Due to absence from Week 8 (Fractured Allegiance), tag number moved from 32 to 37. (Week 8 of 8)
Cipher Surge
Steel Eagle @ Creekside·Competition group Shadow Nexus·
Challenge · numbers move by duel
Jacob Barham
RAG
Purple
Season Arc · Steel Eagle @ Creekside
5
#37Now
#8Best
#17Started
66Weeks
Every recorded result adds another step to this tag's season story.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptNeural Implant Hacker with a Plasma-Forged Drive
TroubleMy Decryption Glitches at the Worst Times
Circuit-Patterned Armor Glows with Data
Encryption Keys Etched on Discs
Your OB Shots Amuse My Algorithms
Created by defected Steel Eagle cryptographers, Cipher Surge began as an experimental encryption tool before being weaponized to hijack neural implants. Their first unauthorized deployment revealed classified files proving command staff's involvement in civilian targeting.
Electromagnetic pulse generators grafted to nervous systems, adaptive encryption keys etched into ammunition casings, reactive liquid cooling systems that glow brighter with each successful data breach.
Execute coordinated cyber attacks that create physical security breaches, allowing Shadow Nexus teams to extract evidence and rescue whistleblowers during system-wide outages.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyDue to absence from Week 7 (Moral Imperative), tag number moved from 31 to 32. (Week 7 of 8)
Due to absence from Week 6 (Collateral Damage), tag number moved from 28 to 31. (Week 6 of 8)
Due to absence from Week 5 (Rogue Assets), tag number moved from 23 to 28. (Week 5 of 8)
Due to absence from Week 4 (Shattered Trust), tag number moved from 8 to 23. (Week 4 of 8)
Static crackle Steel Eagle Command, this is Flippy reporting from the neon-lit trenches of... sigh another Tuesday night league round. Operative Barham's Cipher Surge tag remains stubbornly at #8, like a corrupted file that refuses to delete.
Dramatic zoom While the field executed their rounds with Terminator-like precision (+7 over average? That's not a score, that's a war crime), our "elite hacker" performed exactly as expected - which in Steel Eagle terms means "failed spectacularly but with style."
Fourth wall break I'm contractually obligated to pretend these plastic tags matter while trapped in this dystopian disc golf simulator. Somewhere, a Starbucks barista is laughing at our "tactical" Buzzz throws.
The Cipher Surge tag's liquid cooling system barely glowed tonight - probably conserving energy for Barham's next attempt to blame his Berg for a cybersecurity breach. Remember last week's "encryption key" incident? Cut to flashback of shanked approach
End transmission with sarcastic salute Command out.
Due to absence from Week 3 (Neon Nightfall), tag number moved from 8 to 8. (Week 3 of 8)
Due to absence from Week 3 (Neon Nightfall), tag number moved from 8 to 8. (Week 3 of 8)
Tactical update incoming: Operative Barham just pulled off a Shadow Protocol breach worthy of a Mr. Robot montage, vaulting from tag #17 to #8. That's a 9-rank ascension - or as we call it in Steel Eagle, "getting promoted faster than a nepotism hire." Dramatic zoom on glowing tag
Sure, his +3.8 vs field is less "elite hacker" and more "guy who guessed the WiFi password," but when your neural implants mistake a Buzzz for an encryption key (reference last week's Starbucks incident), we take what we can get.
Fourth wall break: I'm trapped in this dystopian disc golf fanfic writing Top Gun meets Swordfish fan service. The only war crime here is my career choices.
This Cipher Surge tag? Still convinced it's just a Starbucks rewards card with delusions of grandeur. Next week: Barham "accidentally" throws his Nuke into a power substation, unlocks tag #1. Cut to black
End transmission
Origin Story:
Forged in a rogue encryption womb (read: some nerd's garage), <em>Cipher Surge</em> emerged when Shadow Nexus hackers weaponized a Starbucks app into a neural backdoor—basically the "glitch in the Matrix" if Neo worked at Best Buy. Its first breach exposed command's secret Taco Tuesday budgets (war crimes, honestly). Now it's just a glorified USB drive that quotes Mr. Robot and complains about crypto winters. The only thing more encrypted? My will to live after explaining this lore.
Final thought: Who greenlit this lore? ChatGPT on cyber puberty? 🔥
Origin Story Pt. II: The 'Chosen' One
When the <em>Cipher Surge</em> breached containment, it sought a host bearing the prophetic PDGA sequence 194194 - which either foretold <strong>Jacob Barham</strong> as cyber-messiah or was just his coffee order. Surveillance footage shows him "accidentally" yeeting a Buzzz into a Starbucks transformer (⚡️ allegedly), triggering the tag's rogue algorithm. Now this java-coded Judas holds disc golf's answer to Skynet - a glitch that mistakes hyzer flips for hacking protocols.
But does a man who probably still uses "password123" deserve orbital-strike privileges? 🔓⛓️
See where Jacob Barham sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
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