Mystery Box

Mystery Box is a memory-scanner. The user gives it a single program function to search for (Anti-personnel, Anti-program, etc.) and the 'Box goes merrily into the target system's program file. It searches the programs there until it finds one with the specified function. It then attempts to copy that program (roll 1D10+5 vs. target program Strength + 1D10; if the Box beats the target's total, the Box copies the target) and return to the user.

The 'Box is a gamble. It might grab something neat, it might not find any programs with the specified function, it might alert all sorts of nasty ICE, and it can't copy anti-program/anti-personnel programs unless they themselves have broken copy-protection (which is likely in corporate systems; accountants don't want to pay for a program more than once!).

Options: Pseudo-intellect, Movement, Recognition

Source

 * Rache Bartmoss Brainware Blowout, pg.81