Remote Hack vs. Wireless Hack

[Pax Rafkin]

At 5th level a Mechanic gains the Remote Hack feature. This is a default feature that every Mechanic gets. It uses your custom rig.

If you have an exocortex, at 5th level, you gain the Wireless Hack feature. In this description it says: "If you don’t have the remote
hack class feature, you must be adjacent to the computer to
attempt your checks."

In what situation would you have the Wireless Hack feature and not have the Remote Hack feature?

[Xenocrat]

I'm guessing it's one of the features they can trade for an archetype?

[Pax Rafkin]

Xenocrat wrote:

I'm guessing it's one of the features they can trade for an archetype?

I hadn't considered that but, no.

Mechanics lose Mechanic Tricks when taking an archetype.

[Zwordsman]

Safety guarding for future iterations I'm sure.
Likely exocortec centric archetypes, or prestige maybe..

or for situations where wifi is otherwise supressed.. security zones and the like.

[Cornielius]

Signal jammer?

edit: never mind- a signal jammer might take away your ability to use a wireless ability, but not your class feature.

[VeratiaGames]

I Spend awhile looking into this and I figured it out. the exocortex action is separate from your own action economy. so your exo-cortex can use the wireless hack feature at a distance, however since actual hacking requires a full action, not just the standard action, in order to actually hack and not just "use" a computer normally, you would need to be next to the computer to add your swift and move actions to it to complete the full action required. however if you have remote hack, you can add those actions to it at a range instead.

["Dr." Cupi]

NaerenVastir wrote:

the exocortex action is separate from your own action economy. so your exo-cortex can use the wireless hack feature at a distance, however since actual hacking requires a full action, not just the standard action, in order to actually hack and not just "use" a computer normally, you would need to be next to the computer to add your swift and move actions to it to complete the full action required. however if you have remote hack, you can add those actions to it at a range instead.

So, yes the exocortex has a different, albeit limited, action economy. That still doesn't answer the question, when would you have wireless hack and not remote hack. My guess, it is a future assurance thing, or it is there to interact with npc creation rules.