Actions the System takes in Netrunning
Trying to figure out how the datafort core actions and programs with endurance work.
Assume a datafort has 1 core (so one action), 1 watchdog, and 1 zombie program.
A netrunner enters the grid, pops invisibility, and jackhammers into the datafort.
Now, to do anything to the netrunner, the system needs to detect them. To do so, it needs a detection program, which it has - a watchdog. On systems turn, do I take the systems action to search using Watchdog? Or, since the watchdog has already been rezzed, does it automatically search, leaving system’s action free to later run zombie? And can it use a zombie to search if the watchdog has been derezzed?
One other option, is that the Watchdog searches once, when rezzed, and if it fails - it doesn’t search again. But if so - what happens if a watchdog has been rezzed since before netrunner has entered?
This is really frustrating and I am struggling to understand how this works. Asking the GM for the ruling is not an option, since I am the GM.