CORPORATIONS RULE,
THE WORLD IS THREATENED BY A NEW PLAGUE: NAS
NERVE ATTENUATION SYNDROME,
FATAL, EPIDEMIC,
IT'S CAUSE AND CURE UNKNOWN.
THE CORPORATIONS ARE OPPOSED BY THE LOTEKS,
A RESISTANCE MOVEMENT, RISEN FROM STREETS:
HACKERS, DATA-PIRATES, GUERILLA-FIGHTERS
IN THE INFO-WARS.
THE CORPORATIONS DEFEND THEMSELVES.
THEY HIRE THE YAKUZA,
THE MOST POWERFUL OF ALL CRIME SYNDICATES.
THEY SHEATH THEIR DATA IN BLACK ICE, LETHAL VIRUSES
WAITING TO BURN THE BRAINS OF INTRUDERS.
BUT THE LOTEKS WAIT IN THEIR STRONGHOLDS,
IN THE OLD CITY CORES,
LIKE RATS IN THE WALLS OF THE WORLD.
THE MOST VALUABLE INFORMATION
MUST SOMETIMES BE ENTRUSTED TO MNEMONIC COURIERS,
ELITE AGENTS
WHO SMUGGLE DATA
IN WET-WIRED BRAIN IMPLANTS.
