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⚫ FILE 003-A
⚫ ACID BURN — ROUND TABLE DOSSIER
⚫ CLASSIFICATION: OMEGA-BLACK
⚫ ACCESSING…
Round Table Intelligence Archive — Level Omega Access
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SOURCE: Hackers (1995) — Cinematic Integration Protocol
NAME: Kate Libby
ALIAS: Acid Burn
AGE: 26
HEIGHT: 5'7" (170 cm)
APPEARANCE (Actress): Angelina Jolie (1995 aesthetic — retained, canon-compliant)
Sharp, cyberpunk edge; platinum highlights; dark eyeliner; street-tech fashion fused with tactical redesign under Round Table protocol.
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RANK
Omega-4 — Principal Cyber Operations Specialist
(Directly under Arthur, equal standing to Dade Murphy)
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POSITION
Cyber Intrusion Officer / Digital Warfare Specialist
Co-leads Round Table's cyber division with Dade Murphy.
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BIOGRAPHY & CANON HISTORY
Early Life
Kate Libby was born in Seattle, raised in the voltage glow of underground hacker culture. A child prodigy with a rebellious streak, she earned the handle Acid Burn by age 14, terrorizing corporate firewalls and humiliating government-grade encryption systems long before adulthood.
Her intelligence was matched only by her intensity — fierce, confrontational, fearless.
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CONTACT WITH COLE SHAW
Chapter 06 — Tool's Brief (Indirect Origin)
Cole first hears the name Acid Burn when Tool flags:
• A Worm Ledger breach
• A pair of hackers with signatures too clean to be amateurs
• "Zero Cool" and "Acid Burn" working together again
• This marks Kate as a target of interest — not for capture, but for potential recruitment.
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Chapter 07 — Zero and Acid Burn (First Encounter)
Cole physically infiltrates her and Dade's New York apartment.
No digital theatrics. No warnings.
Kate is the one who confronts him first — knife in hand, fearless, ready to die rather than let anyone drag Dade into custody again.
Cole doesn't flinch.
He speaks with calm precision, dissecting:
• Her infiltration patterns
• Her firewall signatures
• Her psychological tells
• Her protective instinct toward Dade
It's the first time Kate realizes someone is reading her with the same clarity she reads networks.
There is no trust…
But there is respect.
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Chapter 10 — The Worm Ledger (Recruitment)
When Cole returns, this time with intention, Kate doesn't let him through the door — she orders him inside.
She knows the game has changed.
He explains:
• The Worm Ledger wasn't a coincidence
• Someone framed them
• Someone worse will come
• And the Round Table offers protection, purpose, and full operational freedom
Kate challenges him:
"Why us?"
Cole answers without hesitation:
"You're the future of war."
And she believes him.
Dade joins because he trusts Cole.
Kate joins because she chooses Cole.
At the signing of the Round Table contract, she tells him:
"Burn my record, give me a target, and I'm yours."
Cole answers calmly:
"Done."
From that moment, Acid Burn becomes one of the Round Table's most valuable assets.
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SKILLS & TALENTS
Cyberwarfare — Grandmaster Tier
• Penetration testing, black-hat infiltration
• Worm creation, data extraction, zero-day exploitation
• Satellite uplink hijacking
• Classified encryption deconstruction
• Full-spectrum cyber-denial and digital invisibility
Psychological Manipulation
Kate sees:
• micro-expressions
• emotional seams
• conversational vulnerabilities
This makes her indispensable during interrogation support.
Combat (Round Table Training)
Though not originally a fighter, under Arthur's supervision she has achieved:
• Defensive hand-to-hand combat proficiency
• Knife-handling basics
• Tactical shooting (secondary proficiency)
She isn't Caesar or Christmas — but she's deadly at close range and unpredictable.
Technical Engineering
• Builds custom rig builds for Cole's intelligence network
• Designs cybernetic disguises, voice scramblers, signal bouncers
• Partners with Dade to build "The Orchard" — Round Table's ghost server cluster
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PERSONALITY PROFILE
Kate Libby is:
• Confident
• Confrontational
• Brilliant
• Loyalty-driven
• Sharp-tongued
• Playfully antagonistic with the people she trusts
She becomes a big sister figure to younger Round Table members, but remains fiercely protective of Dade Murphy — her long time partner in cybercrime.
Kathrine is also one of the few individuals who will openly argue with Cole and walk away unscathed — because Cole respects her intellect enough to engage rather than shut her down.
Behind her sharp edges lies unshakeable loyalty.
If Cole said: "Burn the world down, "Kate would strike the match.
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SYSTEM RELATIONSHIP WITH ARTHUR
Unlike Cole's family or soldiers, Kate sees Arthur as:
• The only leader who treats hackers like equal warriors
• Someone who respects autonomy
• Someone who understands power comes from intelligence, not violence alone
Her loyalty is built on choice, not fear.
To her, Cole Shaw is more than a leader — he's the first person who ever looked at her and saw a weapon instead of a criminal.
And she chose to become lethal for him.