the fact that it really isn"t avery strong attack, and you"ve got a prettypoor weapon on your hands.

emote1lectron

Tampering

3akes activealarms timeout faster. can"t think of much use for this skill. ?ith

the fact that simply right clicking on anysecurity console deactivates the alarms

completely and for free, there"s no point inhaving this.

Time

eductionD /seconds 9 /seconds perP(.

2ier +



Anti)entropic8ield

?hile thisdiscipline isactive, yourrangedweapons

cannot break,and theircondition willnot degrade.

This is an alternative to using the

maintenance skill. Personally "d prefer themaintenance skill because it allows you toput more energy into your energy baseditems, armor, and weapons.

CurationD 45seconds 9 *5seconds perP(.

Adrenaline%verproduction

ncreases

hand)to)handdamage by afactor equalto P(.

This ability multiplies melee damage by afactor of P(. 8or e'ample, if you have aP( of 6, all melee damage will bemultiplied by 6. ?ith a decent meleeweapon, strength, and this skill, you cando insane amounts of damage.

CurationD 45seconds perP(.

$euralCecontamination

(hields youfrom M5< of

radiationdamage. Kse the BioHa=ard suit instead and spend

the upgrade modules on something better.CurationD 45seconds 9 /seconds perP(.

0erebro)stimulated

egeneration

egenerateslost hit points. This skill is invaluable. %f all the psionic

user"s skills, this is the most powerful. Alack of Health Hypos or 3ed its shouldn"tbe a problem if you have this skill.

AmountHealedD * hitpoints per P(.

Psychogenic(trength

ncreasesyour (trengthby *.

The biggest use for this would be for handto hand combat. This doesn"t give younearly the damage bonus that Adrenaline



%verproduction can, but the bene#t of thisover Adrenaline %verproduction is that thiscan be used later in the game when yourinventory space is getting crowded.


ecursivePsionicAmpli#cation

ncreasesyour Psionicsby *. Psi pointcosts aredoubled whileactive.

n my opinion, the * e'tra Psi points aren"tworth the double cost. ;ust use the skilltwice for the e'tra bene#t instead ofgetting this.

CurationD 45seconds 9 45seconds perP(.

Eocali=edPyrokinesis

Camages allcreatureswithin a #vefoot radius.Higher P(increasesdamage toenemies.

really didn"t like this skill until someoneon the TTE+ boards pointed out somerather enticing info about this skill. 8irst,this skill negates any incendiary damageyou would normally take. This means thatthe really annoying protocol droids on the1ngineering bay can"t damage you whilethis ability is active. (econd, if you activatethis ability #rst, then the invisibility ability

second, you can walk right up to enemiesand watch them fall to your feet dead, allwhile remaining unnoticed. Luite apowerful skill when used right.

CurationD 4/seconds 9 Mseconds perP(.

2ier

3olecularCuplication

Kse some$anites to

duplicate oneammo clip orhypo.

This is a useful skill when you"re low on anitem, but the nanite cost is e'pensive, sobe careful.

0hance of(uccessD 75<9 45< perP(.



1lectron0ascade

echarges asinglecharged itemor weapon. This can be an invaluable lifesaver, or a

complete waste depending on how you"re

playing the game. f you"re using energybased weapons, armor, or items, this skillcan be used as a fairly cheap source ofpower. f you"re not using energy basedstu2, Gust skip this skill.

echargeamountD *5<per point ofP(, up to thema'imumallowed byyour3aintenanceskill.

1nergyeection

Provides /5<

immunity toall energy)baseddamagesources.

/5< is a lot of protection, but there"s Gustnot enough enemies with energy)basedattacks to Gustify getting this skill.

CurationD *5seconds perP(.

$eural To'in)blocker

(hields you

from 455< ofto'inabsorption. By the time you see the spiders, it"ll be too

late to use this skill. ;ust skip it.CurationD 45seconds 9 /seconds perP(.

1nhanced3otion(ensitivity

(hows thelocation of all

nearbycreatures. Kse your god)given skill of hearing instead,

and you"ll do Gust as good as with this skill.CurationD 75seconds perP(.



ProGected

Pyrokinesis

Eaunches a#ery proGectileat a target.Higher P(increases

damage.

This, like ProGected 0ryokinesis has onlylimited usefulness. The bene#t of this overProGected 0ryokinesis is that this skilldoesn"t take very long to charge, and itdoes more damage as well. Knfortunately,

this skill can"t damage mechanicalenemies, and it can drain your Psi pointsvery quickly. This does come in usefulagainst the Psi eavers that appear late inthe game, though.

PsionicHypnogenesis

Target non)roboticcreature willstand still and

docile. f thecreature takesdamage, thee2ect ends.

Another ability had my mind changed on.At high P( levels, you can put an enemyto sleep with this for over * minutes with a

single shot, which is such a long length oftime that they"re basically as good asdead. This skill can be useful against thestronger enemies late in the game. ;ustmake sure you don"t hit them by accidentand wake them back up.

CurationD *5seconds perP(.

2ier 4

Photonicedirection

enders youinvisible to allcreatures.8iring aweapon willend thee2ect.

By itself, this ability is useful for sneakingpast strong enemies instead of takingthem on. ?hen coupled with the Eocali=edPyrokinesis ability, this ability becomesinvaluable to a Psi user. This is one of themost useful Psi abilities.CurationD /

seconds 9 /seconds perP(.

emotePatternCetection

(hows thelocation ofmany usefulitems,

"ve never used this skill, when do, "ll besure to write something about it, but as itstands, a keen attention to detail seemslike it would better than using upgrade



includingnanites,ammo, hypos,implants andaudio logs. modules on this skill.

CurationD 4minute perP(.

1lectron(uppression

mmobili=esany robotictarget. Pretty much the same as Psionic

Hypnogenesis, but it works only on roboticenemies.CurationD 7

seconds per

P(.

Psychogenic1ndurance

ncreasesyour1ndurance by*. 1ndurance Gust isn"t useful unless it"s

permanent. (kip this skill.CurationD *minutes 9 4minutes perP(.

3olecular Transmutation

Turnsammunitionand hyposinto nanites.

Kse the item recycler instead.

emote0ircuitry3anipulation

Allows you tohackpsionically.

Kses half youP( statIrounded upJin place ofboth Hackingskill and 0!Bstat, and

This will allow you to hack into some of theearlier crates and consoles, and get it forthat, but don"t e'pect to be hacking

anything on the ickenbaker with this skill.



costs psipoints insteadof nanites.

0erebro)energetic1'tension

Turns your Psi)Amp into apowerfulmeleeweapon.

The second strongest melee weapon in thegame, but by far the most useful. ?ithAdrenaline on and decent (T you can killa rumbler in one hit.

CurationD 45seconds perP(.

2ier 5

Advanced0erebro)stimulatedegeneration

egenerateslost hit points. This skill is Gust too powerful. 0erebro)

stimulated egeneration can generallyre#ll your entire health bar, and it costsmuch less than this skill.

AmountHealedD / hitpoints 9 / hitpoints per P(.

(oma Transference

Crains targetnon)roboticcreature of hitpoints, andadds those hitpoints to yourtotal.

This is an interesting skill. t takes yourenemy"s health, and adds it to your own.?ith that use alone, this ability might havequestionable usefulness, but there"sseveral neat things you can also do withthis ability. This ability is the only attackthat can work through a 3etacreativeBarrier. That means that you can trapstrong enemies behind a barrier, thensimply kill them while they pace aroundhelplessly. Also, probably more as an

oversight by the developers than a trueintention for this skill, (oma Transferencecan kill the mind of the 3any before youkill the protective stars that normallyprevent damage to it.



nstantaneousLuantumelocation

Teleports youto a markedlocation. fthere is nomarked

location, thiswill set amarker atyour currentposition. !oucan clear anobsoleteteleportmarker byhitting Alt)T.

3ildly useful if you"re impatient. 3orepatient people can Gust walk to where everand spend the upgrade moduleselsewhere.

mposed$euralestructuring

0auses a non)robotic targetto becomehostile towardall non)humancreatures.

This is a really fun skill to use and nailing arumbler with this can really help you outlate in the game. ;ust make sure you hitstrong enemies with this skill if you get it.CurationD 45

seconds per

P(, or untildamaged by ahuman.

3etacreativeBarrier

0reates a wallof psionicforce directlyin front ofyou.

The barrier has a large amount of HP andis useful for blocking o2 strong enemies sothat you can ignore them instead of havingto deal with them. An added bene#t is thatthis ability goes hand in hand with the(oma Transference ability. ather thanbeing stopped by the barrier, (oma

Transference works through the barrier,allowing you to drain away an enemies HPwhile never being e'ploited to harmyourself.

?all"s Hit

PointsD 4/5 9/5 per P(over /CurationD :minutes

1'ternal Crops a This is more of an oddity than a truly



PsionicCetonation

psionicpro'imitymine. Coes nodamage torobots, and

doubledamage topsionicallysensitivecreatures.

useful skill. t"s good for setting up

ambushes or traps, so that"s a plus, butthen again, you can always do the samewith a trusty ol" shotgun or rie.

CurationD :minutes

Psycho)

reectiveAura

Protects youfrom 65< of

all combatdamage.

This is a matter of opinion. 0oupled withthe Powered armor, you can attain near)

immortal levels of protection.Knfortunately, this skill is short livedand very e'pensive. Kse it with care.

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3arines, because of the many di2erent types ofweapons that they need to carry. %(A agents, onthe other hand, have little use for (trengthbecause they only need their Psi Adapter and aPistol, not needing to lug around many types of

weapons or the Ammo for them. (trength alsodetermines whether you are able to use theheaviest armor, and a couple of the biggestweapons. recommend getting :)6 points ofstrength if you are a 3arine, 7)6 if you are a Technician, and *): points if you are an %(A agent.

Endurance

1ndurance gives you hit points and determinesyour resistance to radiation and to'ins. There are

better ways of gaining a resistance toradiation-to'ins, but the hit points are nice, so puta couple of points here.

Psionics

Psionics a2ect the power of your psionic abilities.Put as many points in here as possible if you usepsionic abilities a lot, if you use one or two spellsonly, * points is #ne. f you never touch psionicabilities, don"t put any points in this.

Agility

Agility increases your running speed, reduces falldamage, and reduces weapon kickback. !ou"ll wantto put some points in to this, no matter what classyou are, for the increase in running speedincrease. ?ith enough Agility, none of the 3eleNrange attackers will be able to touch you. Thereduction to fall damage isn"t really helpful, asthere aren"t many areas you can fall from that willcause damage in the #rst place, while the

reduction to ?eapon ickback helps with thestronger weapons which tend to have strongerkickback. 3arines should have this ma'ed out,%(A agents should have 7): points, and Techiesshould have this anywhere from 7)6 depending onhow they"re playing.

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0yber A@nity IEabeled simply >0yber> in your38C displayJ eliminates one #lled node for eachlevel of 0yber A@nity you have during any Tech(kill >hacking> sequence. t doesn"t become toohelpful until about halfway through, and really only

if you do a lot of computer hacking. However, nearthe end of the game, you"d better have somepoints in this skill if you plan on doing any hackingat all as sometimes entire grids can be #lled withwhite nodes unless you have some 0yber A@nity.

#ech Skills

Hack

This is one of the more powerful skills in thegame. Having a high hack ability allows you tohack into the many (ecurity (tations across theFaun Braun and ickenbacker, disabling thecameras, and more importantly, any turrets. ?henyou"ve disabled the turrets, you"re able toapproach them, and with a level 7 hacking abilityor higher, you can actually gain control of theturret. 0onsidering that most turrets are inimportant areas, they can be a great help.

Repair

This is a completely useless skill. As long as youkeep an eye on your maintenance level for youweapons, they won"t break down. And in the rareevent that they do break, there are plenty of auto)repair items that can #' it right back up for you. The same goes for weapons that you #nd. f you#nd a really good weapon that you Gust want to tryout, but can"t wait till you #nd an unbroken one, Gust use an auto)repair item instead of wastingyour upgrade points here.

Modiy

This is a moderately useful skill. "d recommendgetting level 4 or * in it so you can modify thepistol, shotgun, and laser pistol to level 4. Afteryou"ve modi#ed them to level 4, simply use a8rench 1pstein device to upgrade them to level *.t"ll be well worth the handful of upgrade points



you spend. However, wouldn"t recommendupgrading skill past level *, as you"ll #nd plenty of8rench 1pstein devices to upgrade your weaponsto level * if you"re Gudicious in their use.

Maintain

This is another very important skill. 1very weaponin (ystem (hock *, with the e'ception of themelee weapons and the Psi Amp, has amaintenance level. ?hen a weapons 3aintenancelevel gets to 4, there"s a chance with every usethat the weapon will break if you use it. Havingyour gun break in the middle of a #re #ght is notfun. Try to get this up to level :, because at thatlevel you can perform maintenance on every

weapon and you"ll raise the maintenance level ona weapon by : with every use of a maintenancetool, which will save you a lot of money. naddition, the maintenance skill raises thema'imum you can charge stu2 to, which will helpsave you trips to the recharge station and back.

Research

There"s some use in this, as it allows you to usecertain items, and give you bonus damage againstenemies. However, the only bene#t from putting

more points in this is lowering the time required toresearch. nstead of putting your points in here, Gust equip the lab assistant to get level 4 research,and run o2 and continue with your mission whileyour research takes place. Then put the points yousaved towards a more useful purpose.

CM&# Skills

Standard

The standard weapons skill is the most important0ombat skill. !our #rst weapons will be fall underthe (tandard category, and all of the (tandardweapons are quite useful. f you get this up to level6, you"ll be able to use the Assault rie, which isthe best weapon in the game. nvesting yourpoints here is both a good short and long terminvestment.



Energy

1nergy weapons are the most e2ective weaponclass against mechs. However, the laser pistol isthe biggest reason to put points into this skill. t"s

e'tremely e2ective against all robot classenemies, and is moderately e2ective against mostesh based creatures as well. This is anotherweapon skill that will serve you well throughoutthe game.

Heavy

The only reason you should bother with this classat all is for the grenade launcher. t"s a powerfulweapon, and ammo for it is very plentiful.However, because the other weapons in this skillas so worthless, and because the grenadelauncher already does plenty of damage, there"snot much reason to get more than level 4 or * inthis skill level.

Exotic

The e'otic weapons class is a maGordisappointment. All the weapons show up too lateto be useful, and require not only 1'otic ?eaponsskill, but research skill as well. %f special note is

the ammo that the weapons in this class use. Throughout the game are many various emptyglass Gars. 8or the longest time, couldn"t #gureout what they were for, #gured they were Gustclutter like the plants scattered throughout thegame. Through trial and error, however, foundthat the glass Gars are actually ammo containersfor the e'otic weapons. By dragging an emptyglass Gar from your inventory on to one of themany at annelid pools throughout the game, youcan actually #ll the Gar with annelid worms which

can be used as ammo for your e'otic weapons.$ice of them to e'plain this somewhere. The onlyredeeming thing about the e'otic weapons is the0rystal (hard, which is the most powerful meleeweapon in the game, however, by the time you#nd the crystal shard, you really shouldn"t be usingmelee attacks. This class is Gust a waste, don"t sink



your upgrade modules here.

=>S !pgra"es

Strong Metabolis

Camage from radiation and to'ins reduced by*/<.

Pharo!"riendly

1'tra *5< Bene#t from all Hypos.

Pack!Rat

Adds three e'tra inventory slots.

Speedy

3ovement speed increased by 4/<.

Sharpshooter

1ach shot with a ranged I$on)PsionicJ weapondoes 4/< more damage.

#aturally Able

%ne time bonus of M 0yber 1nhancement Knits.

Cybernetically Enhanced



Allows the use of two implants at once.

$ank

ncreases ma'imum hit points by /.

%ethal &eapon

ncreases all hand)to)hand damage by 7/<.

Security Expert

9* hacking skill If you already have at least 4point of skillJ applied only to security computers.

Sasher

!ou can e'ecute overhand attacks with 3eleNweapons.

Cyber Assiilation

!ou can e'tract a diagnostic-repair module fromany destroyed robot. !ou can use this item to heal4/ hit points.

Replicator Expert

All items in replicators cost *5< less.

Po'er Psi



Psionic burnout no longer damages you.

$inker

$anite cost for making weapon modi#cations is/5< cheaper.

Spatially A'are

Automap for each level is automatically #lled in.

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2his section ust containsti%s that me and variousothers have 6ound to hel%

hile %layin# ystem hoc+. o%e6ully even someone

hos %layed throu#h ystem hoc + can %ic u% a thin#

or to 6rom here.

• One o6 the most im%ortantthin#s & can recommend isactivate the mini-ma%. 2odo so9 o%en u% the in-#ame ma%9 and then checthe 1o$ ne$t to:Minima%:. 2his ill o%ena small version o6 the

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vicinity. 2his reallyhel%s navi#ation in areasthat youre still ne to

and ill sho you thenames o6 near1y Areas9 as

ell as the location o6near1y oer /e#eneratorsand %#rade Centers.

• &6 youve ever comeacross a crate or a led#e

that is ust a 1it toohi#h 6or you to um%onto9 1ut you ant tochec the area out 6or#oodies9 then sim%ly alu% to the o1ect then

%ress and hold 1oth the6orard and um% 1uttons.

2his ill cause yourcharacter to clim1 ontothe led#e9 alloin# youaccess to a lar#er num1ero6 areas. &6 you ant to#et to areas that areust out o6 your ran#e

6or clim1in#9 then um%and hile youre mid-air9

%ress and hold the6orard and um% 1uttons.2his ill cause your







character to do a mid-airclim1. 2his sill

%ro1a1ly has its lar#est

use on the "n#ineerin#;evel as theres a lar#enum1er o6 crates there.

• 2his doesnt have too much use in ystem hoc+9 1ut 1ecause this #ameuses the same en#ine as

2hie69 you can lean6orard 1y %ressin# andholdin# alt<shi6t<(6orard 1utton). 2heonly use 6or this sillin ystem hoc + thatcomes to mind is in the"n#ineerin# 1ay. 2heres

some nanites on anelevator that illcolla%se and ill you i6you al onto it. o doyou #et them then= im%lylean 6orard and you can

%ic them u%.

• 2here is a ay to taescreen shots in ystemhoc +. >hile in-#ame9sim%ly %ress Ctrl-?!. 2he#ame ill 6ree@e 6or a



1it hile it %rocessesthe %icture9 then illcontinue on as normal. 2o

see the screen shot youtoo9 #o to your ystemhoc + directory. 2he

%icture should 1e inthere as a C 6ile9named :dum%: here is the num1er o6 thescreen shot.

• "very time you e$it anarea and load a ne area9all the 1onuses you #et6rom si A1ilities andy%os are reset9 so dontuse your a1ilities orhy%os ri#ht 1e6ore you

enter a ne area oryoull ust 1e astin#them.

• &6 you 6ind yoursel6constantly headin# 1acto the rechar#e stationto rechar#e the ;aser

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>ea%ons

The meat O bones of (ystem (hock *. ?ithout

them, you wouldn"t be able defend Gustice& Theweapons of (ystem (hock * are not very wellbalanced. 0ontrary to common sense, most >strong>weapons really don"t have much of a purpose forvarious reasons. 8or e'ample, although you can #ndsome e'otic type weapons early on, the ammo forthem doesn"t become available until much later on,and by that time, most your Kpgrades have beendistributed elsewhere. "ll post a list of weapons andinformation about them so you can form your ownopinions about them.

tandard >ea%ons

#alon M-A.'an"g%n

(tandard ) 4

This !LL"# your bestweapon untilyou gainenough skill touse the Assaultie. t is the#rst rangedweapon

available toyou, ammo isfairly plentiful,and becausethe Assault ieis available atlevel 6 standardskill, thisweapon onlygets better withtime. Eove it,

feel it, be it.

!se4%l 4orkilling6 Anything in your way.

• Mo"e ,D(ingle(hot

• Mo"e -D Three(hotBurst

• Anti Pers3DCamagebonus

againsteshies.

• Stan"ar"D?eak (hotsthat doabout thesame dmgall around.

• APDCamage

bonusagainstarmoredunits.

Shotg%n (tandard ) 7 The (hotgun has







































plenty of ammothrough the game,especially when youdon"t use it early onlike me. Con"t let

this discourage youhowever, the(hotgun is a veryformidable weaponand ammo really (abundant. recommend usingthe standard modefor a while whenyou #rst #nd it, andthen switching to

the secondary laterwhen you have asurplus of (hotgunshells.

!se4%l 4orkilling6 Coes fairlywell against anyenemy type.

• Mo"e,D(ingle(hot

• Mo"e-D Triple(hot

IKses 7shellsdoes *'dmg.J

• Sl%gD(tandard(hotgunounds.

• PelletDCoese'tradamageto

eshies,but atonly at averycloserange.

M-- Assa%ltRi?e (tandard ) 6

(trength ) :

(imply put, a Pistolwith a */< Cmg

bonus and anAutomatic(econdary mode.Being the bestweapon in the game,it can take down ahuge umbler in 7hits.

!se4%l 4orkilling6 1verythingA$C the kitchensink.

• Mo"e,D(ingle(hot

• Mo"e-DAutomatic

• Sameammoas thepistol3

"ner#y >ea%ons



Apollo '@Laser Pistol

1nergy ) 4

This is onenice littleweapon. nfact, the #rsttime played

((*, ma'edout my1nergy?eaponsskills simplyto makebetter use of this baby.However,there are afew things to

know whileusing thisweapon.8irst, theregular shot Gust doesn"tdo muchdamage atall, and evenwhen you"vema'ed out

the possibledamage thisthingcauses, itstill takes M)4* shots totake downbasicenemies. fyou plan onusing this

weapon, it"sbest to keepit on the"chargedshot" settingat all times.(econd, this+un doesn"tuse ammo

• Mo"e,D

egular(hotICoeslittledamageJ

• Mo"e,D

LaserSabre 1nergy ) :

Agility ) 7

This is a semi)usefulweapon. t #rstappears early on inthe game, so ifyou"ve put somepoints into energyweapons, and arestill using meleeweapons, thenswitch the wrenchfor this, as the lasersabre does moredamage.

• Thisweapondoesn"t haveanyweapon

• 5oesnt%seammo3



modes.

!se4%l 4orkilling6 1verything

EMP Ri?e1nergy ) 6

This weaponis a maGor letdown. t doesonly slightlymoredamage thanthe laserpistol, but itdoesn"t a2ectesh basedcreatures,

only mechs.0onsideringthat yourlaser pistoldoes almoste'actly thesame amountof damage asthis weapon,and the laserpistol can

also hurteshcreatures,there"s noreason tohave thisweapon. ;ustskip it, it"s awaste ofinventoryspace.

!se4%l 4orkilling6 3echs, robots, andany othernon)eshmenace.

• Mo"e,Degular(hot

• Mo"e,D%vercharged(hot

• Rechargeable

Energ*



eavy >ea%ons

#C<,, &rickgrena"e

la%ncher Heavy ) 4

This weaponis the only

reason toget any skillin Heavy?eapons atall. 3arineshave thisweaponfrom theget)go, andit"s one ofthe most

usefulweapons inthe game.%n the"$ormal"3ode, it actsa lot like aocketEauncherwith an arc,on the

"Bounce"mode, youcan bouncegrenadesaroundcorners totake downany enemieswaiting inambush. This weapon

has themost varietyof ammotypes out ofany weapon,and thesegrenadeswill likelytake down

• Mo"e,D$ormalI1'plod

• ;ragmentationGrena"esD

+ood all)arounddamage.

• Incen"iar*Grena"esD+reat damageagainst eshyunits.

• EMP Grena"esD

Stasis ;iel"Generator Heavy ) 7(trength ) 7

A piece of crap for aweapon. Thisweapon can>...free=e in place atarget for a variableamount of time.>?ow, and then

• Mo"e • Prisms



,D...

• Mo"e,D...

what This weaponeats up ammo likecandy, depletingyour ammo supplyrapidly. f :5minions from hellwere attacking me,this de#nitelywouldn"t be my

;%sionCannon Heavy ) 6

(trength ) :

• Mo"e,D...

• Mo"e

,D...

• Prisms

"$otic >ea%ons

Cr*stalShar" 1'otic ) 4

esearch ) :

This is the strongestmelee weapon in thegame.Knfortunately, itcomes far, far toolate and it"s notreally worth theupgrade modulesrequired to gain theability to use it. (tickto the wrench or

• Thisweapondoesn"t haveany

• 5oesnt%seammo3



weaponmodes.

laser sabre instead.

BiralProli4erator 1'otic ) :

esearch ) /

This, Gust like therest of the e'oticweapons has nopractical use. n itsnormal mode, itcan kill you quitequickly, if you"reinterested in doingso. n its secondarymode, it can killany of the spiders

in the game veryquickly.Knfortunatelythere"s only around*5 spiders in theentire game. ;uststick to the pistolinstead of wastingupgrade modulesto get this.

!se4%l 4orkilling6 (pidersand !ourself.

• Mo"e,DHuman

• Mo"e,DAnnelid

• Anneli"$orms

Anneli"$orm

La%ncher

1'otic ) 6esearch ) 6(trength ) 7Agility ) 7

• Mo"e

,DHuman

• Mo"e,DAnnelid

• Anneli"$orms

Other >ea%ons

#he$rench $o

equirements The wrench will beyour best friend for

much of the game, named mine(usanne spent somuch time with it.But seriously, in thebeginning whereammo conservation

• Thisweapondoesn"t have

• 5oesnt%seammo3



any

weaponmodes.

is a must, youshould be near)dependent on thisweapon.

!se4%l 4orkilling6 Cisabled

&lack =psPsi Amp

Psi ) 4

f you want to use yourmad psionic skill=, thenyou"d better have one of

these babies& This isn"t aweapon per se, in that itdoesn"t actually do anydamage itself, but itenables you to use yourlatent psionic powers. Amust have for most.

!se4%l 4or killing6 A lotof enemies early andmid)game, but not so

much late)game. Alsoallows you to boost yourown stats.

• Thisweapondoesn"t haveanyweapon

modes.

• PsiPoints.

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