So, we have here another art piece by Victory B!
After he read a little bit about hackers in the RPG source material, he decided to draw us this rather dapper one. It seems that while some hackers go the post-humanist route and install computers in their own bodies, this gentleman is going old school.
He is wearing data glasses, clear under most conditions, but then they opaque and become a full immersion display when one is fully online. His glasses have a hard wire in case he gets hit by a data feed disruptor, which can create electromagnetic white noise and upset wireless connections. Most such glasses are wireless (this also means the glasses themselves can be hacked, though they have limited memory).
He is also wearing data gloves, which allow him to interact with his sim (simulated) environment. He keeps his data tablet (his computer) inside his many-folded top, to keep it out of the way.
Many hackers choose to dress nice, and look rich. Firstly because dressing nice is a staple of Earth culture, and this man is clearly from Earth by his mode of dress. Secondly, many hackers are either well paid professional security specialists or successful criminals, and not rough and ready street thugs.
Hacking is a job for the subtle, the quick witted, and the intelligent. At least, this is the attitude that prevails among the elite hackers of Earth and Orion. Other colonies have slightly varying attitudes. I'll post up Vic's notes on this later on, he had more to say about what inspired him. Also, the "Biggie" challenge comes to a close this week, so if you have a submission for a 7 foot tall Asian either in civies or war gear, lemme know, cause I was gonna post the results on Friday!
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