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The Nexus - Hacker Farm

Added 2024-03-29 12:36:48 +0000 UTC

Dimensions - [24 x 17]
Image resolution - 4800 x 3400
DPI - 200

"This room is buried in a faceless corporate building, one you would walk past any day of the week and barely pay attention to. But encased in the concrete and steel is this glowing hive of illicit online activity.
Servers click and whir as they carry out the work of people tapping away at their bright screens. Siphoning money, planting blackmail, breaking security systems, nothing good is happening in these walls.
The place is lit up and throbs like a nightclub, but the patrons here aren't focused on having a good time. They're focused on making sure someone else has the worst day of their life."
~ SlappinFace

Hi everyone,

It's map-drop time! This time, we have a corp-style hacker farm called "The Nexus".

This cyberpunk battle map was completely inspired by a recent Jason Statham movie called "The Beekeeper" (check it out if you haven't already).

The map idea was seeded by one of the regular members over at the Discord server, "Aurorachyn". The idea received plenty of traction in terms of upvotes, so naturally I went ahead with the creation process.

The Hacker Farm

The Nexus is about a powerful corporate entity that runs many hacker farms like this one, at multiple locations. This is just one farm. The group runs its hacking operations for a multitude of different reasons, but most of the time it boils down to money, power and other nefarious plot points.

Netrunners are also utilized in attacking high-value, high-security individuals and entities. The hackers plug into the "chairs" (the Neural Interface Terminals) but hacking in this way generates plenty of heat. The chairs then have the appropriate tech to keep the user temps down.

Now, it just happens that one of your players is being hacked by a Netrunner stemming from this location. Why? Reason - "unknown". Send the rest of the team in to investigate.

A Map-chaining Idea

"Aurorachyn", "TheFlatline42" and "LukeTheGM" did point out that this map might chain well with the Police Precinct map I created a while back. This area might just represent the anti-cybercrime division of the police.

This is why I love you guys :)

Map Variants

(Note: there are many more Network Schematic variants included but not shown here. See variant descriptions below)

Body Scanner

An increased security measure. A body scanner (that is actually a metal detector) is added at the lift lobby. Also, the reception desk is now a security desk with a baggage x-ray scanner to eliminate the risk concealed weapons entering the Nexus.

(This variant is provided in "tile" format)

Re-cabling Day

Every server farm requires maintenance and re-cabling/re-organization at some point. It just had to be today, didn't it? What else can go wrong on a day like this?

(This variant is provided in "baked-in" format)

Network Schematics

A big shout out to "Awiz" from the Discord server for coming up with this variant idea. A salute to the many members (too many to name) who helped guide the creation of the Network Schematic Variants and also other variant ideas. You guys are warriors!

These schematics are meant to be hand outs for your players to help them figure out how they may breach The Nexus. Each of the schematic diagrams cover a different network protocol (utilities, security, heat dissipation etc). Hacking the network however won't be easy as it is air-gapped. It'll have to be tackled in stages.

Hacking the network may well involve a physical presence to set up a vulnerability, a wi-fi uplink or worst of all, cable splicing.

Air-Gapped

For this variant, the whole office network is air-gapped. This schematic shows how the isolated local network is connected together.

Public Access Point

This schematic shows the uplink public access points that allows users to access the internet.

Security

Schematics for the security network - doors, cameras, elevators.

Utilities

Schematics for networked general utilities, like lights, screens, motion sensors, vending machines etc.

Thermal Pipes

This schematic covers how the extreme amounts of heat gets routed via thermal pipes to the vapor chamber located against the western wall.

Blank DIY Background

I have also included a blank background of the Nexus for those of you who are extra-creative and want to lay out network schematics in your own style. Go nuts!