Muse

Muse 2[credit]

Program: Daemon
Memory: 1 • Strength: -
Influence: 4

When you install this program, search your stack, heap, or grip for 1 non-daemon program. (Shuffle your stack after searching it.) If that program is a trojan, install it on a piece of ice. Otherwise, install it on this program.

Vó, mentor, angel. Murdered by porcos. Never forgotten.
Illustrated by Marlon Ruiz
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Rebellion Without Rehearsal (rwr)

#91 • English
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Rebellion Without Rehearsal
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  • Updated 2024-05-26

    Is the memory cost of a program hosted on Muse ignored?

    No.

  • Updated 2024-05-26

    Can the Runner trash an installed program as part of installing Muse and then use Muse to install that program from their heap?

    Yes.

  • Updated 2024-05-26

    When the Runner installs a program using Muse’s ability, can they trash Muse while installing that program?

    The Runner can only trash Muse if they are not required to host the other program on Muse.

  • Updated 2024-05-26

    Can the Runner search for a trojan with Muse’s ability while there are no installed ice?

    The Runner is not allowed to find a trojan with Muse’s search while there is no installed ice, since the ability requires it to be installed on a piece of ice. The Runner won’t be able to complete the install instruction following the search. This is true even for trojans that can normally be installed without being hosted on ice, such as Ika.

  • Updated 2024-05-26

    The Runner has an Environmental Testing with 3 power counters on it. Can the Runner install Muse and use the 9 from the Environmental Testing to install the program they search for with Muse?

    Yes. Both Muse and Environmental Testing meet their trigger condition when Muse is installed. The Runner can choose to resolve the “when installed” ability on Environmental Testing first. This places the last power counter on Environmental Testing and causes a chain reaction to give the Runner 9, which resolves before the game returns to the reaction window where Muse’s ability is pending.

Reviews

Self-modifying code but:

  • You install immediately, so can't install a program mid-run.
  • You can pull a program back from the heap. (Or just pay 2 credits, 1 memory extra to install a program from your grip)
  • Costs 1 memory by itself and that memory cost sticks around after the program has been tutored.
  • costs 1 extra influence out of faction but is an in-faction way for Shapers to pull programs from heap.

The benefit to taking this over Self-modifying code is when you want to be able to pull a program back from the heap and don't mind occupying 1 extra memory while it's around (And once you're done with it, it's one extra card for Aesop's shop)

(Rebellion Without Rehearsal era)
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