SYSTEM: GIBSON MAINFRAME V9.01
ESTABLISHING SECURE DECENTRALIZED PROXY TUNNEL... ONLINE
WARNING: FEDERAL SEIZURE RISK IN 360 SECONDS.

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Dade
ZERO COOL

In 1988, crashed 1,537 systems in one day, causing a 7-point drop in the NYSE. Banned from computers until 18.

SPECIAL: SYSTEM CRASH

Freezes mainframe counters & security tracing for 10 seconds. (Trace risk rises slightly upon activation).

Kate
ACID BURN

Runs a high-performance custom rig. Noted for hacking the Ellingson administrative system logs.

SPECIAL: KERNEL BYPASS

Instantly bypasses the firewall lock of your currently selected tower. (35s cooldown).

Goldstein
CEREAL KILLER

Taps telephones and eats garbage. Finds security patterns where others see random junk data.

SPECIAL: NODE SPOOF

Pauses the Secret Service trace for 15s. Starts game with one free quadrant ping.