The friends you left to die
Portofiro, five years ago. The crew went into the abyss, the reports on how it went down are contested, and the mission is to rebuild it.
Karolina, cryptonym KINDRED, was the youngest and was last seen undercover in an experimental dream study. Ramses, cryptonym RADIAN, was the crew's circuit surgeon and the closest thing to a friend. Tempo del Sur, cryptonym TAXMAN, is a presence in the city's underworld, known by his manner of speaking and his imported cigarettes.
Vespar Sondo, cryptonym VIRTUE, is one of the city's investigative police and drinks in the same bar on and off duty. Eszti Newitz, cryptonym ESTOC, is the one who stuck her neck out to warn that the network was compromised, and the one left behind. HOLOCENE has no recorded name: your second in command and the crew's cryptographer, with a theory about most things.