The Factions: CONNECTED

'Connected' is the term for those with a DNI, but no augmentation and in the post-Shatter world it is synonymous with 'victim'.

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The Arcology Outcasts
Before the Shatter, almost all of the zaibatsu personnel were either connected, or augmented as well. As a amega-coporations realised the connection between the Wireless and the chaos beyond their walls, they chose to take action.

Critical employees were 'down-graded' while everyone else was 'let go'. Those who refused to leave the arcologies were made to do so at gunpoint.

Many of the connected on the street today are from this latter group and they can be a valuable source of insider information.

ORIGINS
Having a DNI was once so ubiquitous that there was no term for it, ‘connected’ was simply the default state. The ability to cast what you saw to another person, or to install an app that would make you remember people’s names the moment looked at them, were not considered technological wonders so much as cultural amusements. DNIs were just another way to send each other cat pictures and apply humorous filters to your snaps.

POST-SHATTER
Much of the charm of these capabilities have been forgotten since the Shatter. The connected are now the most desperate of the survivors. Their connection to the Wireless leaves them vulnerable to the call of the Whisper, but without the benefits of super-human abilities the augmented have. They are neither effective as mercenaries, nor trusted enough to work in groups. What connected have not already fallen to the Whisper, disease or violence, are scraping by, scavenging overlooked sites and begging for charity from more successful survivors.

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