The Dark Ages [Dark Data]

[Hiro Protagonist]

The battle was ended. With a now practiced hand, Hiro flicked the blood off of his katana blade and sheathed it. The blood line on the ground was tinged purple from all the residual dark energy, and as the hacker-ronin trudged towards his traveling companions, he pulled out his box of smokes and lit one. The smooth inhalation and exhale of the seaside scented smoke made it easier to wind down after the rushing thrill of combat with the Darklings.

Introductions were made and the hacker busied himself with studying their spoils. "Unleash inner power, huh?" His wristcomp had several slots which the Darkchip fit into easily, Hiro booting up his analysis software in safe mode and staring at the raw data, trying to parse it. "This is some pretty powerful stuff right here...I can see why Nebula's using it."

As Okor and the newcomer spoke with each other, the samurai felt a rush of conviction. This shit was easy! Did no one in the omniverse have experience dealing with malicious programs? Hiro had written hundreds of scripts and viruses and safeguards on his computee. Hell, he'd even done what no one else in his home world had and dissected Snow Crash, creating an inoculation against it. SnowScan hsd isolated any instances of the virus and prevented it from throwing up it's damaging portions right into people's faces. He could do the exact same thing with these darkchips.

Withdrawing from the conversation, he nudged Madotsuki with his elbow, her tone maybe a bit too curt. "You did good. Nice moves with the demon. And our little friend here....huh?" He perked up at the mention of Dalaran and frowned. 

Suddenly a blue and black blur whizzed past Sinnah, plucking the chip from her hand. "Actually, that's not what's going to happen, lady." Hiro intoned as he reappeared. Adjusting his goggles, he went on. "Not that we're not...grateful...for your assistance, but I doubt a bunch of wizards and magicians are going to understand tech this advanced. That's Coruscant's purview." He looked down, goggles ignited with glowing blue light. "And as the foremost expert on technology here, and Imperial Agent to boot, I can't let these chips fall into the hands of people who might not grasp the scope of what they are."

Huh. That was..pretty good. He even believed it, aside from the nasty little voice in his head that knew he was just keeping it because it might mean the different between death or domination later on.

Before anyone else could react, he slotted the second Darkchip into his wristcomp. "I strongly suggest the rest of us hold on to these. I have to believe it takes more than one to get all purple and dickish. The magus had like, twenty on his belt."

Hiro claims two darkchips, Inner Strength and Body Double