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Ghost In The Machine
Archetype: Decker
The Virtually Dead are a group of
deckers who have a constant presence in the matrix even through nobody can
figure out who they are, where they jack in, or anything about their past. Ghost
is their leader, its (nobody knows 'its' gender) icon being that of a white
phantom, almost like a cloud of mist. All of its programs are custom and all
have a strange masking ability so even as they run nobody can tell what it is
until it actually activates or burns something. All emerge as a foggy patch of
the original phantom.
Ghost is not a destructive matrix
entity. It never causes unnecessary damage to a system and spends more time on
free systems than restricted. For the most part ghost just hangs back and
watches things happen. One can usually tell if it has visited their system if
they jack in and discover it has planted a program in a node which makes the
entire thing resemble a grave yard. This effect is visual only and has no effect
on node function. It can be inconvenient to remove, however.
Baby Jesus
Archetype: Decker
Jesus's icon is that of the Christ child
enshrouded in a heavenly glow. When it attacks it changes into the battered body
of Jesus crucified. The attacks are almost eloquent in they way they are
executed, usually involving a simple almost gentle touch from the icon.
Baby Jesus is a very religious
individual and will ravage any one or any thing which has harmed something
relating to Christianity. This not mean it will blow a datastore if someone
wrote a file denouncing the religion. Even though it knows it's right it
believes everyone has the right to their own opinion. If a faction blew up a
church, however, that's when things can get really ugly.
Angel
Archetype: Decker
Angel appears as a shimmering,
blindingly radiant icon. She spends most of its time watching over Baby Jesus
and backing it up when it gets into trouble. Angle possesses only defensive
utilities and will occasionally defend someone she doesn't even know.
Angel can usually be found on an
isolated Denver node known as The Muse's Tear. Where she sings beautiful music
and recites her poetry. She is the only one from the group which has actual
verbal contact with others on a regular basis. Unlike the rest of the group
everyone also is pretty sure of her gender.
Sleeping Soul
Archetype: Decker
Sleeping soul appears as a black
cylinder with a small glass window revealing the occupant as being a sleeping
man. Sleeping soul floats endlessly through the electronic corridors of the
matrix, not able to be stopped by any known form of defensive system.
Sleeping soul has no known attack
capabilities but its defensive systems are unbeatable. Nobody has even come
close to cracking them. Now most people just leave it alone to float. The rest
of the "group" visits occasionally and seems to have some way of communicating
with it.
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