Lil Bill

Ambition - Rebuild or Replace Schrecknet.

Build a new computer. - Desire

Born Alan Gates, Lil' Bill grew up in the exciting world of Cold War era Computer Technology design and programming, in Cambridge. His father and mother both worked in the field and he knew how to program a basic computer before he was out of primary school. When he was a teenager, he was participating in the early hacker society of the 1960s, which is where he encountered Memnoch - a Nosferatu hacker, who recognized Alan's talent and had his own Childe Persephone Sire him.
Eventually Alan moved to San Augustin to flee his apparent death coming to light. This was when Moloch (his online persona) was outed as a dead man, and Alan changed his name to Bill Ranson. He wasn't a big fan of being called "Little Bill", but he's warmed to it because it causes others to underestimate him.

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Demesne

Bill keeps his haven in the Warrens, though his own domicile is markedly different from the surrounding caves and sewers.

Allies

Moloch the Corruptor - Bill's online persona is known to be dead, and his "followers", the MC7 hacking community (local members of which make up the majority of his herd), believe that his spirit now resides in the web.

Enemies

Dade Murphy is a rival hacker who believes Moloch is a charlatan, taking advantage of the MC7.

Secrets

  • Lil'Bill has access to so many secrets by nature of his online intrusion habits.

Stories

  • Java

    • Lil Bill is willing to pay the Coterie to install hardware in a number of coffee shops around the city, without getting caught.

  • Perl

    • Lil Bill has figured out how to get into the Chinatown LANs, but he needs someone (the Coterie) to be physically present while he sets things up. Again, he's willing to pay.

  • Python

    • Lil Bill (if satisfied so far), would like the Coterie to install some AV devices at the Spiritual Life Center. He still doesn't trust The Ministry.

  • The Seas

    • Lil Bill wants to beef up city security with some AV equipment on the waterfront, but Varun is against the idea. Can the Coterie sneak into his domain and set things up?

  • Swift

    • Bill's tinkering with a new substitute for Shrecknet has drawn some unwanted attention, and he needs someone to track down the hacker who threatens him and eliminate that threat.

  • Ruby

    • One of the local kindred has decided to move against the Coterie, and Lil Bill has decided to warn them, without exposing himself he sets up a series of increasingly ridiculous tasks designed to warn them of the danger and draw out the enemy.