Data Miner

Information is power, and you specialize in extracting it from the most unlikely sources. While others see a broken computer terminal, you see a potential goldmine of valuable data waiting to be recovered. You've developed the skills to coax secrets from damaged hard drives, to piece together corrupted files, and to find the valuable intelligence hidden in seemingly worthless electronic debris. Corporate databases, personal communications, technical specifications—all of it has value to someone, and you know how to find it, recover it, and sell it to the highest bidder.

Ability Scores: Intelligence, Dexterity

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Sleight of Hand

Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' tools, repair kit (advanced)

Languages: Two ancient tech protocols

Equipment: Scanner (advanced), data storage device, crowbar, burglar's pack, 25 credits

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I see everything in terms of information systems—input, processing, storage, output.
2	I'm more comfortable communicating through electronic interfaces than face-to-face conversation.
3	I have an encyclopedic memory for technical details but forget people's names and faces.
4	I speak in technical jargon and acronyms that most people don't understand.
5	I'm constantly taking notes, recording observations, and cataloging information.
6	I'm paranoid about data security and use elaborate encryption for even casual communications.
7	I anthropomorphize computer systems, treating them like personalities with quirks and moods.
8	I collect information compulsively, even when it has no obvious value or relevance.

d6	Ideal
1	Information: Knowledge wants to be free and should be available to everyone. (Good)
2	Discovery: Every database holds secrets waiting to be uncovered by those who know how to look. (Any)
3	Privacy: People have a right to control their own information and digital identity. (Lawful)
4	Profit: Information is the ultimate commodity, and I intend to monetize it. (Evil)
5	Truth: Lies and propaganda crumble before careful analysis of raw data. (Neutral)
6	Power: Those who control information flow control everything else. (Evil)

d6	Bond
1	I'm obsessed with recovering a specific database that contains personally significant information.
2	Another data miner taught me everything I know, and I owe them a debt I can never repay.
3	I discovered information that could change the world, but I don't know who to trust with it.
4	A particular AI fragment or digital entity communicates with me through recovered systems.
5	I'm searching for digital traces of someone important who disappeared long ago.
6	A piece of corrupted data holds the key to my past, and I'm determined to restore it.

d6	Flaw
1	I value information more than people and will sacrifice relationships to protect data.
2	I'm addicted to the thrill of breaking into secured systems, even when it's unnecessary.
3	I hoard information obsessively and have trouble sharing even harmless details.
4	I'm so focused on digital systems that I miss important cues from the physical world.
5	I trust data more than people and make decisions based on incomplete or biased information.
6	I'm paranoid about surveillance and assume everyone is trying to steal my discoveries.