Rulings for Proteus Runner Cards

• The additional cards accessed do not include cards installed in HQ. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/3/97)

• For notes on Virus programs, see Boardwalk.
• If you make a successful run on R&D using Demolition Run, you may not give a Doom counter AND trash the rezzed ice on the fort; you must do one or the other. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 2/4/97) If you have more than one "you may do A instead of B," then you can do as many or as few A's as you like whenever B would have happened. However, if B never would have happened, then you can't do any of the A's. Demolition Run means that you never would have accessed cards, so you can't use Armageddon, or related effects. (Tom Wylie via JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 3/11/97)
• Each time you would access cards, you can use as many Armageddons as you like. (Tom Wylie via JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 3/11/97)
• You can give the Corp a Doom counter even if the number of cards you would have accessed has been reduced to zero or less. (Tom Wylie via JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 3/25/97)
• Each time the Corp installs a card, each counter produces a separate effect, but the Corp must roll dice equal to the number of Doom counters in play. If any 6s are rolled, the card is trashed. For each 6 rolled, the Corp removes a Doom counter. This means that more than one Doom counter could be removed with a single installation. (Tom Wylie via JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 3/25/97)

• See Access through Alpha for notes on base links.
• You gain a bit after any successful trace avoidance during which Back Door to Rivals was used, even if you would have avoided the trace without the link the Back Door provided. (Official Netrunner Rulings, 4/21/97)

• On a 6, if the card revealed is a Hidden Resource, reveal the card to the Corp, then install it face down. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/5/96)
• On a 6, if the card can't be played (e.g., it is a prevention effect with nothing to prevent) or if you cannot pay the costs associated with playing the card, it stays in your hand; you must pay the costs if you can. You still have to reveal it to the Corp. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/5/96)
• The action gained from Bargain with Viacox may be forgone to fulfill a penalty. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 10/2/96)

• See Hammer for notes on Noisy cards.
• Ice with no subroutines on it (e.g., Hunting Pack as the only ice on a fort) can be considered to have had all of its subroutines broken. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/5/96)

• Using each Chiba Bank Account is a separate effect, and that effect must be completely resolved before any other effect can take place. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/27/96)
• You can use Chiba Bank Account to pay for installation costs. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 11/11/96)
• When using Chiba Bank Account to install a card or pay for an effect, follow this sequence: 1) announce the card/effect; 2) pay the price (this is when you trash Chiba Bank Account); 3) place the card in the trash/archives; 4) perform the effect. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 11/11/96)
• "You may use this ability whenever..." means you can use Chiba Bank Account at the specified times in addition to the normal times that special effects can be used. (Tom Wylie via JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 3/11/96)

• You can only activate one Credit Subversion each run before it is no longer "immediately after a successful run on HQ." (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/13/97)

• For notes on Virus programs, see Boardwalk.
• Crumble counters allow you to trash upgrades on HQ, as well as cards stored in HQ. (Skipper Pickle, Netrunner-L, 11/11/97)

• The Corp can rez nodes and upgrades before the run is considered successful; for instance, Dr. Dreff can throw ice in front of the Runner before the Runner can activate Death from Above. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 2/19/97)
• If you trash cards that you don't see, and you play a card that provides a bonus or effect that depends on what card was trashed, (cf. On the Fast Track), you can ask the Corp if you trashed the appropriate type of card, but you may not look at the trashed cards or the Archives to verify this. If necessary, you can ask a third party to verify the Corp's answer. (Tom Wylie via JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 3/11/96)
• When Death From Above meets New Galveston City Grid, the "normal cost to trash" the cards in the fort becomes the cost of DFA's effect, so the Runner must still pay the additional 2 bits per node and other upgrades installed inside the fort. If the Runner can't pay the cost for ALL of the nodes and other upgrades, the Runner cannot use DFA's effect. The Runner only has to pay for upgrades or nodes that have been rezzed or exposed. (Skipper Pickle, Netrunner-L, 11/4/97)

• If you also have Armageddon installed, you may not give a Doom counter AND trash the rezzed ice on the fort; you must do one or the other (see notes on Armageddon). (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 2/4/97)

• Ice with no subroutines on it (e.g., Hunting Pack as the only ice on a fort) can be considered to have had all of its subroutines broken. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/5/96)
• You cannot use Disgruntled Ice Technician to derez the ice after using Dropp to break the subroutines on that ice. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/6/97)

• Ice with no subroutines on it (e.g., Hunting Pack as the only ice on a fort) can be considered to have had all of its subroutines broken. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/5/96)
• You cannot use Disintegrator to derez the ice after using Dropp to break the subroutines on that ice. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/6/97)

• You can use it multiple times for large lumps of damage, but you cannot hold over the damage prevention; each source of damage must be paid for separately. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/13/96)

• The icebreaker inside Eurocorpse Spin Chip has all the benefits and drawbacks of any other installed icebreaker (e.g., it can be trashed by killer ice subroutines). (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 10/18/96)

• There is no opportunity to jack out between the time you roll the die at the start of the run and the time you approach the first piece of ice installed on the fort. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/27/96)

• See Hammer for notes on Noisy cards.
• The ability to choose the type of ice that Fubar breaks can only be used once during the "lifetime" of the program. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/14/97)
• Fubar's ability to select the type of ice that it breaks can be used any time an icebreaker can normally be used. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/15/97)

• For notes on Virus programs, see Boardwalk.
• Garbage In counters allow you to trash upgrades on R&D, as well as cards stored in R&D. (Skipper Pickle, Netrunner-L, 11/11/97)

• For notes on Virus programs, see Boardwalk.
• The additional cards accessed do not include cards installed in R&D. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/3/97)

• Multiple HQ Moles provide cumulative effects. (Sparky on R&D Interface, Netrunner-L, 6/4/96)
• The additional cards accessed do not include cards installed in HQ. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/3/97)

• Using each Liberated Savings Account is a separate effect, and that effect must be completely resolved before any other effect can take place. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/27/96)
• You can use Liberated Savings Account to pay for installation costs. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 11/11/96)
• When using Liberated Savings Account to install a card or pay for an effect, follow this sequence: 1) announce the card/effect; 2) pay the price (this is when you trash Liberated Savings Account); 3) place the card in the trash/archives; 4) perform the effect. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 11/11/96)
• "You may use this ability whenever..." means you can use Liberated Savings Account at the specified times in addition to the normal times that special effects can be used. (Tom Wylie via JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 3/11/96)

• Contrary to Netrunner FAQ v.1.0, if you use Joan of Arc to prevent the trashing of Lockjaw, you will not gain the benefit of +2 icebreaker strength (REVERSEs a previous ruling). (Skipper Pickle, Netrunner-L, 9/29/98)

• You only gain one action each turn from Lucidrine Drip Feed; the actions do not accumulate. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/27/96)
• The action gained from Lucidrine Drip Feed may be forgone to fulfill a penalty. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 10/2/96)

• If you trash cards that you don't see (cf. Death from Above), and you play On the Fast Track, you can ask the Corp if you trashed an Advertisement or Transactions card this turn, but you may not look at the cards or the Archives to verify this. If necessary, you can ask a third party to verify the Corp's answer. (Tom Wylie via JD Wiker, 3/11/97)

• You only get one chance to run each fort; if something (e.g., Siren) misdirects you away from a fort, you can't run it again. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 2/5/97)

• The bits are gained as soon as the agenda is accessed, so the Runner can use these bits to pay trash costs or pay costs for stealing agenda (e.g. Red Herrings). (Skipper Pickle, Netrunner-L, 5/18/98)

• The Runner scores the additional agenda point as soon as the agenda is accessed, but the Runner cannot win the game until after all cards in the fort are accessed and their effects dealt with (See Sparky's Run Chart). (Skipper Pickle, Netrunner-L, 5/18/98)

• Multiple R&D Moles provide cumulative effects. (Sparky on R&D Interface, Netrunner-L, 6/4/96)
• The additional cards accessed do not include cards installed in R&D. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/3/97)

• In the case of a misdirected run, the ice trashed is the ice on the fort that was accessed (e.g., the Runner runs on Archives but accesses cards in HQ; the ice on HQ is trashed). (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 3/5/97)

• See Access through Alpha for notes on base links.

• The additional cards accessed do not include cards installed in R&D. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/3/97)

• For notes on Virus programs, see Boardwalk.
• Each Scaldan counter generates a separate start-of-turn effect, so the Corp may forgo actions between die rolls. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/28/97)

• If the ice is not rezzed, Senatorial Field Trip has no effect. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/5/96)

• Each card accessed that deals damage is a separate effect. If you access 10 cards from R&D and they're all Setup!s, you'll have to deal with each Setup! as a separate effect. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 11/18/96)

• It's not legal to trash something that's already in the Archives, so you can't give the Corp bad publicity for advertisements that are already in the Archives. (Official Netrunner Rulings, 4/21/97)

• See Cloak for notes on Stealth cards.

• Using each Swiss Bank Account is a separate effect, and that effect must be completely resolved before any other effect can take place. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/27/96)
• You can use Swiss Bank Account to pay for installation costs. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 11/11/96)
• When using Swiss Bank Account to install a card or pay for an effect, follow this sequence: 1) announce the card/effect; 2) pay the price (this is when you trash Swiss Bank Account); 3) place the card in the trash/archives; 4) perform the effect. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 11/11/96)
• "You may use this ability whenever..." means you can use Swiss Bank Account at the specified times in addition to the normal times that special effects can be used. (Tom Wylie via JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 3/11/96)

• For notes on Virus programs, see Boardwalk.

• See Access through Alpha for notes on base links.

• Time to Collect can be used to prevent the trashing of a resource being trashed by Corporate Detective Agency, even if Time to Collect is also being trashed. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 11/11/96)
• If you use a Time to Collect to prevent a cost from being paid, you prevent that cost's effect from being played (REVERSEs a previous ruling). (Skipper Pickle, Netrunner-L, 9/29/98)

• For notes on Virus programs, see Boardwalk.
• The additional cards accessed do not include cards installed in HQ. (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 1/3/97)

• For notes on Virus programs, see Boardwalk.
• Forgoing an action due to a Pipe counter is a start-of-turn effect. A player may choose the order in which his or her start- of-turn effects occur. The Corp may forgo actions to remove Virus counters before forgoing actions to Pipe counters, and thus avoid the effects of Pipe counters. (Sparky, Netrunner-L, 9/5/96)
• Remember that the Runner uses special effects first; then the Corp gets to use special effects. This means that if at any point the Corp has 3 appropriate Socket counters, the Runner will be able to give the Pipe counter before the Corp can forgo actions to remove Virus counters (this is important if the Runner has Code Viral Cache installed). (JD Wiker, Netrunner-L, 2/4/97)

• You can use Wired Switchboard even if you do not have a Base Link card in play (the Runner always starts with a base link of zero). (Netrunner FAQ v.1.0, 5/22/96)

• See Hammer for notes on Noisy cards.

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