The Web (ReBoot)

The Web is a level of Cyber Space inhabiting all computers. There are no apparent separate Systems in the Web, it is simply a continuous flow of energy and data. Often data storms will form, hurricane looking storms that are very dangerous. The Web is inhabited by Code Masters, Web Slugs, the Web Riders, and several forms of Web Creatures.
One Binome described the Web as navigating an invisible lead soup. The environment is full of dense data, forming storms and dense gale-like data clumps that float through the Web. Web Creatures seem to have little difficulty living within this environment, but other beings, even native ones, will avoid some of the more dangerous storms.
A very dangerous inhabitant of the Web is the Code Masters. These are related to the Code Masters of the Net; the two formats are cousins to each other. Code Masters of the Web are far more powerful and dangerous than their counterparts from the Net.
The only way to access the Net from the Web is by a portal. There is no other direct access between the two dimensions. If a Web Creature is somehow stranded in the Net they will try to survive until they can find a way back, often attacking native Sprites and Binomes to remain stable. They will automatically turn any Tears into portals to the Web. If a portal between the Net and the Web remains stable for any length of time, Web Creatures will begin invading the System that is open to and try to turn it into a part of the Web.
All people in the Net fear the Web. It is the chaotic opposite of the Net and most believe that the Web could destroy the Net if a portal between the two realms was left open too long.
A portal to the Web was opened over Mainframe by a class-m Web Creature that had accidentally found its way to the System as a baby. This began the devastating Web War between Mainframe and the Web.
Hexadecimal's Looking Glass is fueled by energy from the Web. If the mirror is broken it will leave a small opening between the Net and the Web. A small Web Creature can fit through the hole.
The Guardians have a strict policy when dealing with the Web. If a Web Creature is found in the Net in a System like Mainframe, they will destroy the System in order to stop it from opening a portal to the Web. Guardians learn all about the Web and its dangers at the Academy in the Super Computer.
All Systems in the Net have corresponding locations in the Web. The only thing marking their location there is a Tear. A System's location is called its Web Address. However, due to the continuous chaotic flow of unstable energy in the Web it is very difficult to know which Tears are random and which ones lead to Systems. Once a portal to the System on the other side has been opened the location is easier to find, even when the portal has been closed. Mouse hacked into the Web and erased Mainframe's location from the Web, making it impossible to find unless you already knew the location. She also created three powerful traps around the location to destroy any Web creatures that came near Mainframe's web address.
If a Sprite or Binome was to be exposed to the Web, he or she would slowly start degrading. Anyone lost in the Web or abducted by a creature will soon transform into a 'Degraded Sprite'. These beings can survive the Web and even use the Creatures that thrive like beasts of burden, but at a terrible cost. Their prolonged exposure to this hostile place gradually removes all physical evidence they ever were an inhabitant of the Net, until at least the person resembles a Web Creature themselves. Like nullification this process is irreversible with no known cure. Web Riders lose the ability to use the languages of the Net and begin using a Web language of high-pitched squeaks. They also seem to prefer to live in the Web; if a way to the Net is open, they won't use it.
If people or things from the Net enter the Web, they must have web shields made of dead Web Creatures to survive for any length of time. Only a Guardian has a complex enough code to survive the Web without shields.
The Saucy Mare entered the Web from the Edge of Beyond in order to search for Bob. The ship had been completely covered in Web Creature hides to protect it from the Web. After they finally found Bob they went to Mainframe's web address, stabilized the Tear, and left the Web.
Viruses cannot survive in the Web. Megabyte managed to escape his time there only partially degraded because he still had some of Bob's Guardian code from crushing Glitch.
== The ReBoot Multiuniverse ==
The Web was undoubtedly dreaded by many, though it was new to Akari and her Pokémon. Thankfully, Samus was knowledgeable of the Web as a bounty hunter and a promising navigator within the Space Federation. She's the only known sprite to navigate thru the dangerous territory, as well as decimating any Web Creatures that dare interfere, or avoiding data storms and degradation. She was even skilled enough to save Bob from degradation once Megabyte launched him into the Web, during the Web World Wars. Indeed, the Creatures and Riders are proven as a threat to all forms of life, excepting their own kind and degraded sprites, even Metroids. There were, however, a few docile Web Riders that Bob and Samus came across since they and the Space Pirates fight for dominance. Ridley seems to be an expert navigator thru it as he took the baby Metroid to Zebes from the dying Ceres Space Station, but the Saucy Mare, even Akari's Pokémon were never accustomed under the harsh dense data conditions. The Riders can wipe out most of Akari's Pokémon with minimal effort, till Samus, Bob, and the Web Riders intervened. Unfortunately, her Gunship was powerless against Mouse's traps leaving her and Ray separated till a way to Mainframe was open.
After that, the Smashers traversed thru the Web using the Falcon Flyer, Samus' ship, the Arwings piloted by Fox and Falco, and Mewtwo and Kirby were protected from the dense data thanks to the Genetic's strong Psychic powers and the pink puff's Warp Star. They were ambushed by the Guardian fleet en route to Mainframe and needed to separate. The Web wasn't too much of an issue even with damaged vessels such as the Gunship and Falcon Flyer after they left Mainframe for good by the time the Smashers won the Net War.
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