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Old 09-22-2022, 07:58 AM
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A lot of military encryption devices are black boxes that connect to an otherwise unencrypted radio. Attaching them and loading keymat strikes me as more Electronics than Computers. The same holds for basic radio operations like setting up an antenna and such.
As an RTO/other stuff in a DTAC, I could do all that, but I didn't have any Electronics skill. I would call doing the above an INT roll. You need to be smart, but otherwise anyone could be taught to do that.

Actually fixing those boxes? That's Electronics skill.
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