Darkwire is not a virus (temp repository)

Daiya · Mar 5, 2021

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@Anakin Stormrunner
@Aren D'Shade
@"Bloody" Bill Renfroe
@Brie
@Cartri Keswoll
@Cassus Akovin
@Chelara "Chel" DuCote
@Chloe Santhe
@Daiya
@Deryn Kaaldos
@Elkin "Big Cheese" Magor
@Gray Venasir
@Haden Del
@Helena
@Jerec Asyr
@Kole Eckttor
@Kimiko
@QEMD-15 Echo
@Saija Kwann
@Spark
@5-WCH (Switchblade)
@Subject 648 Slipknot
@Xan Deesa
@Yula Perl

Ahead of our cooperative thread with the SJO (called Stolen Futures), I made a little survey to check in with you all about the stories we've told, ways we can improve, and what you want to see in the future! Please give it a look, your input is invaluable to us!

Darkwire Survey Summer 2020

Tell us what you think of Darkwire stories, any criticisms you may have, and what you want to see in the futute!

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Hello again! I'm posting here again, to let members of Darkwire (who don't use discord) know that we are running another Survey for the Fall.

This one is a character survey so we can see what ages and genders Darkwire characters have as a whole, and at the end there is an optional section for general feedback.

Thank you for your participation!

Darkwire Survey Fall 2020

Let us know about your characters!

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Tiz the season to survey apparently! (Thanks for the help Shira Varanin!)

We've just made a survey for Darkwire punks new and old to make sure our quality content continues to keep you interested! We'd love to hear from you

Darkwire Survey Winter 2020

Tell me what you want, what you really really want!

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There are so many worlds out there to be explored. While the Chaos map has a lot of the main planets that the galaxy features, there's so much more out there. And this is no fault of the map itself, there's just too much to include.

Darkwire has a neat little slice of space that is surprisingly underutilized. Denon, obviously, is our main focus for the stories we tell. But there's a lot of nearby flavor. So I thought I would compile a database of these other worlds with an incredibly brief description to provide a resource for all of us should some of that flavor come in handy. If no description is attached, then it is a (mostly) blank slate.

The Devaron hex:
-Bryexx
-Enisca

The Belazura/Froswythe hex:
-Motexx: borders the other side of the Black Nebula from Arat Fraca
-Gandeal: Imperial fortress world and raw material exporter
-Tinnel
-Chasin
-Condular: home of the Grand Astrocartographic Institute

The Kelada/Quarzite hex:
-Hillindor: known for an edible bird frequently used in soups
-Aleen Minor: a colony world of the Aleena
-Ronyards: a junkyard planet with large metal deposits that is ruled by droids
-Sagar: home to the Blackstar wheelworld

The Denon/Loronar hex:
-Arat Fraca: borders the other side of the Black Nebula from Motexx
-Byblos: corporate world featuring a starship manufacturer
-Pancael IV
-Havricus
-Koensayr: home of Koensayr Manufacturing
-Aquilae: Duros colony
-Iseno: military traditions with famed honor guard
-Gendrah-Narvin
-Besnia: known for their sausages
-Herzob: agriworld
-Boudolayz: once housed Imperial Archives
-Exodeen: homeworld of the Exodeenians
-Perithal VI: home to the Institute of Starship Engineers

The Parcellus Minor/Sarko VI hex:

The Bovo Yagen hex:
Rhommamool/Osarian - dual planet system known mostly for feuding between each other
Ord Vaxal - prison planet that was inevitably taken over by the criminals after a prison break, also former depot
Genon - former home of a Black Sun mob boss, otherwise unhabited
Spirana

The Surron hex:
Mek va Uil

The Altier hex:
Hilo

Rika has spoken.

—? ACTIVE?—

ALL FACTION MEMBERS WELCOME:
Enterprise Day (Anniversary Celebration)
Crooks of a Feather (Dominion of Wann Tsir)
Held on Denon
Big Karking Cosmic Mysteries
Blackstar
Catch'Tra Me If You Can
DARKWIRE//Journalcrypt

ASK TO JOIN:
Beauty is in the Bod of the Beholder
Neon Hairballs
Belazura Data Heist
Restless
As A Serpent Might

—?ARCHIVE?—

Darkwire Faction Roleplays:
Welcome to Denon
Process.TCPClient(Aegis.Contract.) (Contract with Aegis Systems)
He's a Time Bomb (Dominion of Belazura)
Dance with the Devils (Dominion of Devaron)
Roots Radical (Open Social)
Ghost in the Machine (Mission)
The Corporate Authorities of Denon (Diplomacy with CIS and SJO)
To Have and Have Not (Dominion of Iphigin)
Train and Space Elevator Heist (Mission)
When Feeling Hollow, Pray (Mission)
A Night Out at the Tavern (1st Beer Free sponsored by Shtööhb) (Open Social)
Tales from the Underworld - A Coruscant Story (Mission)
Nanotripping (Dominion of Parcellus Minor)
Saaaaayyyyy PIZZA! (Open Social)
Stolen Futures (Mission/Collaboration with SJO)
On the Beach of Dreams; Another World (Mission/Social)
HOSTAGE CRISIS: Sakedo Tower (Skirmish)
On the Beach of Dreams; Another World (Mission/Social)
When in Strange Bars (Public Social)
Denon daydream
Part One: Looking in the Mirror (Faction Story, Mirror Series)
Gems in the Sky (Mission)
It’s A Cruel Cruel Summer
Frego Circuit: No Rush Track
Frego Circuit: No Rush Track Audience & Gambling Den
The House Always Wins (Dominion of Bovo Yagen)
Shadow of the Mirror (Social)
Samhain's Derelict
Honor Among Thieves (Diplomacy between GA and CAD/Darkwire)
Junkyard Elegy (Dominion of Altier)
Sakedo Sunset Party (Social)
High Rollers
Ready Player Cresh
Part Two: The Mirror Looking Back (Mirror Series, Skirmish with MU)
Back Alley Exorcism (Bounty)
Happy Life Day, Ya Filthy Animals
Mile High Hack
Circling the Drain
It's Darth Voyance Night and the Feeling's Right
Interlude: Refraction Point (Mirror Series)

Darkwire Character Roleplays:
Runscan.exe
Shadow Protectorate: C>Ipconfig
Lamb Hunts a Wolf
Sniffin' Glue
Denon a new home
Paradise Lives in a Shopping Bag
Ignorance is Bliss
All That Glitters
Vaults and Villains
Corporate Meets Criminally Grifted
Pandemonium on Denon
Skate or Die
It's Nothing Personal, Just a Con
Spinward Spinning
Break My Chains of Connection
Alone on Denon
And the World Will Turn to Ash
Late Night Heist
Catnip
Ghost
Quekko's Choice
You Asked For It
A Morning After
Prisons are More Than Bars
Cracking Chains
On This, the Day of Your Daughter's Celebration
Lend You a Hand as I Slide the Knife Through Your Back
How Do you Do, Fellow Kids?
Perils of Peekablue
The Train
Don't Switch Me Off
Ghost II

Friendly Company Listing:
Darkwire Market
Aegis Systems
Mirdirmorut
Jaeger Solutions
Horizon Tech
Gellenbright Securities

Factory Subs:
Vampyre Cybernetic
DH-17 Speeder Bike
Hidden Data Pad
N-12 Virus Droid
E7 Acid Mines
The CryptNet 2.0
Darkwire Tattoo
Starlight-class Yacht
Jorj Kell Memorial Holos
Darkwire Disruptor
Juxtaposer Wheelbike
Reaver-class Boarding Pod
Darkwire ALXS Droids

Codex Subs:
Seven Corners
Sakedo Tower
Corell Tower
The Wall
Lithios (Planet)
Mirdirmorut Domum Fidelum
Second Chance Bar & Hotel
The Next
Hosk 240

Bounties:
The Last Will and Testament of the Governor of Belazura
Hostage Crisis on Denon

Misc:
Darkwire Chaos
Major Faction Application
Faction Ad
New Faction Ad
Faction FAQ
DELETION ERROR (Blog Article on the Mirror Series plot)

Some artwork and graphics for Darkwire. Everything posted here is free for everyone to use as they see fit!

(As originally used in And the World Will Turn to Ash)

(As originally used in Part One: Looking in the Mirror)

(As originally used in On the Beach of Dreams; Another World)

Darkwire:
Courtesy of Scherezade deWinter

Corpos (CAD):

CorpSec:

Logo Only
CAD Logo Only
CorpSec Logo Only

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Daiya · Mar 5, 2021

DARKWIRE CHARACTERS

Eloise, nicknamed 'Frankie', was the first Shadowrunner of the Darkwire network. When the Corporate Authorities began to take control of Denon in early 856ABY Eloise was approached and hired by The Storyteller, the shadowy leader of Darkwire. She was a native to Denon, born and raised in the slums of the lowest levels. She gained status on the shadow market as a powerful slicer and mod-junkie. By the time she was twenty 80% of her organic body had been replaced by cybernetics, most of it performed in illegal chop shops.

In the following two years of her time in Darkwire she assisted the Corporate Authorities in establishing dominance over the planet, wiping out key political figures and sabotaging databanks. She contacted and recruited talented individuals into Darkwire and was crucial in Darkwires success. When the Corporate Authorities rule was finalized in 858ABY Eloise vanished from Denon. There was no trace of her, The Storyteller never assigned Shadowrunners to track her down and it is largely believed that once her job was done in helping the Corpos gain power they cut loose ends.

The Corporate Authorities ExO, Mr. Fey. If Devaronians were demons, Mr. Fey was a spectre of evil. The Kalzerian was tall, looming over most. His thin build and bright yellow eyes gave him a serpentine appearance. He seemed to perpetually hold his hands clasped together at the front. His skin was grey and leather-like. When he smiled it revealed a row of dagger-pointed black teeth and a slithering grey tongue. When he spoke it was with venom in his voice. He was the ExO appointed by the Direx board to govern Denon and the Corporate Authorities as a whole.

Cold and merciless, it was to be expected from the former Shadownet Broker of the Red Raven Syndicate, the in-between man that served them when it suited him, only out for his own personal gain. He served the Black Sun Syndicate before their eventual fall as well as the various Hutt families. He spent some time in the Unknown Region before setting himself up in the Corporate Sector. When the other Corpos fled to Denon his knack at manipulating the underworld allowed him to gain supremacy over the Corporate Authority.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSHIP BOARD

The Executive Directorship Board, otherwise known as the Direx Board or the Board of Directors, is responsible for the managing of the companies which compose the Corporate Authorities of Denon. It has fifty-five members, known as Direxs, who are all high ranking business executives with thirty-seven of those seats consisting of voting sponsor corporations. The remaining eighteen seats rotated among the non-voting but contributing members. This allowed them approval rights on the budgets of the CAD.

The Direx Board was led by the ExO or the Executive officer. Other posts included the Prex, Viceprex, Auditor-General and the Diplomatic Advisor that represented the interests of the allied nations. Like many individuals in the Corporate Authorities, the Direx Board was also victim to bitter infighting. Although they could not openly target one another they utilized their social influence, political sway, vast wealth and sometimes, Darkwire, to get what they wanted.

It is believed the Direx Board members are all equal but an unspoken hierarchy had been established with the five most powerful figures in the Corporate Authorities, exclusive from the position of ExO, dictating the Direx Board. Were it not for the fact they all fought with one another not even the ExO could stop their combined influence.

Marlene Starlight

Ms. Starlight is the leading figure in military tech and is the biggest financial contributor of Corporate Security, CorpSec, the police-soldiers of the Corporate Authorities. She manipulates CorpSec for her own benefit and poses the greatest threat to Darkwire in the entire Corporate Authorities. Cunning and astute, she will take out anyone in her way towards her final goal to become ExO.

Larz Blackheart

Darkwire Netrunners often find themselves on the virtual run from Larz Blackheart and his army of slicer droids. This cyber-security chief is a mastermind of the Holonet and all its sub-services, including the underworld CryptNet. His code is a complex matrix of endlessly spiraling encryptions. He is a mastermind of slicing and a formidable foe for Darkwire, and sometimes, a powerful ally.

Diviak Manfloon

Mining companies the galaxy over gather in the dark shadows of his presence and fall before the red gaze of Diviak Manfloon whose influence on the Direx Board is almost next to none. He has spent his life harvesting worlds of their resources, ecosystems annihilated and entire populations financially devastated to further the wealth and goals of the Mining Union.

Luminous Sun

Powerfully and mysteriously attractive, Luminous is a mistress of seduction and the leading corporate figure in the Entertainment industry. She frequently works with underworld syndicates to source Twi'lek and Zeltron slaves for her pleasure palaces, and spice for her pseudo-legal spice dens. She has become a source of frequent income for Darkwire as she hires Shadowrunners to eliminate competition.

Qanatain Xopsaloff

Qanatain is both the most loved and hated figure on the Direx board, venomously despised that he holds almost every single member on the board to an incredible debt, yet revered for his ability to produce funding at a moments notice. His ancestry with the Banking Clan has made him excessively rich. He will abuse the debt of others to swing votes in his personal favour.

THE UNDERWORLD

In the lowest levels, in the abyssal urban depths, of the ecumenopolis that was Denon, it was a rare thing indeed to see sunlight. For the inhabitants of the baroque and gleaming cloud cutters, sky towers and superskytowers—the latter reaching as much as two kilometres high— the sun was something taken for granted, just as were the other comforts of life. Since WeatherNet guaranteed that it never rained until dusk or later, the rich golden sunlight was simply expected, in the same way that one expected air to fill one’s lungs with every breath.

But hundreds of stories below the first inhabited floors of the great towers, ziggurats, and minarets, in some places actually on or under the city-planet’s surface, it was another story. Here hundreds of thousands of humans and other species lived and died, sometimes without ever catching as much as a glimpse of the fabled sky. Here the light that filtered through the omnipresent gray inversion layer was wan and pallid. The rain that reached the surface was nearly always acidic, enough so at times to etch tiny channels and grooves into ferrocarbon foundations. It was hard to believe that anything at all could survive in these dismal trenches. Yet even here life, both intelligent and otherwise, had adjusted long ago to the perpetual twilight and structured environment.

At the very bottom of the chasms, in the variegated pulsing of phosphor lights and signs, stone mites, conduit worms, and other scavengers flourished on technological detritus. Duracrete slugs blindly masticated their way through rubble. Hawk-bats built nests near power converters to keep their eggs warm. Armored rats and spider-roaches scuttled and hunted through piles of trash two stories high. And millions of other species of opportunistic and parasitic organisms, from single-celled animalcules all the way up to those self-aware enough to wish they weren’t, doggedly pursued their common quest for survival, little different from the struggles on a thousand different jungle worlds. Down here was where the jetsam of the galaxy, a motley collection of sentients dismissed by those above simply as “the underworld,” eked out lives of brutality and despair.
It was merely a different kind of jungle, after all.
And where there’s a jungle, there are always those who hunt.

KV-N1

KV-N1 is a strange syndicate. They dominate the information trade and have rapidly expanded operations on Denon. KV-N1 is unique in that there are only droids in the cartel. The HRDs blend into society and the other droids are largely ignored, allowing them to move through normal society without issue. They have few enemies for no one can find them. They could be anyone, anywhere, watching you.

3411

3411 is a slicing crew that have been established on Denon for centuries, the former kingpins of the information trade. With a long history in selling information to the biggest criminal cartels and syndicates in history. When KV-N1 arrived on Denon they quickly began losing clients. They see KV-N1 as a threat to their existence and wage a silent cyber-war against them.

Zerø

Wealth and cult practices has made Zerø a formidable crew on Denon, with thousands of dirtboys and dirtgirls following the preaching of the Zerø crime lords. They primarily manufacture and sell spice in every level of society, from the lowest junkie to members of the Direx Board. The premium cut spice is sold to the rich while the poor are sold dubious quality drugs, often resulting in overdoses.

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D A R K W I R E

By the year 844 ABY the largest criminal empires the galaxy had seen were battered, they had exhausted their resources. Decades of brutal underworld warfare had crippled their networks and resources. Syndicates and cartels toppled and although a handful tried to rise up from the ashes, none succeeded. Former enforcers and hitmen turned to bounty hunting, escaping what could be a needless death in another fly-by shooting. Smugglers flew to the Outer Rim, taking jobs from the Outer Planets Alliance while Pirates flew into the Unknown, reaving across the stars. Slicers went deep underground, hiding where none could find them. Hidden behind reinforced encrypted firewalls.

What was left behind was the everyday man, woman and droid. Those who during the fallout didn't have the credits to buy their way offworld, instead surviving years of turbulent gang warfare as small time crime lords vied for power. The wars of galaxy-spanning empires made such livelihoods harsher. When the Sith took Etti IV corporate bigwigs didn't like being pushed around or suffering from trade embargoes placed on Sith worlds. A motley crew of corporations moved their business to Denon, operating from the ecumenopolis world. They quickly established influence in the local government and soon bought their way into global governance. They ruled the planet with an iron fist and cracked down on the underworld.

Now in 858 ABY the Corporate Authority of Denon has been established. Big suits fight for power, market forces merging on one another. Unable to compete openly they resorted to the underworld, fighting proxy wars using former gangsters, information brokers and muscle to push competition out of the way. A crime syndicate has risen in this competitive environment. One that manipulates the market for their benefit, accepting credits from corporate institutions to do their bidding, all the while being oppressed by the people they work for. Corporate Security, CorpSec, breathing down the neck of the Underworld.

Darkwire is a criminal syndicate operating out of Denon. It's primary focus is market manipulation. They operate under the iron fist of the Corporate Authorities that now govern the sector. Darkwire is the underworld home to mod-junkies, fixers, enforcers, slicers, information brokers and assassins.
The Darkwire network operates within the political reach of the Corporate Authorities.
- Government Type: Corporatocracy [Corporate Authorities of Denon]
- Head of State: ExO
- Executive Branch: Direx [Executive Direx Board]
- Judicial Branch: Inter-Corporate Tribunal
- Military Branch: CorpSec [Corporate Security]
- Capital: Denon
- Official Languages: Galactic Basic
- Currency: Authority Cash Voucher
- War Philosophy: Defensive Wars
- War Doctrine: Mercenary Dependence
- Orbital Bombardment Stance: Forbidden
- Native Interference: Passive Studies
- Native Enlightenment: Forbidden
- Resettlement: Allowed
- Land Appropriation: Allowed
- Genetic Enhancement(s): Allowed
- First Contact Protocol: Passive
- Initial Border Status: Open
- Foodstuff Policy: Unrestricted
- Economic Policy: Monetary Policy
- Trade Policy: Wealth Creation
- Production Policy: Manufacturing Focus
- Artificial Intelligence: Allowed
- Droid Workers: Allowed
- Pre-Sapients: Hunted
- Refugee Policy: Citizens Only
- Population Control(s): Allowed
- Slavery: Forbidden
- Purge: Forbidden

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Cassus Akovin

Xan Deesa

Approved Codex Submissions:

Locations:
Mirdirmorut - the Company HQ on Denon
Seven Corners - a hub of both legitimate and criminal activity
The Blue Flame - a tavern in Seven Corners frequented by Darkwire
Sakedo Tower - a shopping mall within the Seven Corners district controlled by Luminous Sun

NPCs:
Larz Blackheart - one of the DireX Board Members
Diviak Manfloon - one of the DireX Board Members
Luminous Sun - one of the DireX Board Members
Rhéala Aleyv - a lieutenant of Luminous Sun

Lore:
Sargon's Few - a Dark Side cult of religious zealots

Approved Factory Submissions:

Technology:
Vampyre Cybernetic - Close-Quarter Combat option for cyborg characters
Cryptnet 2.0 - a darkweb-like communications network for Darkwire members
The Darkwire Tattoo - a nanobot capable of communication between Shadowrunners using Cryptnet

Vehicles:
DH-17 Speeder Bike

Ships:
The Midnight Vulture- flagship of Larz Blackheart
The Mediator - flagship of Marlene Starlight
Intrusion - flagship and fleet complement of Diviak Manfloon
Gentry - flagship of Luminous Sun
Death Monger - flagship of Qanatain Xopsaloff

Tron-class Star Destroyer - ships of the line for the fleet serving under the Corporate Authorities

Proposed/Pending Codex Submissions:

Planets:

Species:

Locations:
"The Pentad" - the government center on Denon. 5 buildings connected by a courtyard sitting atop the CorpSec headquarters.
Casino on Bovo Yagen

NPCs:
Marlene Starlight - one of the DireX Board Members
Qanatain Xopsaloff - one of the DireX Board Members
Sola Ember executive assistant to Marlene Starlight

Lore:
CAD structure/organization
Militia serving under Larz Blackheart
Militia serving under Luminous Sun
Militia serving under Marlene Starlight
Militia serving under Diviak Manfloon
Militia serving under Qanatain Xopsaloff
CorpSec structure/organization
Darkwire criminal organization and its structure
Darkwire network board where jobs/messages are posted
"Darkwire" Force Tradition - inspired by Hedge Witches

Proposed/Pending Factory Submissions:

Technology:
Standard set of slicer gear for Darkwire members
Datapad with universal connectors for slicing/connecting directly to CryptNet 2.0

Vehicles:

Starships:

Companies:
Company listing for each DireX Member

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