Paradiso Questions

[SgtHulka]

So I finally read Paradiso, and I've got quite a few questions about the individual missions. I figured I'd start a thread and ask the questions one by one in here.

First question...Mission 101 and EVO Repeaters (but also relates to others). In 101 and many others, Hackers or Engineers have to be in base contact with terminal markers and pass WIP checks with various modifiers in order to achieve an objective. It never actually says that the Hacker is performing a "Hacker" roll. In fact, it would seem the opposite, since Repeaters are expressly forbidden and there is no defensive hacking (except for the last objective). So my question is...if you have multiple hackers and an EVO Repeater can you gain a bonus to the WIP roll when trying to achieve an objective? On the mission 101, in specific, if I have an Aragato Hacker is in base contact with a Techno-Device, it takes a short skill and a WIP-6 roll to analyze the device or to recover the info, or a roll of 7 or less. If I have an EVO repeater and a Keisatsu Hacker back in my deployment zone, can I spend another order on support Hacking to give the Aragato a 10 or less (+3 WIP)? The same question goes uploading the transmission and even encrypting it...if the same Aragato tries to upload it, it's again a WIP -6 short skill, or a roll of 7 or less, and this time the opponent can try and defensively hack it. If I first encrypt it with EVO, it's a WIP -3 short skill. But if I have the EVO and a second hacker, can I spend an extra order to make it a WIP 0 roll? Or WIP -3 unencrypted?

[IJW Wartrader]

Unless it's specifically described as a hacking roll, it's just a short skill with a WIP roll.

The rolls where having an EVO Repeater gives a bonus are described for each mission, for example the cumulative bonus in 102.

[SgtHulka]

Thanks, IJW, that's what I thought, and I just noticed you answered an identical question on the Infinity sight about a week ago. Sorry!

Next question: what happens when you Sepsitorize a specialist?

A lot of the scenarios involve a series of actions that have to be taken by a specific specialist. Scenario 101, for example, requires a specialist to search the device, recover the data, and then transmit it. If, during that point, the specialist is killed, another specialist can pick up the data from its corpse and complete the objectives. The objectives are the same for both sides, so if I sepsitorized a specialist who had gotten the data and I have him upload it, would I receive the victory points for uploading the data? Would I also receive the victory points for searching the device and picking up the data? (even though I never did it; my opponent's sepsitorized specialist did it).

Alternatively, look at scenario 102. In that one, both sides have the same objectives, but they have different sequences. So let's say my opponent successfully completes all four parts of his sequence with a Hacker. I then sepsitorize his hacker. Can I now transmit the data and gain victory points for that? Technically, the sepsitorized guy hasn't completed my sequence, he's competed my opponent's sequence.