Brotherhood of the Twisted Pair
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First Appearance: The Brotherhood of the Twisted Pair (November 6, 1999)
The Brotherhood is an ultra-secret society of hackers and computer geeks, wholly devoted to their craft. They advocate the promotion of Linux and Open Source, as well as the denouncing of any and all things Microsoft. Bill Gates is their "Great Evil" and the RIAA is constantly in search of their members for their voracious appetite for music downloads. Yet, at the same time as they seem forward-thinking, they also suffer many flaws, such as the refusal to believe in the existence of the "mythical she-geek." Fooker was once tapped to become a member, but his initiation was thwarted by Fred and he is now officially referred to as "he who shall not be named" because of his "crimes". Sharon was also tested by the Brotherhood but was rejected because of her gender. (Someone within the Brother erroneously sent her a test based on your system login name.) Currently, the Brotherhood as it was originally conceived has been disbanded after being raided by the RIAA and the FBI. However, its remnants have split into two factions, each looking for a prophesied uber-geek referred to as "the One".
One of these factions, led by Scott, the last "Zero One" of the unbroken organization, has infiltrated GPF Software in hopes of proving that Fooker or Sharon might be "the One." With him is Tim, his "One Zero," and Patty, another contractor who briefly worked with Fooker at Regional Telecom and who has been unceremoniously drafted as a new "brother." When their tests for "the One" fail to resolve to a single individual, Scott concludes that it must be Fooker and Sharon's future offspring that will become "the One." All three currently continue to work at GPF, while Scott and Tim carefully watch those they believe to be the parents of their future geek Messiah.
