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faction:freespacers:hacker_cult [2018/07/05 20:57] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation faction:freespacers:hacker_cult [2023/11/12 12:18] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation wes
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 //Alternatively known as the Cult of the Network Backbone.// //Alternatively known as the Cult of the Network Backbone.//
  
-|"The Hacker Cult is the pinnacle of military deployment because it is formless and chaotic. If a force is formless, the mightiest armies cannot crush it any more than a cudgel could crush a cloud of gas. If a force is chaotic, then the wise cannot make plans against it, nor can the deepest spy discern any plans. There is nothing that could be more deadly than an army that spends its //entire// existence dissolved into the ether of the galaxy." \\ \\ **-- Codespinner Zaurak Two Seven 27-5349-4018 \\ The Art of Never Again, Chapter 637: But Above All Else, Know Thy Network**|+|"The Hacker Cult is the pinnacle of military deployment because it is formless and chaotic. If a force is formless, the mightiest armies cannot crush it any more than a cudgel could crush a cloud of gas. If a force is chaotic, then the wise cannot make plans against it, nor can the deepest spy discern any plans. There is nothing that could be more deadly than an army that spends its //entire// existence dissolved into the ether of the galaxy."   -- Codespinner Zaurak Two Seven 27-5349-4018  The Art of Never Again, Chapter 637: But Above All Else, Know Thy Network|
  
  
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 =====Cult Sections===== =====Cult Sections=====
-The Hacker Cult is subdivided into three different sections, which are as follows: \\ +The Hacker Cult is subdivided into three different sections, which are as follows:  
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 ====Datajacks==== ====Datajacks====
-These are network and hardware hackers that operate through traditional direct means, not unlike the first hackers in history would oh so long ago. [[synthetic_intelligence#type_fives|Type Fives]] make up the bulk of this division. As a type of AI themselves, they are by far the most adept at direct attacks. However, on occasion [[freespacer_types|Type Fours]] may be employed. Their physical bodies allows them to latch onto enemy ships and forcefully splice an uplink even if the enemy ship turns off their own communication equipment. Once a Type Four establishes a direct uplink to the ship's network, the Type Fives can begin entering the breach, so to speak. Both of these Types are usually slower than specialized AI, but their capacity for creative thought and their tendency to attack in numbers makes them formidable opponents.\\+These are network and hardware hackers that operate through traditional direct means, not unlike the first hackers in history would oh so long ago. [[synthetic_intelligence#type_fives|Type Fives]] make up the bulk of this division. As a type of AI themselves, they are by far the most adept at direct attacks. However, on occasion [[freespacer_types|Type Fours]] may be employed. Their physical bodies allows them to latch onto enemy ships and forcefully splice an uplink even if the enemy ship turns off their own communication equipment. Once a Type Four establishes a direct uplink to the ship's network, the Type Fives can begin entering the breach, so to speak. Both of these Types are usually slower than specialized AI, but their capacity for creative thought and their tendency to attack in numbers makes them formidable opponents.
  
 ====Codespinners==== ====Codespinners====
-Codespinners are traditional AI programmers and software designers. In the case of Cultists, they specialize in creating programs to provide automated defenses for a system or to seek out suspicious activity and scout on behalf of Datajacks. Occasionally, they may also be called to create viruses, worms, and other specialized tools to aid network attacks. While these creations may not be as creative or intelligent as Datajacks, their relatively small size means they can quickly copy themselves en masse in order to attack many areas of a network at once. Codemasters commonly monitor their creations during coordinated attacks so they can create mutant strains in mid-attack to better destroy certain types of defenses, or so their creations can avoid anti-viral programs.\\+Codespinners are traditional AI programmers and software designers. In the case of Cultists, they specialize in creating programs to provide automated defenses for a system or to seek out suspicious activity and scout on behalf of Datajacks. Occasionally, they may also be called to create viruses, worms, and other specialized tools to aid network attacks. While these creations may not be as creative or intelligent as Datajacks, their relatively small size means they can quickly copy themselves en masse in order to attack many areas of a network at once. Codemasters commonly monitor their creations during coordinated attacks so they can create mutant strains in mid-attack to better destroy certain types of defenses, or so their creations can avoid anti-viral programs.
  
 ====Mindtwisters==== ====Mindtwisters====
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 ===Peacekeeping=== ===Peacekeeping===
-|"Any barbarian can smash things with a cudgel or pull a trigger, but to defeat an enemy without bloodshed, without even breaking a sweat… That takes true talent." \\ \\ **-- Datajack Situla Six Seven 67-9238-3649 \\ The Art of Never Again, Chapter 255: The War That Wasn't**|+|"Any barbarian can smash things with a cudgel or pull a trigger, but to defeat an enemy without bloodshed, without even breaking a sweat… That takes true talent."   -- Datajack Situla Six Seven 67-9238-3649  The Art of Never Again, Chapter 255: The War That Wasn't|
  
 Mentally unstable Freespacers and SI occur much more frequently in the Free State than other cultures due to the prevalence of [[mindware]], [[synthetic_intelligence#emulation]] and countless other forms of neural tinkering. In the event a hacker or Type Five should go insane, the Cultists will isolate and contain said mind to prevent it from causing damage, or even trap them in a system for capture. Mentally unstable Freespacers and SI occur much more frequently in the Free State than other cultures due to the prevalence of [[mindware]], [[synthetic_intelligence#emulation]] and countless other forms of neural tinkering. In the event a hacker or Type Five should go insane, the Cultists will isolate and contain said mind to prevent it from causing damage, or even trap them in a system for capture.
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 ===== OOC Notes ===== ===== OOC Notes =====
-This article was created by [[user:Strangelove]]. It was approved by [[user:Wes]] on February 5, 2007: [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/index.php?threads/the-free-state-and-the-hacker-cult.14060/#post-205750|Approval Thread]]+This article was created by [[user:Strangelove]]. It was approved by [[members:wes]] on February 5, 2007: [[https://stararmy.com/roleplay-forum/index.php?threads/the-free-state-and-the-hacker-cult.14060/#post-205750|Approval Thread]]
  
  

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