# Hacking and bashing

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hacking-and-bashing/2243>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [July 17, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hacking-and-bashing/2243 "2013-07-17T00:48:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![the.trav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@the.trav](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/the.trav)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hacking-and-bashing/2243/1 "2013-07-17T00:48:54Z")

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So I found a lab, there’s some cool stuff in some rooms next to a computer.

My character is a little derpy derpa, and last time I tried to bypass security it broke the console. I’m afraid to try and lose that sweet gear.

1 - What skill in computers do I need to reliably crack computers?  
2 - The room is regular walls, and reinforced glass walls. Is there a way to smash through them? Would a sledge hammer do the trick?

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**Author:** ![Flare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@Flare](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Flare)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hacking-and-bashing/2243/2 "2013-07-17T01:03:51Z")

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Find a car, they are the best lock picks.

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**Author:** ![the.trav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@the.trav](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/the.trav)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hacking-and-bashing/2243/3 "2013-07-17T01:24:56Z")

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the lab is mostly underground. I haven’t tried to take a car downstairs yet, but I imagine it would be a challenge

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**Author:** ![kastor246](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@kastor246](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kastor246)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hacking-and-bashing/2243/4 "2013-07-17T01:45:32Z")

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Is it like a CMB computer? If it is I think with a computers lvl 2 you can keep trying until you succeed 😃

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**Author:** ![pingpong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hacking-and-bashing/2243/5 "2013-07-17T02:53:38Z")

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I have Computer 6 and I succeed 99% of the time, I’ve broken one or two consoles during my game.

You can use explosives or a certain CBM to break down doors/wall/glass.

Sledge Hammer might work on the glass, hulks can smash through it given enough time.

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**Author:** ![Oragepoilu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@Oragepoilu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Oragepoilu)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 7:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hacking-and-bashing/2243/6 "2013-07-17T07:04:24Z")

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You can also train yourself to computer skill by the easy way,  
try to find a place in a lab where you see :  
A big area  
A big square of glass wall with 2 entrance on the sides down-east and down-west; each entrance have 2 door, one after the other  
Some furniture and broken computer near glass for the half downside part,  
and a compter alone on the upper part - sometime broken but when not it will never broke.  
Yes, never. No alarm, so pretty easy to train.

I’v also tryed to smashglass wall with a g15-intensive smah while i was afk ±15min, with katana, never done. not sure about sledge hammer (massive bash dommage) but the easy say if to make/find explosive (make grenade if you don’t find some, it’s not hard to make) and trow at it : don’t forget that wall are more easy to broke than glass, and glass are more easy to broke than door.

With batterie (cmb : internal change + toolset make it easy) it’s not hard to make a car downside, don’t forget to repair often tought or you will looose part.