Shedding some light on TermOS and other computer stuff

[Embolism]

embolism listed a couple things computers can do but the only thing that's really useful is controlling guardbuddies (and you need a head ID for that), nuking the station doesn't actually affect anyone anymore and PDA messages that're useful to intercept are rare

controlling the emergency shuttle and blowing up computers remotely sounds cool but i've never seen anyone who knows how to do it

Here's the thing: you don't need a head ID to control buddies. In fact none of the things I listed require a head ID if you have the know-how. Oh, and nuking the station definitely can have an impact on everyone. A very very big impact. Controlling the shuttle without a head ID or ComMaster is not difficult either.

If I want to stun that dude, I will simply steal a taser and shoot him, instead of coding a packet to spoof the RD's login so I can hack the guardbuddies into attacking him. Too damn much trouble.

It's actually a really simple procedure: you can do it in 10 seconds.

As for how to actually do these things, Tech Storage has a bunch of tools to get you started. Use the wired and PDA packet sniffers to capture packets while you mess with DWAINE and ThinkDOS, preferably with superuser-level access so you can take a peek at the fun stuff. The Buddy frequency is 121.9: even if you aren't interested in controlling the buddies it can be a useful frequency to listen to...