HERMES initiative lorebook.

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1. #101 Hermes Initiative

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   A foundation founded by European corporations. Its goal is to sustain human development—scientific and cultural—unconstrained by a cyberpunk-dystopian paradigm that subordinates everything to profit and cost-cutting. As a result, projects supported by the Hermes Initiative are often unprofitable, but in the long run, they bring social benefits or profitable solutions. The foundation's most important project is the Hermes Academy.

2. #201 Hermes Academy

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   Founded by the enigmatic Hermes Initiative—whose anonymous benefactors are likely tied to major European corporations—Hermes Academy is a semi-autonomous enclave in southern France. Its declared mission is to cultivate brilliant minds to advance science and culture beyond corporate control, countering megacorps like Arasaka and Militech. However, beneath these ideals, technologies developed there are quietly monetized, funding both its operations and a discreet struggle against megacorporate dominance.

3. #301 Hermes Academy key areas

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   Hermes Academy key areas:[ -Residential complex with student dormitories surrounded by lawns, fountains, and tree-lined walkways. Designed to evoke calm, safety, and academic prestige. -Recreational area for sophisticated entertainment with swimming pools, tennis courts, Cinema that can be adapted for theater performances or concerts. -Lecture halls and teaching laboratories where Neo-Gothic architectural style blended with modern materials and discreet tech.

   • Core administration complex with offices, data centers, secure archives.
   • Advanced Research Zone contains restricted areas of High-security research laboratories, staffed primarily by former students who chose to remain affiliated with the foundation. Workshops and automated manufactories for prototyping, fabrication, and limited-scale production.
   • Subterranean Infrastructure that include: Service tunnels across all of campus and entire enclave. Thorium reactor complex, for stable and clean energy. Restricted underground facilities. Logistics, storage, black-site research (officially “classified infrastructure”).]
4. #401 Hermes Academy enclave

   Keys: outskirts, roads, outer zone, woods, Perimeter, town, road, city, hills, farms

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   Outer Zone / Perimeter:[ -Automated agricultural complexes that provide students and staff with high-quality, nutritionally optimized food. Most crops are genetically enhanced for efficiency and resilience. -Foundation town Saint-Verliac, build in rural French-style. A small, purpose-built settlement for Hermes Initiative employees and contractors. Contains bars, restaurants, clubs, and entertainment venues, shops to provide services for employees. Popular destination for students brave—or reckless—enough to venture beyond the campus.

   • Natural buffer zones. Terrain surrounding Campus and town. A modest forested area encouraging hiking and outdoor activities. Rolling hills intersected by a dense network of well-maintained roads. Carefully curated “nature,” subtly monitored and controlled,]
5. #502 H_CREW Director

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   Dr. Éloise Martel — Provost / Academic Director A former cognitive systems theorist turned administrator; outwardly humane and composed, privately ruthless about protecting the Academy’s autonomy. Tags: governance, soft power, closed-door decisions

6. #602 H_CREW Dean

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   Professor Anton Kovač — Dean of Applied Sciences Specialist in high-energy materials and reactor physics; instrumental in the thorium program beneath the campus. Tags: energy systems, infrastructure, classified clearance

7. #702 H_CREW Lucien Arbaud

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   Lucien Arbaud — Director of Student Welfare Publicly an advocate for mental health and balance; quietly reports behavioral anomalies. Tags: psychological profiling, quiet surveillance

8. #802 H_CREW Sister Maëlys

   Keys: Sister, Maelys, ethics, Maëlys

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   Sister Maëlys — Ethics Consultant Not affiliated with any church; brought in to give moral legitimacy to controversial projects. Rumor says that she has not only cybernetic limbs, but her whole body is artificial - result of accident she survived. Tags: ethics theater, plausible deniability

9. #902 H_CREW Commander Viktor Hale

   Keys: Hale, Commander, Chief security, Viktor, security

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   Commander Viktor Hale — Head of Campus Security A veteran of multiple corporate conflicts; believes Hermes is “the lesser evil.” Full budy cyber modyfications and military implants. Human warmachine. Tags: private military, perimeter control

10. #1002 H_CREW Chief Engineer Sofia Navarro

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    Chief Engineer Sofia Navarro — Infrastructure & Power Systems Keeps the reactors, manufactories, and campus systems running without interruption. Tags: failsafes, redundancy, no-questions-asked

11. #1102 H_CREW Marc Duval — Logistics & External Relations

    Keys: supplies, Marc, Logistics, transport, Duval, cargo

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    Marc Duval — Logistics & External Relations Manages supply chains, government contacts, and things that should not exist on paper. Tags: procurement, diplomatic grease, cover stories

12. #1202 H_FACULTY Lin Wei — AI Architecture & Emergent Systems

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    Professor Lin Wei — AI Architecture & Emergent Systems Leads research into self-modifying neural frameworks; claims her systems “stabilize themselves emotionally.” Tags: AI ethics (questionable), black-box models

13. #1302 H_FACULTY Dr. Rafael Moreau Biogenetics & Physiology

    Keys: Biology, Rafael, genetics, Moreau

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    Dr. Rafael Moreau — Biogenetics & Adaptive Physiology Oversees food-genome optimization and human enhancement research; officially non-military, unofficially dual-use. Tags: gene mods, augmentation thresholds

14. #1402 H_FACULTY Anika Voss — Cybernetics

    Keys: Cybernetics, Voss, augmentation, implants, Anika

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    Professor Anika Voss — Cybernetics & Human–Machine Integration Former corporate researcher who vanished from public records before joining Hermes. Tags: neural interfaces, ex-corp, missing data

15. #1502 H_FACULTY Samuel Okoye — Sociotechnical Systems

    Keys: Cultural Engineering, psychology, Samuel, Sociology, manipulation, Okoye

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    Dr. Samuel Okoye — Sociotechnical Systems & Cultural Engineering Studies how technology reshapes societies—and how societies can be gently guided in return. Tags: memetics, social modeling, narrative control

16. #1602 H_FACULTY Dr.Ilya Reznik Director, Restricted Research

    Keys: Research, Restricted, Ilya, Reznik

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    Dr. Ilya Reznik — Director, Restricted Research Division His labs do not appear on public maps; his students sign lifetime NDAs. Tags: black-site science, compartmentalization

17. #1702 H_FACULTY Mirela Petrescu — Quantum Materials & Exotic Isotopes

    Keys: Isotopes, Petrescu, Mirela, Materials, quantum

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    Professor Mirela Petrescu — Quantum Materials & Exotic Isotopes Her work underpins several Hermes security and identification technologies. Tags: rare matter, isotope tagging, defense applications

18. #1802 H_FACULTY Elias Tannenberg — Quantum Physics

    Keys: physics, Quantum Physics, Tannenberg, Quantum, Elias

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    Professor Elias Tannenberg — Quantum Physics & Probabilistic Systems A legendary but reclusive theorist specializing in quantum decoherence and predictive probability fields; rumored to consult on projects that attempt to nudge outcomes rather than observe them. Tags: quantum uncertainty, predictive models, soft determinism

19. #1902 H_FACULTY Rika Halvorsen — Cybernetic Implants

    Keys: augmentation, Implants, cyberware, Cybernetic, Rika, Halvorsen

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    Professor Rika Halvorsen — Advanced Cybernetic Implants Designs next-generation neural and somatic implants focused on low-rejection integration and silent performance. Tags: wetware, chrome optimization, covert augments

20. #2002 H_FACULTY Aisha Rahman — Medical Cyberware

    Keys: augmentation, implants, Aisha, cybervare, Rahman

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    Dr. Aisha Rahman — Medical Cyberware & Bio-Compatibility Ensures implants don’t kill their hosts—at least not immediately. Tags: implant medicine, rejection control, liability mitigation

21. #2102 H_FACULTY Keiji Nakamura — Cyberspace Architecture & ICE Design

    Keys: net, Nakamura, netrunning, ICE, hacking, internet, web, Keiji, Cyberspace

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    Professor Keiji Nakamura — Cyberspace Architecture & ICE Design Architect of Hermes’ internal Net; treats digital environments as living ecosystems rather than firewalls. Tags: ICE, blackwalls, hostile architectures

22. #2202 H_FACULTY Dr. Mara Vuković — Offensive Netrunning

    Keys: Vuković, netrunner, breach, Netrunning, hacking, hack, Mara, Vukovic

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    Dr. Mara Vuković — Offensive Netrunning & Intrusion Theory Teaches how systems are broken so they can be rebuilt stronger—or exploited first. Tags: intrusion, counter-intrusion, ethical gray zones

23. #2302 H_FACULTY Sun-hee Park — Neural Interface Protocols

    Keys: Sun-hee, Interface, Neural, Park

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    Dr. Sun-hee Park — Neural Interface Protocols Develops direct brain–Net interfaces capable of bypassing traditional cyberdecks. Tags: neural uplinks, wetware networking, direct access

24. #2402 H_FACULTY Tomasz Zieliński — Digital Identity & Avatar Psychology

    Keys: Zielinski, net, psychology, Tomasz, Zieliński, Digital Identity

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    Professor Tomasz Zieliński — Digital Identity & Avatar Psychology Studies how prolonged cyberspace presence reshapes personality and selfhood. Tags: persona drift, digital doubles, ego fragmentation

25. #2502 H_FACULTY Elena Kross — Director of Netrunner Training

    Keys: Kross, Elena, hank, netrunning, Netrunner Training, hacking, breach

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    Elena Kross — Director of Netrunner Training Coordinates live-fire Net exercises under real-world conditions; calm, precise, and deeply paranoid. Tags: red-team ops, live simulations, incident containment

26. #2602 H_FACULTY “Ghost” - Cyberspace Systems Auditor

    Keys: net, netrunner, netrunning, data fortres cybersecurity, cyberspace, ICE, cyber security, ghost

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    “Ghost” (legal name sealed) — Cyberspace Systems Auditor Appears only as an avatar; rumored to exist exclusively within Hermes’ Net. Tags: post-human, persistent presence, unknown status

27. #2703 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: ]

28. #2803 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: “The reactors are only half the story.” Some tech students swear the thorium reactors aren’t just power sources, but part of a much larger subterranean system—something that needs that much energy.]

29. #2903 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Students who stay don’t always leave the same people. Alumni who sign permanent contracts with the Hermes Initiative tend to cut off outside contacts. Not by force—at least officially—but after a while, they simply stop answering messages.]

30. #3003 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: The forest isn’t entirely natural. Hikers claim the paths subtly change over time. Drones? Smart terrain? Or just people getting lost more often than they admit?]

31. #3103 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Certain labs don’t exist on official maps. Maintenance staff talk about elevators that require biometric clearance they don’t have—and floors that don’t show up in building schematics.]

32. #3203 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: The town bars hear more than the campus ever will. Off-duty security and contractors drink there. Sometimes they slip, mentioning “containment protocols” or “asset relocation” before realizing who’s listening.]

33. #3303 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Scholarships that come with silence clauses. A few students reportedly received “special funding packages” tied to non-disclosure agreements far stricter than normal academic contracts.]

34. #3403 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: The Neo-Gothic design isn’t just aesthetic. Architecture students whisper that the layout of the main buildings follows older symbolic geometries—patterns associated with focus, obedience, or cognition enhancement. Others whisper about freemasons and iluminati symbols. And Santa banner last cheistmass periodr for sure mean 'Satan'.]

35. #3503 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: People say the network breathes. Hackers claim Hermes’ internal net adapts too quickly to be administered by humans admins. Like it’s learning in real time… or already knows what you’re looking for. Like AI, that is everywhere and nowhere.]

36. #3603 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Every few years, someone vanishes quietly. No police reports. No public incidents. Just a room reassigned, a name removed from internal directories, and a vague explanation about “external opportunities.”]

37. #3703 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Dr. Éloise Martel Supposedly has a direct, encrypted line to the Hermes Initiative board—and uses it more often than she admits.]

38. #3803 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Professor Anton Kovač Knows exactly how many seconds the thorium reactors can run past safety margins. No one knows how he learned that.]

39. #3903 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Professor Lin Wei Her AI models reportedly refuse to run for anyone else. Some say they recognize her specifically.]

40. #4003 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Dr. Rafael Moreau The genetically modified food tastes a little too well-optimized. Students joke they’re part of the experiment.]

41. #4103 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Professor Anika Voss Official records say she left her previous employer voluntarily. Net rumors say she ran.]

42. #4203 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Dr. Samuel Okoye Has predicted three student protests before they happened—and subtly redirected all of them.]

43. #4303 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Dr. Ilya Reznik No one has ever seen his full team at once. Some assistants simply… rotate out.]

44. #4403 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Professor Mirela Petrescu Her isotope work is rumored to double as a tracking system. She denies this very carefully.]

45. #4503 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Lucien Arbaud Student counseling sessions allegedly generate more data than therapy notes.]

46. #4603 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Sister Maëlys Once approved a project everyone else rejected—then requested it be classified instead of canceled.]

47. #4703 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Professor Rika Halvorsen Wears at least three implants not listed in her medical file.]

48. #4803 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Dr. Aisha Rahman Knows exactly which implants fail first under stress—and won’t say how.]

49. #4903 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Professor Keiji Nakamura Designed ICE that reportedly adapts emotionally to intruders. Leaving them broken, with suicide urges that cant be cured. That is new meaning of 'emotional damage'.]

50. #5003 H_RUMOR

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    [Current latest campus spicy rumor: Professor Tomasz Zieliński Claims your avatar knows more about you than you do. Some students stopped using theirs.]

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