Bitrunner

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SUPPLY

Bitrunner

Superiors: Quartermaster Difficulty: Easy to Very Hard, depending on selected domain Guides: This is the guide Access: Cargo Bay, Cargo Office, Bitrunning Den, Maintenance, Mineral Storage, Mining Mech Access Duties: Link into the netverse to solve puzzles or fight virtual battles. Deliver loot and tech to the station. Get severe amounts of head trauma and die in the Millitary Simulation over and over until you want to bash your head into a wall Minimum requirements: A 100% willingness to get traumatic brain injuries and die horribly in virtual scenarios Minimum Chronological Age: Not defined

SUPPLY

Department head:
Quartermaster

Supply roles

Quartermaster - Cargo Technician - Shaft Miner - Bitrunner - Customs Agent

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Guides

Guide to paperwork - Guide to mining - Elite Mobs

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Cargo Policy

Department Standards: The Quartermaster can lay out additional standards for the department, within reason. Orders, legal or illegal are an IC issue, unless breaking another rule. (see: cargo setting up their own SM.) The Cargo/Supply department are not formal employees of NT, they are temporary-contractors from the FTU, filling in for the Cargo Department. As cargo, you shouldn't be refusing orders without a justifying IC reason. Cargo is still under Corporate Regulations while on NT Property.

A job that focuses on short, semi-offstation combat and puzzle solving to generate materials for the station. It emphasizes team play and can get considerably difficult depending on the domain chosen.

Bare minimum requirements: Load up domains in the server, drag yourself into a netpod, read the domain info, complete the task. When finished, exit via alert or hololadder, shut the domain down, and deliver the cache to the ORM.

Your workplace

The Bitrunning Den is the home of all bitrunning equipment. Sweaty, dimly lit, and poorly decorated; you'll find an assortment of machines to link yourself to a virtual domain here. Bitrunning uses the following equipment:

1. Quantum servers
2. Quantum console
3. Netpods
4. Byteforge
5. Bitrunning Equipment Vendor (on certain station layouts)

Quantum Server

The driving force behind bitrunning is called a "quantum server", a hunk of metal crudely wired together inside the den. The quantum server loads domains in one at a time and must cool down between operation. These virtual domains generally tend to focus puzzle solving or combat elements where you find and deliver a sealed crate back to the safehouse where you loaded in. It is then materialized in its processed form on the station for redemption.

Upgrading the server can be beneficial, for instance:

1. Capacitors: Reduce the amount of cooldown time required
2. Scanners: Detect more information in the domain selection screen
3. Servos: Reduce the injury taken from severing connections.

Virtual domains loaded in can be incredibly realistic - you are using your mind to pilot another person, after all. The damage you incur inside a virtual domain is often reflected back to your physical body. There are some forms of damage which do not directly translate, like toxin and suffocation. Netpods can attempt to sluggishly heal damage, but should you incur it too quickly to heal or if you die outright, you will be ejected from the netpod.

Quantum Consoles

A quantum console UI.

The quantum console interfaces with server operations. Due to poor craftsmanship, it must be placed adjacent to a server in order to function. In the quantum console UI, you can see four key elements:

1. The number of points in the top right, these are rewarded on domain completion. Domain rewards dictate the amount of materials awarded, NP awarded to your account, and the raw points are used to purchase new domains. You do not get points for stopping a domain before the cache is retrieved. You are never locked out of loading in new domains, as there are free and entry level ones to choose from. Choosing a random domain grants extra reward points, but is not available for entry level domains.
2. The domain list. This iterates over every available domain, but without proper components, you will be limited to seeing simpler domain info while the rest are obscured. Expanding domain info can give you an overview of the cost and rewards. Not all domains have a description relation to how to complete them, so be careful!
3. Connection info. This section highlights the number of connections remaining (the radio towers), then the avatars connected. While not always accurate or up to date, it can give you a quick glance at the well-being of the hosted avatars within the domain, as well as a breakdown of the damage they may have received.
4. The currently loaded domain. This is available if the domain selected is within scanner potential, otherwise is redacted. You can also halt the current domain here. If there are currently connected avatars, the system will attempt to alert them before their connection is severed.
5. The Broadcast button, located in the top row. You can use this to stream the virtual world to any and all entertainment consoles located on the station, in case anybody wants to watch you explore these domains.

Netpod

The devices which each bitrunner uses to connect into the virtual domain. Netpods are clunky, coffin-like contraptions which you must link into then submerge your body so that you don't overheat. To access one, drag your character into the unit while a domain is loaded. Some features of netpods:

1. Simple security: Not impervious, but resistant to damage and external environmental threats. If the pod takes considerable damage or is being pried open by crowbar, the occupant is alerted to the event and is given a brief moment to respond.
2. Rudimentary healing: Netpods slowly heal damage over time. This is done to prevent avatars from dying from mysterious causes while inside the domain. However, it is not equipped for full cycle healing, and will eject its occupant once it runs out of power.
3. Disconnection & Severance: Using a netpod generates an object representative of the method to disconnect to your physical body. The hololadder it creates upon entry can be walked over or clicked to return. You are also offered the chance to disconnect safely when the cache is recovered. Should you, the server, or the netpod you're using sustain critical damage or lose power, you will be ejected unsafely from the machine, which can cause brain damage.
4. Job selection. Right-clicking a pod allows you to set the Job of the avatar for that pod, while inside a domain. Different jobs have different starting gear - Bitrun as a clown for extra style points ridicule from your peers. Do note that some domains force your avatar's job to a specific choice, such as the Hierophant Arena or the Clown Planet.

Entering a netpod

Byteforge

This machine handles spawning the cache from the virtual domain. Be advised that materials inside the encrypted cache are not actually transferred, as the cache is merely a symbolic representation. You will not be able to transport items or people in the encrypted cache itself, mostly because you can't even open it inside the virtual domain.

Virtual Domains

Virtual domains are the maps loaded in via console. They are intended to be short missions where you complete puzzles or battles in order to retrieve the cache. Each virtual domain loads in a safehouse, which serves as a gear room for the map ahead. Here, you can find marked tiles to extract the encrypted cache, hololadders to represent methods to disconnect, and sometimes gear if needed for the mission. The cache itself manifests as a secured crate, and using the domain info ability will help you retrieve it. Once found, drag the cache back to the circuit tiles in the safehouse. These are sometimes in different locations, but should be similar in appearance. You can confirm it is an extraction tile by examination.

Things to note while in domain:

• Avatar damage can be reflected onto the host's body. Healing is not. The host body slowly heals while inside a netpod, but if you sustain damage too quickly, or take damage which knocks you unconscious (outside of the netpod), your connection will be forcibly severed.
• Not all forms of damage are reflected onto the host's body. In fact, the only obtainable form of damage is brain damage, which is a result of being forcibly disconnected from the netpod.
• You may only generate a small number of avatars. This is dependent on the safehouse / domain chosen - The only limit to this is the number of hololadder landmarks spawned in the safehouse.
• You are rewarded for speed, difficulty, and handling threats. Make sure to keep a folder to be a snob impress your fellow crewmembers.
• Threats can be benign or malignant. Ghosts are very capable of spawning in and thwarting your efforts. They can also appear and be helpful. There is no restriction on their behavior in the virtual domain - All Bitrunners are valid inside domains. Do note that these virtual avatars are in a permanent mechanical state, which means to attack them of for them to attack you, a CI is not always required (Millitary Simulation is a prominent example of this)
• You do not always need to reach the hololadder to disconnect. Completing a domain offers an alert which can be clicked to disconnect immediately. There are also other unsafe methods. Termination of your avatar will return you to your host body, with the side effect of serious brain damage.

Domain List

This is a list of all current domains, as well as tips and tricks to make virtual life easier for you.

THESE ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN DIFFICULTY ORDER. THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

Domain Name	Domain Description	Forced Job (If any)	Enemies	Cost	Difficulty Tier	Tips
Abductor Ship	"Board an abductor ship and take their goodies."	Bitductor	Abductors	2	3	Be CAREFUL. Abductors can easily down any and all Bitrunners inside a virtual domain. Make sure to take plenty of ammo along, and peek around corners to fire at them.
Ashen Inferno	"Home of the ash drake, a powerful dragon that scours the surface of Lavaland."	Miner	Ash Drake	2	3	Very useful simulation for any beginner miners looking to take down an Ash Drake on Lavaland
Beach Bar	"A cheerful seaside haven where friendly skeletons serve up drinks. Say, how'd you guys get so dead?"	N/A	None	0	1
Sanguine Excavation	"Few escape the surface of Lavaland without a few scars. Some remain, maddened by the hunt."	Miner	Blood Drunk Miner	2	3	Very useful simulation for any beginner miners looking to take down a blood drunk miner on Lavaland
Breeze Bay	"It's simple! Enjoy some rays, catch some fish, and have a good time! Don't get bit by the crabs, though."	N/A	None	0	1
Blood-Soaked Lair	"King of the slaughter demons. Bubblegum is a massive, hulking beast with a penchant for violence."	Miner	Bubblegum	3	4	Very useful simulation for any beginner miners looking to take down Bubblegum on Lavaland
Clown Planet	"In the deep, dark reaches of space... there is only HONK!"	Clown	None, except yourself	1	2	The first section of this area can simply be completed by crawling across the ground (resting state). The second section, however, cannot. Be careful where you make your moves, as one slip-up can take your avatar tumbling into lava.
Celestial Trial	"A massive, ancient beast named the Colossus. Judgment comes."	Miner	Colossus	3	4	Very useful simulation for any beginner miners looking to take down a Colossus on Lavaland
Pizza Party	"Pick up a flashlight and get going. Your favourite bear has been waiting for you..."	N/A		2	3
Gondola Asteroid	"An asteroid home to a bountiful forest of gondolas. Peaceful."	N/A	None, excpet yourself	0	1	Kill and eat a Gondola. And for the love of God, do not get the crate stuck.
Grasslands Hunt	"As a hunter, you must be able to track and kill your prey. Prove yourself."	N/A		0	1
Zealot Arena	"Dance, puppets, Dance!"	Miner	Hierophant	3	4	Very useful simulation for any beginner miners looking to take down the actual Hierophant on Lavaland. If you're not looking to do that however, simply grab a mask, armor, oxygen, and a medipen, as well as the LMG and the extra mag. Assuming you can unload all of the bullets into it, the Hierophant will fall easily. Be wary of friendly fire however.
Island Brawl	"A 'peaceful' island tucked away in the middle of nowhere. This map will auto-complete after a number of deaths have occurred."	Combat Beachbum	Virtual viruses
Meta Central	"Every so often, workers demand rights from Nanotrasen. This is unprofitable."	Security with Modsuit		1	2
Disposal Pipe Factory	"An abandoned and infested factory manufacturing disposal pipes."	N/A	Hivebots	1	2	There's a wall section early on you can break through to enter a room, usually containing at least one hivebot. Do NOT go through disposals, as this will result in everything your avatar has being shredded by a dangerous shredder. It will not, however, terminate your avatar. Just seriously injure them.
Corsair Cove	"Battle your way to the hidden treasure, seize the booty, and make a swift escape before the pirates turn the tide."	N/A	Pirates	2	3
Crate Chaos	"Sneak into an abandoned corner of the virtual world, where they store all of the crates. Warning -- Virtual domain does not support visual display. This mission must be completed using echolocation."	Echolocator	Crates. Yes, crates	1	3	Just don't do this one, it's not worth the time or the brain damage
Infected Domain	"Another neglected corner of the virtual world. This one had to be abandoned due to zombie virus. Warning -- Virtual domain does not support visual display. This mission must be completed using echolocation."	Echolocator	Zombies	2	3	Just don't do this one, it's not worth the time or the brain damage
Glacier Grind	"A treacherous climb few calves can survive. Great cardio though."	Iceclimber	A polar bear locked behind a wooden barricade	1	2
Syndicate Assault	"Board the enemy ship and recover the stolen cargo."	N/A	Syndicate Team	2	3
Cosmic Vestige	"Suspended in the silent void of space, the Neon Relic is a haunting echo of a retro-futuristic era. Hang out, enjoy the view."	N/A	None	20	0	Relax. You've earned it.
Glacian Devourer	"Legends speak of the ravenous Wendigo hidden deep within the caves of Icemoon."	Miner	Wendigo	3	4	Very useful simulation for any beginner miners looking to take down a Wendigo on an Icemoon
Xeno Infestation	"Our ship scanners have detected lifeforms of unknown origin. Friendly attempts to contact them have failed."	N/A	Xenomorphs	1	2	Go in blasting with lasers, and remember that retreating is always an option. Don't be ashamed to run, running can save your life.

Vendor Rewards

While bitrunning, you accrue rewards in the form of NexaPoints(TM) for the NexaCache vendor. The vendor works very similarly to mining vendors: Placing an order can either put it in the cargo shuttle orders, or deliver it immediately via an express pod. The vendor rewards range from cosmetic, to helpful, to abilities.

• Cosmetic items: Don the cringiest gear in the galaxy. Become the One. Stocked with items like borritos and space cola, you can use this category to achieve negative style points and piss off everyone.
• Helpful tech: Buying items in this category grant technology designs which can be redeemed at the station's benefit - BEPIS tech. Long forgotten and barely used, it's found a home here for the benevolent Bitrunner.
• Ability Disks: The last category constitutes the selfish path of bitrunning - Buffing one's own Bitrunning capability. You will find disks that grant items or abilities here. To use them, order them, activate them in hand to make a selection, then carry it on your person (ie: in your bag or pockets) when entering a virtual domain. Some of these disks can grant incredible power, and some just bring along something stupid.

Tips

• Upgrading the server can greatly increase efficiency and quality of life. You will be granted higher rewards, take less damage if you die, and the server will cool down faster.
• Upgrading other machines (currently) has no effect.
• Lost? Domains offer information as an ability upon entering a domain. Sometimes cryptic, but the clues to puzzles are often in the first paragraph of the domain information itself.
• Playing with more players increases server rewards. Team up with your fellow Bitrunners! Or, if they want to join, let the miners in as well.
• If you die or otherwise have your connection severed, wait inside the netpod until it ejects you itself you will get forcibly removed from the netpod and take brain damage. Be careful, as this stacks and can cause head trauma if not treated!
• If you're stuck inside of a domain, even as a shadow of your former self (say, a gondola), you're always capable of leaving the simulation... Unsafely. Death by any means is effective, but it comes with the risk of brain damage.
• Domains are hostile. Do not trust mobs, dead or alive, to not become sentient.
• Purchase or "purchase" a Medibot and leave it in the Den to call out over the radio critically injured bitrunners who eject themselves from the netpod before it heals them.
• If you don't have any extra Bitrunners, you can also ask chemistry for Mannitol to repair brain damage. Anybody competent enough can easily make you some
• Some domains have an extra reward associated with them, usually an extra cache or something of the like. These side objectives are worth it if you can obtain the means to complete them.

Jobs on Nova Sector Station

Command

Captain, Blueshield, Nanotrasen Consultant

Security

Head of Security, Warden, Detective, Security Officer, Corrections Officer

Engineering

Chief Engineer, Station Engineer, Atmospheric Technician, Engineering Guard

Science

Research Director, Geneticist, Scientist, Roboticist, Science Guard

Medical

Chief Medical Officer, Medical Doctor, Paramedic, Chemist, Virologist, Coroner, Orderly

Cargo

Quartermaster, Cargo Technician, Shaft Miner, Bitrunner, Customs Agent

Service

Head of Personnel, Janitor, Bartender, Cook, Botanist, Lawyer, Clown, Mime, Chaplain, Curator, Psychologist, Barber, Bouncer

Civilian

Assistant, Prisoner

Synthetics

AI, Cyborg, Positronic Brain, Drone, Personal AI

Antagonists

Traitor, Malfunctioning AI, Changeling, Nuclear Operative, Blood Cultist, Heretic, Revolutionary, Wizard, Blob, Abductor, Holoparasite, Xenomorph, Spider, Swarmers, Revenant, Morph, Nightmare, Space Ninja, Slaughter Demon, Sentient Disease, Obsessed, Space Dragon, Elite Mobs, Sentient Slime

Special

CentCom Official, Death Squad Officer, Emergency Response Officer, Chrono Legionnaire, Highlander, Ian, Lavaland Role, Construct, Imaginary Friend, Split Personality, Ghost, Golem