USB Spiders

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>>> Unified Syndicate/Beta Spider >>>

 

Unified Syndicate was an Earth-based development company that dealt with electronics products. Established in 2185, the company would utilize contracts with a variety of military or exploratory based organizations, among them the Federation.

 

Measuring six inches from leg to leg and three inches high, the “Beta Spider” was developed in 2192 and intended as a remote access field device. Funding collapsed and the project ultimately folded which further added to financial problems of the company. Due to lack of financial backing and other private contractors taking on the market, UniSyn would permanently shut down the second quarter of 2210.

 

A total of one hundred Betas were produced for testing and remnants of the mechanical-polymer spiders can be found with private collectors or the galactic Black Market and are sought after for the simplicity of maintenance. The devices can be easily modified, from a low powered IED to a child’s simple remote controlled toy.

 

In recent years a more common use of the device - especially among pirate and smuggler organizations - is as a data collector; the spiders are released covertly to access computer systems and download information. If the connection is severed from the remote host, the Beta’s will usually not react autonomously and complete the programmed mission due to a permanent glitch in the spider hardwiring.

 

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*OOC Note: The Away team is being monitored. This real-time information dispatch would be relayed from the Starfleet Intel squad at Harrington Base to the Comanche Creek bridge as well as the lead officers on site at Listening Post Harrington (within our 20 minute TBS).