HARDLINES

Hardlines are extremely important in MxO. They serve a number of purposes (right-click on the Hardline to see these options):

- Transportation "nodes": as you slowly explore new areas in Megacity, you'll find new Hardlines. By using them, you'll add them to your list of locations you can instantly transport to. That is, you can immediately Teleport from one Hardline to another. Initially, your Hardline list will consist of only a handful of locations within the Richland area of Megacity.

- Marketplace access points (i.e., the player-run "Bazaar" interface where you can buy/sell items from/to other players; it's not auction format, just strict flat sell-price format).

- Data Upload points: when you acquire new Abilities in the game (e.g., new special attacks from Vendors), you'll carry that ability as "code" in your Inventory. To actually use that Ability, it must first be uploaded to your Code Storage area "outside" the Matrix (think of it as the Harddrive on your Hovercraft). AFTER it's loaded there, you can then choose to make it available in your Ability Tree.