Faid Callen is the leader of the Packrat hackers. He is a hacker and a high priced host who does jobs for George the corporate board member of the SenseNet. Faid was originally a street kid abandoned by his father at age 12. He lived on the streets for a few years before he turned 18 learning to live by any means necessary to survive the harsh day to day existance in the Echelons in the Red Light District.
Faid takes his job as a hacker seriously. He was originally picked up by George and got a jack around age 18. His drive for equality and freedom for psychics is what made him start the Packrats. Faid is a martial arts expert and is dextrous using his Packrat knife called an ang. He has been known to use his fighting skill when he has to.
Normally Faid does jobs for the Packrats, intrusion, infiltration, selling data, obtaining information from Top Secret systems and getting paid for his time. If the neurocyne is the right grade and the price high enough, Faid can get you just about anything.
Faid has used social engineering techniques to get into restricted areas including the labs floor at the SenseNet. His skills such as neurolinguistic programming, reading facial expressions and using people’s emotions to help drive a conversation has been known to get Faid into tight places and offices. Faid also we see in grydscaen: tribute along with his hacking skills is savvy with a set of lock picking tools.
Faid will sell the data he obtains on the gridscan to the highest bidder. He usually uses data messengers to do the transfers. Data messengers usually are not aware of the data they are carrying so it makes them a safer bet for transfer. Faid likes to use particular data messengers for jobs and we see these interactions in some of the stories in grydscaen: tribute.
Faid started the Packrats because he had a message and a mission. He grew them into a formidable group that has a solid reputation. White hat, black hat, Faid might be one or both. He doesn’t pick sides. All Hail the Packrat Code!