Digital Demon
Patrick Tyree
Patrick Tyree was born without an immune system. It later became apparent that this was just the first in a long line of symptoms tied to a genetic disorder. At first, he was able to survive in a containment “bubble.” His parents could afford the medical care… his father was Mathew Tyree, owner of a very successful electronics company called MacroThink. Unfortunately, his parents were killed in an automobile accident, leaving the company and Patrick in the hands of his wastrel uncle, Ryan. Ryan was immediately in over his head. His alcoholism, grief, and lack of business skills drove the company into bankruptcy in short order...
In the depths of a drunken haze, Uncle Ryan accidentally damaged the integrity of Patrick’s containment system and the shock to the boy’s body sent him into a coma. It was while he was wasting away in the hospital that Patrick came to Motherboard's attention. When Ryan Tyree lost control over his company and was forced to move Patrick due to mounting costs, she intervened, arranging for Patrick to disappear.
Patrick woke up in a different body and he has never stopped being thankful. He seldom even thinks of his uncle and has made no effort to contact him.
Physical Description
Special abilities
Tyree’s consciousness is projected into what Motherboard calls a “Hard Light Isomorphic Construct.” As Digital Demon, his body is far more resilient than the human body and he can interface with electronic control systems to read a system the same way a telepath can read the thoughts in a target’s head. He can also “meld” with a piece of technology, granting him complete control over everything that system can do. While he can’t cause objects like a laptop to jump around to attack his enemies, he can control it in order to perform any function it’s actually designed to perform. He can control androids and robots, override the commands a battlesuit wearer sends his suit, rewrite the input a sensor suite receives, or even change electronic records.
Initially, the appearance of Tyree’s energy body was that of a cartoonish and mischievous imp. However, as he has aged and his tastes have changed, he has modified his HLIC to that of a monstrous demonic entity; he plays up his appearance by acting like a ham, complete with menacing poses and “evil” mocking laughter.
Mental characteristics
Intellectual Characteristics
Patrick Tyree is a consummate and inveterate smartass. He lives for the next prank and has the emotional restraint of an eight-year old on a permanent sugar high. People who “get” him are his life-long friends, and he has rewarded strangers who reacted well to his jokes (sudden lottery winnings from lotteries they don’t remember entering, bills and legal problems mysteriously disappearing, and so on). “Losers,” on the other hand, defined as people who fail to appreciate his jokes, are fair game for whatever Tyree can come up with… and he is very imaginative.
Moreso than some of his adopted siblings, Patrick wants to forget he ever had a life before his “rebirth.” Forcing him to address his past is a surefire way to make him angry.
Social
Contacts & Relations
The rest of his adopted family in the Cybertribe are Digital Demon’s only real allies. He has a love-hate relationship with Doc Otaku—the “Great Office Equipment Rebellion” they orchestrated in Chicago was the high point of Digital Demon’s career as a prankster, but the two are too competitive to spend much time together.
As with the rest of the Cybertribe, Digital Demon is on Arwin Kessler's hit list. He’s also on the watch-list of every single security organization that knows of his existence
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