Gridrunners

> *This article is about the Gridrunners, the eponymous team of militant hackers. For the first book in the series, see Gridrunner 1: Gridrunner. For the series as a whole, see The Gridrunner Sequence.*
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## History

**The Gridrunners** are a group of militant revolutionaries fighting to free themselves and Earth's workforce from the corporate forces which have enslaved them.

### Background

The Gridrunners began as an informal resistance against the corporate forces of Korbitron, Wellspring Systems, Ternion Industries, and Clairfield Medical Technologies (collectively referred to as The Syndicate), who were the primary drivers behind the sequence of events which led to the mandatory adoption of CyberGen modification.

#### Siege of Clairfield

There was no exact moment when this informal resistance took on a more structured form, but many believe the turning point was the "Siege of Clairfield", an armed assault on the headquarters of Clairfield Technologies by those who were scheduled for CyberGen modding. During this uprising, state-of-the-art technology was stolen by the resistance, which ultimately enabled the resistance to develop and build their own body modifications, both internal and external.

Many from this resistance were captured by corporate MPU forces, modded with CyberGen, and put to work. Others were simply killed. However, there were some that were able to stay hidden in a secret location below Nest-47 in an old industrial warehouse. This location was cleaned out and made into what was supposed to be a temporary surgical site. However, due to it being so secluded and fit for their needs, this became the Gridrunner HQ. It was there that the stolen tech was first put to use in "unlocking" CyberGen mods as well as installing new proprietary mods.

#### Project Silhouette

At first, the resistance force was only able to hack into the CyberGen mods to power them down, but were unable to control them otherwise. They also could not power their own mods. What they needed was their own network to power the mods.

They were contacted on their private internet network by a strange source that refused to give any name at all, nor any indication of who they were, or even why they were doing what they were doing. They told the resistance that it is possible to hack into the OMNI network, which is what powers the CyberGen mods. This "backdoor" will grant them access to the inside of the network where they can build their own sub-network on which to power their own mods.

Although skeptical, the resistance went along with the idea, feeling they had little to lose and everything to gain. The anonymous source gave them a program called Project Silhouette, which helped them gain access to the OMNI network (at this time, the resistance were not hackers, just regular people fighting to take back control of their own bodies and labor).

After the success of building a VPN powered by the OMNI network, the anonymous source became known as Silhouette. However, they never contacted the resistance again. Their final words to the resistance were: "Now you run the grid."

## Members

* First Arc
* Second Arc
* Founders
* Allies

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## Notes and Trivia

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