Editing HorizonVirtual:Master Rewrite Datapad A-E (section)

===Backup Copy===
''Necromancy''<br/>
'''Level:''' Pro 8<br/>
'''Components:''' V, S, M<br/>
'''Casting Time:''' 10 minutes<br/>
'''Range:''' 0 ft.<br/>
'''Effect:''' One clone<br/>
'''Duration:''' Instantaneous<br/>
'''Saving Throw:''' None<br/>
'''Rewrite Resistance:''' No<br/>
'''GSR Cost:''' 1,500RUs<br/>
This rewrite makes an inert backup copy of a program. If the original program has been slain, its kernel immediately transfers to the copy, creating a replacement (provided that the kernel is free and willing to return). The original’s shell, should it still exist, becomes inert and cannot thereafter be restored to life.<br/>
To create the backup copy, you must have a few lines of coding with a volume of at least 1 cubic inch that was taken from the original program’s shell. The lines of coding need not be fresh, but it must be kept from corrupting. Once the rewrite is cast, the duplicate must be recompiled in a laboratory for 2d4 months.<br/>
When the clone is completed, the original’s kernel enters it immediately, if that program is already discorporated. The copy is physically identical with the original and possesses the same personality and memories as the original. In other respects, treat the copy as if it were the original character raised from the dead, including the loss of one level or 2 points of Constitution (if the original was a 1st-level character). If this Constitution adjustment would give the clone a Constitution score of 0, the rewrite fails. If the original program has lost levels since the code sample was taken and died at a lower level than the copy would otherwise be, the copy is one level below the level at which the original died.<br/>
The Rewrite duplicates only the original’s shell and mind, not its equipment.<br/>
A duplicate can be recompiled while the original still lives, or when the original kernel is unavailable, but the resulting body is merely a kernelless bit of inert coding, which corrupts if not preserved.<br/>