Goonhub
07-07-2018, 10:05 PM
Here's an idea I had in my head for quite a while for a secondary antagonist, but hadn't really fleshed it out until recently.
The Computer Virus is a malicious program designed to multiply itself over and over. It doesn't have a physical form, nor it needs to.
It starts in a random computer in the station (most likely a personal computer) and can only spread to nearby computers. Considering that this is the future and that everything is online (probably) the virus can just click on a computer to slowly infect it. The virus doesn't really have an end-game goal, as it only exists to cause a ruckus.
If a computer the virus is inhabiting gets shut down or is destroyed, the virus is eradicated and the crew can actually worry about other things that are actually dangerous.
Viruses can infect fire alarms and randomly trip them, infect vending machines to launch their products, and break as many lights as possible. You could probably do DWAINE stuff as well. Maybe. Important systems such as communication, the power grid and the AI upload computer would be off limits to you. (And, obviously, the AI itself)
The Computer Virus is a malicious program designed to multiply itself over and over. It doesn't have a physical form, nor it needs to.
It starts in a random computer in the station (most likely a personal computer) and can only spread to nearby computers. Considering that this is the future and that everything is online (probably) the virus can just click on a computer to slowly infect it. The virus doesn't really have an end-game goal, as it only exists to cause a ruckus.
If a computer the virus is inhabiting gets shut down or is destroyed, the virus is eradicated and the crew can actually worry about other things that are actually dangerous.
Viruses can infect fire alarms and randomly trip them, infect vending machines to launch their products, and break as many lights as possible. You could probably do DWAINE stuff as well. Maybe. Important systems such as communication, the power grid and the AI upload computer would be off limits to you. (And, obviously, the AI itself)