"A routine firmware update, now installing. Emergency brakes: optional."
Setting: Taipei, Taiwan
Hostel: Patch House
When: Staged firmware update
Protagonist: Maya Chen, with Mei Lin (chemist from Book 2) as co-lead
Story arc: Release Seven β Arc VI: The Open Network (Survivors Become Evidence)
Status: Coming soon
Age: β
Type: Ensemble lead, with Mei Lin (chemist from Book 2) as co-lead
Fatal Flaw: β
Role: Protagonist
Age: ???
Type: Mysterious presence
Fatal Flaw: None documented
Role: Observer