Close to Metal

Close to Metal is a perk in Fallout 4.

Effects
The player character has 1 more guess to dial the password in terminals. Also, terminals have 50% less time to be reset after failed hacking.

To gain the perk, the Sole Survivor has to befriend Nick Valentine.

Trivia
In computing, Close To Metal is the name of a beta version of a low-level programming interface developed by ATI, now the AMD Graphics Product Group. This refers to Nick being a prototype synth.