Character Name: Error 410 (AKA 410)
Birth Name: Stephanie Von Kaiser
Age: 73
Birth Year: mid 1990's (Spike Baby)
Character Role: Decker
Race: Gnome
Stephanie Von Kaiser and her twin, Lena, were born long before the awakening of the sixth world, an event that saw magic returning to Earth, and along with it, new mutations of humankind, and the return of creatures long forgotten, such as dragons. Both Stephanie and her sister were born as "spike babies", children born as magical races long before the awakening, thought to be a result of random pockets of arcane energies floating throughout our world.
Growing up, both Stephanie and her sister discovered that they had a knack for technology, specifically computer programming, and while Lena used her knowledge to become a blackmarket hacker for hire known as a "decker" in the sixth world, Stephanie used her knowledge to secure a more legal position as a spider at Mitsuhama Computer Technologies. It was a spider's job to plug into their workplace's matrix and defend it from hackers, thieves, and of course Shadowrunners, bands of mercenaries who commit crimes usually for the highest bidder. Mitsuhama being one of the largest corporations in the world, and especially with their company's origin as a string of Yakuza fronts, there was never a dull moment in Stephanie's line of work; but she was payed well, she was good at what she did, and she was happy... Until the great crash of 2062.
In the year 2062, a massive crash in the matrix resulted in the loss of untold and unfathomable amounts of data. People lost their jobs, their identities, and even their bank accounts as a result of this massive network failure. One of those affected was Stephanie, who lost her identity when her entire permanent record was destroyed, and consequentially her license to work. But while Stephanie had lost everything in the crash, her sister, Lena, could not be happier. The crash had deleted her criminal record, her personal record, and all data on her existence, giving her a clean slate; and now with the systems keeping criminals at bay weakened from the crash, Lena made a move to take herself to new heights... and lows. Everything that happened created a perfect opportunity for Lena to start anew... but this time, she started under her sister's name.
Lena had stolen Stephanie's identity, going on a crime spree and blaming everything on her sister, building a new identity from the ground up as a reckless criminal. Lena was now invincible. All systems were weakened, and even if Lena did get caught, she would never be the one to take the blame, she could not be touched, and she took full advantage of it. Meanwhile, Stephanie attempted to re-gain her life, battling in courts and attempting to gain her old life back, but when courts started throwing her out due to crimes she never committed, and when security agencies started chasing after her, she knew that something had happened, and that whatever it was, Stephanie could no longer work with the law. The legal system had failed, leaving Stephanie only one choice. She used her knowledge from her work as a spider to become a a hacker herself, and traced everything back to her sister, Lena.
In a fit of rage, vengeance, and justice, Stephanie abused the weakened system just as Lena had, and pinned all the crimes on the true perpetrator... in addition to adding a few new items to Lena's new record, including slandering her sister by making her a registered technomancer, all of whom were feared for their ability to physically interact with data and control electronics with their mind alone. Of course, Lena was no such thing, but being labeled as such would certainly make life very difficult for her. And finally, to send the message never to mess with her again, Stephanie needed Lena to know exactly who had screwed her over. As it turned out, Lena had been operating under the name of "Error 404" in reference to her record no longer existing; so Stephanie took up a new name of her own. A name similar so that Lena could easily tell who had done it: "Error 410". This is, of course, a reference to the internet from before the awakening; An error when data trying to be reached has been purposefully removed and will, in most cases, never return again.
There was no turning back. Stephanie had taken her vengeance, but the damage had still been done. With nowhere left to turn, Stephanie, now only known as Error 410, had no other choice but to become a decker herself in order to survive. Now she is only known as a strange mercenary with no identity or even any record of existence. A living ghost in our world with an enigmatic past... But if Lena could survive the law wanting her for crime, and the public wanting her for her abilities as a so called technomancer, perhaps that mysterious past will all come crashing back to haunt her.
