Nano Program

General informations

All characters use Nano programs to some degree. Nanos can be offensive, defensive or a buff (adds to a certain skill). You should get used to using them as soon as you can.

You can think of nano programs as the futuristic version of the spells you might find in a fantasy game. Nano programs can be found as nano crystal or nano disk (the disks need to be tradeskilled into crystalls).

All characters have access to nanotechnology through an invisible cloud of nano-bots surrounding them. Controlling these nano-bots requires skill and inner strength. The inner strength is represented by your nano pool, which is shown as a blue bar on the left side of the screen, just above the left-hand menu.

Commanding the nano-bots is done through nano programs, which are uploaded to your program storage. Executing a program gives the nano-bots commands, which they carry out to produce the effect of the program, e.g. healing your body, increasing your aim, or damaging an enemy.

Nano crystals

In your Inventory you will find one or two nano crystals, depending on your profession. Each nano crystal contains a nano program, which you can upload to your program storage. The programs storage is shown in the Programs Window, which can be opened by clicking the "Nano" button on the left-hand menu. You can read what the program does by holding shift and left- click the nano crystal or the program in the storage. Here you can also see the requirements you must meet to upload and execute the program. You don'need to increase any skills to use the programs you start with.

To upload the nano program from the crystal, right-click the crystal, i.e. use it. The crystal will disappear, and the program will show up in its correct category in the storage. The program can now be executed as long as you have enough energy left in your nano pool. Executing programs Most nano programs require a target. You can target yourself by pressing F1. You can target others by left clicking on them. Most programs will run either on friendly or hostile targets, not both. Any program will run on yourself though, so be careful whom you target if you execute a hostile program. Your current target for nano programs (and other effects, like medical equipment) is shown next to the Chat Window - left-hand side if it' yourself, right-hand side

if it’s anybody else. To execute a program, left-click it. Make sure to stand still while executing a program, as it requires full concentration from your character. If the program won'execute, an explanation why will be given in the Chat Window.

 Example: As an Adventurer, your starting program will be "Quick Heal",
 a healing program. It will drain sixteen points from your nano pool upon
 being executed, and restore between fifteen and twenty-five points of
 your health. Healing programs can be used on any friendly target, and
 are good for use in combat, as the most efficient medical equipment
 requires the target to sit down and not be under attack.

Nano programs as shortcuts

You' want all your regularly used nano programs on the shortcut bar. To move a program to the bar, move your mouse pointer over the program in the Program Window, and hold down the left mouse button. When the program attaches to the mouse pointer, move it to the wanted place on the shortcut bar and release the mouse button.

Nano Controlling Units (NCU)

Your Nano Controlling Units, normally just called NCU, limit what programs you can have running on yourself at any time. Beneficial programs that have continual effect take up a set amount of NCU, and if the target does not have enough NCU free to hold a new program, that program will fail to execute. Hostile programs do not take up NCU, nor do programs with one-shot effects like instant healing or damage. Your free and total numbers of NCU are listed in the bottom left corner of the screen. You start with eight total NCU. The most common way to increase your NCU is to install a Belt Component Platform, and then fill the slots in the platform with NCU Memory chips.

Further informations

• Complete nano listing can be found on aomainframe.info and auno.org
• Who buffs what?
• Rare nano programmes
• Where can I buy SL Nanos
• Excel Spreadsheet of nanos ingame nanoworld

Source

http://anarchyonline.com/content/downloads/media/pdf/guides/gameguide.pdf