Semak-samun

Semak-samun 3[credit]

Ice: Barrier - AP
Strength: 3
Influence: 1

The Runner cannot break the printed subroutine on this ice except using a fracter.

[subroutine] End the run unless the Runner suffers 3 net damage.

The silence of the forest is the surest sign of danger.
Illustrated by Scott Uminga
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Semak-samun feels like “red Turing” (a design I love). They both:

  • can't be broken by AI (though Turing can be broken by Botulus, which Semak-samun is immune to).
  • end the run unless the runner pays three “units-of-value” (though Turing’s clicks are generally more valuable than Semak-samun’s cards).

In particular, while protecting Fujii Asset Retrieval, its End the Run or Lose Cards-in-Grip becomes “hardened” into just an EtR; ditto Turing’s End the Run or Lose Clicks while protecting Ikawah Project. This makes it a “true Barrier” (the ice-type defined by almost always having at least one Hard-EtR subroutine). And its 1inf/5 (like Wraparound) makes it a splashable as tech/hate.


The Runner cannot break the printed subroutine on this ice except using a fracter. is invulnerable to:

but is still vulnerable to:


AFAICT, semak samun means “thicket” (and the plural is initially-reduplicated: “semak-semak samun”).

(Elevation era)

Three clicks might be generally more valueable than three cards, but paying Semak-samun's tax is risky in a way, Turing never was. And I like that design, it's very Jinteki.

@Krams Great point! Turing, but very "redshifted".