Player Section
Steam Name: Frolie
Age: Fifteen
How long have you been Roleplaying? (can be any game): About Five years.
How long have you been playing Serious GMod RP?: A little over Two years.
Character Section
Authorization(s):
Talents in Computer Hacking, Programming, Coding, and Networking
In-Depth knowledge of Computer Software and Hardware
Name: Madelyn Krane
Age: Twenty-Four
Gender: Female
Affiliation: None
Write a detailed in-canon back-story how your character obtained these authorizations.
The following is the written transcript for interrogation of Madelyn Gendry Krane. Madelyn has been under investigation for five months, suspected of being involved with the Cyber-Crime group 'The Faceless Men'. Before her arrest, discussions were held to hire members of the group to work for M15 in exchange for dropping the charges. This interview was conducted to determine whether she was compatible for the job.
D.Roebuck: Madelyn Krane, alias Whisper. Come up with that one yourself?
M.Krane: I used it once, on a whim. It sort of stuck.
D.Roebuck: Are you prepared to confess?
M.Krane: Why bother? You've got enough evidence to convict, and you would have already if you didn't want something from me.
D.Robuck laughs.
D.Roebuck: Witty. That's in your file, you know.
M.Krane: Really? Had no idea the spooks were that detailed.
D.Roebuck: When it comes to special persons like yourself, Miss Crane, we make exceptions.
M.Krane: Special person am I? Such a flirt.
D.Roebuck: Enough chatter. You're correct in that we've got plenty of evidence, easily enough to put you behind bars for the majority of your life. This does not need to happen.
M.Krane: Predictably.
D.Roebuck: This interview is taking place only to find if you're compatible to work with MI5, Miss Krane, so I suggest you watch your tone, and chose your words with care. Make a bad impression and you’ll find yourself behind bars.
M.Krane: Well get on with it then. If I'm going to prison, I'd like to go sooner rather than later.
D.Roebuck: In a hurry, are we? Fine, we'll get on with it. When did your interest in computers begin.
M.Krane: I am my fathers daughter, and my father made his fortune in computers. When I was young, my dad was distant, so I took an interest in his interest. Over time it changed from a desire to bond, and into a sort of specialty.
M.Krane: How old were you exactly.
M.Krane: Nine or Ten, I think. I remember my dad was alone in his office behind his keyboard, as he spent so many other nights, and I picked up something of his, a computer piece, just to get his attention. He seemed to jump at the opportunity to tell me what it was and what it did. After that I'd pick up more things, and he'd explain them. I'd watch him work some days after school, and when I got older I showed off what I'd learned to my school mates.
D.Roebuck: The details are irrelevant.
M.Krane: I'm a story-teller, love. You'll have to put up with it.
D.Roebuck: Whatever. On file, we've got a school write-up concerning a bit of your computer mischief. Explain.
M.Krane: You fellows truly are nit-picky, aren't you?
D.Roebuck: It's our job. Explain the incident.
M.Krane: I was thirteen, stupid, and annoyed that I couldn't get on certain sites.
D.Roebuck: Which sites?
M.Krane: Does that matter? It didn't to me. I was just pissed that they were restricting me at all.
D.Roebuck: So what did you do?
M.Krane: I disabled the Network's Firewall by setting up an SSH tunnel. It sounds snobby when I call it 'elementary' stuff, but it really was. Frankly, the IT department was shit and couldn't figure out what had been done for more than a month after I'd done.
D.Roebuck: And your dad taught you all this?
M.Krane: The word 'taught' doesn't really describe it, but then, I can't find a better way to put it. He taught me some, and I learned some more on my own.
D.Roebuck: So you hacked-
M.Krane: Exploited.
D.Roebuck: What?
M.Krane: I prefer the word exploited. Hacked sounds so... fictional.
D.Roebuck: Right... either way, you found a way past the restrictions of your schools network. Did your dad stop teaching you after that?
M.Krane: Quite the opposite. I guess the fact that I was using these skills outside of our home proved to him that I wasn't just trying to impress him. Every spare second he spent telling me this and that, and when he wasn't I was learning by myself.
D.Roebuck: And that was the end of your trouble in school?
M.Krane: No, but it was the end of what they discovered.
D.Roebuck: What else did you do?
M.Krane: Well, if I hadn't done anything, I would've flunked out of school.
D.Roebuck: You changed your grades?
M.Krane: Among other things.
D.Roebuck: Interesting...
D.Roebuck writes more in the file.
M.Krane: I'll get my hands on that.
D.Roebuck: On what?
M.Krane: Everything you're writing about me.
D.Roebuck: Stop getting distracted.
M.Krane: You haven't asked me any more questions yet. I'm not getting distracted, just staying occupied.
D.Roebuck: D.Roebuck pauses.
D.Roebuck: Fair enough.
M.Krane: Like I said, I'm very much looking forward to prison, so let's speed it up with the questions.
D.Roebuck: Right. Did you receive any other form of computer education before college?
M.Krane: With my exceptional grades-
D.Roebuck: Fake grades.
M.Krane: Doesn't matter, it all looks the same on paper. With those grades I was given the option to take elective courses, and I took one in Computer Careers and another in Software engineering.
D.Roebuck: How long did those courses last?
M.Krane: I started them in Year Twelve, and they lasted until I graduated. Two years.
D.Roebuck: And then you applied to Cambridge?
M.Krane: Why are you even asking me these questions if you've already go the answers?
D.Roebuck: It helps to hear your perspective.
M.Krane: In that case, yes, I did apply to Cambridge. With my grades, a few recommendations from my teachers, and a sizable donation to the school from my father, they graciously decided to let me in.
D.Roebuck: Your father bribed the school to accept you?
M.Krane: Oh no, the donation and the acceptance were coincidence.
D.Roebuck rolls his eyes.
D.Roebuck: What did you major in?
M.Krane: I was a triple major. Computer sciences, engineering, and networking.
D.Roebuck: Quite the course load.
M.Krane: Attributed to why I failed all of them.
D.Roebuck: You failed? On file, it says you dropped out.
M.Krane: I dropped out when I had the dignity to do it.
D.Roebuck: Why didn't you change your grades like you did in High School?
M.Krane shrugs.
M.Krane: I was busy with other computer projects.
D.Roebuck: So you had already started you little group?
M.Krane: I was a co-founder. And just because we had few members doesn't mean we were little, we made an impact.
D.Roebuck: The Nameless Men were terrorists.
M.Krane: Vigilantes, doing your job for you.
D.Roebuck: You broke laws.
M.Krane: We broke Red Tape, for the greater good.
D.Roebuck: You stole.
M.Krane: From criminals! Besides, we needed money to fund our work.
D.Roebuck: Luckily for us, you left a decent bit of evidence in yours and your friends houses, and your friends have confessed to their crimes and are willing to testify against each other.
M.Krane: All of them against each other? How's that possible.
D.Roebuck: It really isn't, it's just a method we use to get them on file implicating others in their crimes.
M.Krane: That doesn't sound legal.
D.Roebuck: It's a grey area.
M.Krane: So, given that we've worked our way up to the present, have you made a decision?
D.Roebuck: The decision isn't mine to make. This tape and this file go higher up on the food chain, and they make the decision.
M.Krane: So we're done.
D.Roebuck: For now. Until the decision has been made, you'll be under house arrest. I've been appointed as your warden.
M.Krane: Pending my being hired, how much would I be paid?
D.Roebuck:Your salary would depend on the quality of your work, but you would start at £36,000 pounds a year.
M.Krane:Would I be on file?
D.Roebuck:Technically you wouldn't exist at all. Hiring people of your repute is still a touchy matter, so you would be listed as a classified or unidentified consultant.
M.Krane:Good. I have a reputation to maintain, and that doesn't not include working for the government.
Madelyn and four others from the group were hired onto the staff as security consultants. Madelyn was the only one to become a permanent installation.
What will these authorizations give your character in regards to perks or defects?
Perks
+ Provided she has any sort of technology to work on, her talents could supply her with a job
+ Talents could prove useful in scenarios when the character has access to a computer
Defects
- Without a computer, these talents are almost useless
- The character would be amputated if it was discovered she was under the employ of MI5
What do you plan to do with these perks/defects?
I hope to build an intriguing character with a bizarre past, and hopefully supply to the Passive Roleplay in the City.
Will anyone else need these auths? (If so, list OOC and IC name(s))
No, just myself.
Which server does this apply for?
City
Extra Notes (optional):
Articles on MI5 hiring Hackers:
The MI5 Hires Teenage Hackers (http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-MI5-Hires-Teenage-Hackers-122439.shtml)
MI5 on the hunt for Hackers to Hire (http://www.digitalforensicsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=715:mi5-on-the-hunt-for-hackers-to-hire&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50)