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They only start once your hack actually *reaches* the target planet, so what you're really looking at as a 'contest' between the two is the time duration that the trace will take to cover that empty space, versus the time duration that your hack needs (once at the target) to crunch through the hacking timecost of that node. The main strategic concern about traces is that they travel at 2x the speed of the hack over empty space. Traces will only be created on an enemy system that has a Defensive Program installed - if the enemy system has no such program, you can freely hack it with no consequences whatsoever (note that this applies in reverse - if you don't have a defensive program on your system, it's a sitting duck). They can also apply some 'malus' to your system, such as making your system unreachable for several turns, or giving an option to the tracer to blackmail you, preventing you from denying their request to stop hacking. If a trace reaches the hacking source before the hack finishes, then the hack gets cancelled. The main thing that traces do is to cancel out your hack. Traces are the main thing you're worried about when hacking.

You're capped at a maximum hack distance (over empty space) of 23 units, which is the same distance Unfallen vining is capped at.

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If you have Free Movement, you'll get 0.75 distance units/turn across empty space.

If you don't have 'Free Movement' (the ability from that T2 tech that allows your ships to fly through open, non-starlane space), then it's impossible to have hack routes over empty space.

2.9 distance units/turn for hacking along a starlane.

Note that '1 unit of distance' is how far a ship with a movement speed of '1' could travel in a single turn: The speeds over various kinds of space are as follows. 'Hacking Speed' can be boosted by several things, but is capped at a 95% boost. Note that there are a few significant numerical values worth considering about hacking:

Pirates and Minor Factions can increase law upkeep by 50% for 5 turns.Pirates and Minor Factions can increase the industry cost of buildings by 10% for 5 turns.Pirates and Minor Factions can choose a tech tree quadrant to increase the cost of by 15% for 5 turns.All these effects last for 5 turns, and work on any star system, including the Increase Law Cost.

In-game Representation Offensive ProgramsĪll Minor Factions and Pirates, when they unlock the ability to hack, can choose one of the following options when hacking players or the academy. Tracks progress of hacking operations passing through this node +30% Bandwidth Cost on Enemy Hacking Programsīlocks hostile hacking operations from creating backdoors +10% Bandwidth Cost on Hacking Programs for EnemiesĬhange the target or path of a Hacking Operation Hacking Operations Offensive Programs Hacking Operation

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