[Startup] Bypass Protocol

Not gonna lie, I started building with Mercury mostly as a joke. I wanted to see if I could make this thing work. Turns out, it's kinda awesome. Brings back feelings of that OG Criminal tricksy life.

First, let's talk about the ID. Mercury turns all of your Inside Jobs, S-Dobrados and to alesser extent Tread Lightly into multiaccess. Not to mention you can absolutely hammer centrals if the Corp ever stumbles on economy.

The real juice comes when you've installed Tsakhia "Bankhar" Gantulga. Then, you can fly through servers and access whatever you want. Raindrops Cut Stone is a refund on cards if you want it, or it's just a strong run event to get through porous ICE and keep your econ and aggression up.

Hermes is the bees knees. Anyone who played Reg Leela knows it's a super strong ability, clutch at opening up holes and bouncing half-advanced agendas.

Yes, I run a complete breaker suite because I'm a coward sometimes. If the comments tell me I should do something cooler, I'm open to suggestions.

The one notable omission is Capybara, clearly designes for Mercury but just not strong enough. Emergency Shutdown is just more versatile and easier to trigger. Every time I've had Capybara in hand while testing, it has felt underwhelming.

Obviously there are upgrades to be made, since Startup is just full of good Criminal Cards. The Hardware Suite, the Mark synergy cards, lots of strong resources.... I haven't tested those versions or found the space for them, but I'm not giving up on this. Mercury may just be what finally gets me off my Ken decks and play something else.