Kip-9 “Latch”

Specialty: Computers, Crafting, and Thievery

Latch is an android systems infiltrator assembled for prison maintenance and later freed by the FFs. They know Helix hardware by sound and refer to doors as if each has a distinct personality.

Portrayal

Precise, curious, and quietly delighted whenever corporate equipment fails in an unusual way.

Remote Bypass — Once per Encounter

When a PC attempts a Computers, Crafting, or Thievery check against a prison system, Latch adds one automatic Progress to that subsystem after the roll. This cannot turn a critical failure into a success, but it can complete an objective. Outside a subsystem, Latch instead grants a +1 circumstance bonus to the check.

Safehouse Role: Restores the shielded transmitter and maintains the safehouse's false sensor profile.

GM: Use this support benefit only if this FF survived and was selected as the active specialist. The NPC does not take a complete turn unless the GM deliberately converts them into a normal allied creature.