Electronic lock breaker/Legends

An electronic lock breaker, also known as a scramble key, lottery key, or luckbreaker, was a type of security tampering device that could bypass electronic locks that required a password or code input to open a door.
==Description==
The electronic lock breaker was a high-memory capacity computer coupled with a key-code replicator input/output jack. The devices were capable of breaking through most standard electronic locks.Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook The I/O jack was plugged directly into a door lock and a polynomial computation was "spiked" into the lock's security system. The polynomial computation effectively distracted the lock's computer and prevented the system from recognizing the slicing attempt. At the same time, a secondary program rapidly flashed access code combinations into the lock's systems until it found a match. The electronic lock breaker was also capable of targeting locks that were secured by a genetic code. The slicing program randomly cycled through gene-sequence codes until the correct one was discovered once the polynomial was deployed.Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear The lock breaker could take several hours to break through a lock, although they could be pre-programmed with the computer architecture and code sequences from a target lock to cut down the time needed.
It was claimed that electronic lock breakers often found the correct code faster then it could input them, and experienced operators could tell when this happened by faint buzzing or vibrations from the device. This allowed the operator to manually input a code they believed was correct before the device cycled it through the locking system. This method could be less effective, but save valuable time if the guess was correct.
A variety of models of electronic lock breaker were available, ranging from simple models aimed at breaking through civilian locks, all the way up to devices that could breach military-grade security.Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook Specific models of electronic lock breaker included OutlawTech's Lock Breaker and Locris Syndicated Securities' "Skeleton Key" Locksmith's Tool.
==History==
Jango Fett owned an electronic lock breaker with code algorithm selectors.Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary During the Galactic Civil War, Finn Darktrin used an electronic lock breaker to break into an Imperial shuttle.Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
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*The Last Command 
===Non-canon appearances===
*Star Wars: Yoda Stories
==Sources==
*The Last Command Sourcebook
*The Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook
*Gundark's Fantastic Technology: Personal Gear
*The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
*Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
*The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
*Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook
*Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Core Rulebook
*Fly Casual
*Star Wars: Force and Destiny Core Rulebook
*Endless Vigil 
==Notes and references==
Category:Security countermeasures