Labyrinth, Human Matrix Security Expert

Human Matrix Security Expert
Gotta Get My Hands Dirty
Build a Better Matrix
Been There, Done That
Investments Paying Off

Approaches Archetypes
Careful+1 Chrome+1
Clever+2 Face+0
Forceful+0 Magic+0
Quick+1 Tech+2
Savvy+0 Scrounge+0
Sneaky+1 Style+0

Chrome: CyberLink, Skillmod, Cybereyes (metallic gold irises), Cyberears, Metabolic Dashboard, Smartgun, Somatic Customization (chloroplast skin), Marrow Rejuvenation.

Matrix Swiftness: with your meat body out of the loop and running cold simsense (where you only take consequences like Dazed and Knocked Out), you gain an additional initiative pass. When running hot simsense, making yourself vulnerable to black IC (where you can take consequences like Nosebleed, Induced Psychosis, and Brain Aneurysm), you gain a second one.

Engineering Excellence: Because I have high standards, I get +2 when I Carefully write software, configure systems, and tinker with the Matrix.

Cyberdeck (–2): Because I have high standards, I get +2 when I Carefully write software, configure systems, and tinker with the Matrix.

Quotes

I got learned how to play decker when we had to blow some budget at the end of the year not to have it reduced, so I asked my boss to get one of first-generation immersion-tank cyberdecks so we could test our security software against real threats.

The existing Matrix is built on a pile of terrible implementations and no one is refactoring the core code. We need to build on a foundation of well-designed code before it all comes crashing down, and the Havens are the only place that have their priorities in order.

I was in college when Ryumyo was first sighted. We all downloaded the video and subjected it to every image analysis technique we knew. There were so many fakes made as attempts to debunk it. Some were pretty hilarious...

Modern technology can’t restore your youth entirely, but it can be a big improvement. I still need to work out more than I did when I was in my twenties, can’t neglect the cancer screenings, and my doctor and I are still tuning my hormones. I love the chloroplast skin; I got it with plenty of anthocyanins so I can sun myself as much as I want without getting burned.

As Matrix burglars go, FastJack is a gentleman. Still, every time I design Matrix security, I ask myself, what will give that smug bastard a headache?

My ex is jealous. My children are horrified. My grandchildren think it’s hilarious to take me clubbing and introduce me to their friends as a cousin. My first great-grandkid is on the way, and the world is so weird now that I doubt there will be any consternation over why is great-grandma green?

What do you mean, you don’t have offline backups!? You may not remember the Crash of ’29, but I do, and the lesson we all learned was always have airgapped backups!

Commentary

Labyrinth traded in most of her 401(k) for a carefully selected suite of chrome and a stake in a Haven, where she is helping maintain and improve the Haven’s digital infrastructure. She doesn’t think of herself as a decker, but she’s been testing security measures since the days Echo Mirage was in the news.