Rule 1: Make a funny whenever possible, this is NOT supposed to be a serious story.
Rule 2: Throw in occasional references to the modern sci-fi genre and modern 90's celebs.
Rule 3: Make references to the early 80's computers, such as:

• Vic
• Commodore
• Apple Mac
• Lisa
• Peanut (PC Jr)
• Adam
• Sinclair
• Altair
• Spectravision
• Atari

Note: Just a little note from Andrew, for people who might be reading this who don't know me well. Keep in mind that this is a sarcastic comedy, written with another person when we were both about 23. It is supposed to be kinda over the top so if you think there is too much violence, sex, stupid situation, racism, etc then perhaps you should go see the doctor about your lack of humor! :-)

PERSONA DRAMATIS: Adam Null - the hero (of sorts)
Daizee Wheel - the heroine
Fahwg - CEO of NanoSoft; a very large red dragon with a bad disposition
Yoshi Moshi - Adam's boss
Don Chump - Da Natorious gangsta frum da sprawl
Nirvana Chump - Don's lovely ex who still finds a way to screw Don (Alimony)
Elee Dee - A Fix-it that Daiz knows
Honda Akira - Ex Sumo wrestler turned crime lord (Don Chumps' Rival)
Mitsubishi Zero - Honda Akira's second in command, looks like a mouse
Melinda French-Gates - CEO of MicroTeleGMDynitsu conglomerate, ex-wife of Bill Gates
WinterMint - The (semi)neurotic AI that is the driving force of the plot

GEEKIE HACKERS:
Vic Pett - a riggit
Sinclair
Lisa
The Commodore of 64th Ave
Senorita Amiga -
Osbourne
Maree Kaye Pro (ex porn starlette tuned geekie hacker)
MAC (an ex truck driver turned geekie hacker)
Jake & Bart - (ex twin cowboys turned twin geekie hackers)

AWESOME AI's:
WinterMint -the neurotic AI bent on controlling the world by getting R-r-ronald R-r-reagan's brain engrams.

STUDDLY STREET SAMURAI'S:
Alvin, Simon, Theodore - the Orc Punks
Buffy & Candy - the Twin Terror's of the Shadows (ex porn starlettes)
Tiny, Hank - ex body builders turned Studdly Street Samurai's

MANIACAL MAGICIANS:
Thpagetti Thoth-Italian mafia mage
Hot Thoth
Muthtar Thoth - the muslim monk turned Maniac Magician
Peanut Thoth (Peanut Butter)
Cherry Thoth - the voluptuous porn star turned Maniac Magician
Super Thoth - self proclaimed Top Dog of the local Maniac Magician chapter
ThweetanThour Thoth - another ex porn star turned maniac magician, Cherry's arch rival.
Gandorph Thoth - ex drug kingpin turned maniac magician

DIMINUATIVE DWARFS:
Brew -- the leader of the seven dwarves
Stolie -- the Russian dwarf
Bloody Mary -- the Female slaughterhouse (dwarf samurai)
Bud -- the Friendly dwarf, front dwarf for the gang;in charge of PR
Lucky -- the Irish dwarf (always wears green)
Ale -- the German dwarf
Elisnor -- the Canadian hacker dwarf

HALF-WITTED HOBBITS:
Frito - a chip head
Pepsi -
Dildo - short male prostitute working days as a janitor at NanoSoft

ELEGANT ELVES:
Amanda (yes, Amanda the Valley Elf! late of Clonan the Barbarians and still every bit as buff, and, like, y'know, airheaded!)

TERRIFYING TROLLS:
Bubba ]
Chuck ]-- all members of the 'TrollKins' Gang
Ralph ]

CREEPY CORPORATES:
Fawg -
Yoshi Moshi -

UNTRUSTWORTHY UNDERWORLD:
Honda Akira
Mitsubishi Zero
Don Chump

DANGEROUS DRAGONS:
Fawg -- see Persona Dramatis

IGNOMINIOUS ICONS
Jeff Spicoli - come on people doesn't any one remember Fast Times at Ridgemont High?
William Gibson - a Patron Saint in the Machine, ay?

LUNATIC FRINGE (People Loopy as a Loon):
Saviours of Suburban America:Trying to save the lifestyle of the white mid-class
Hara Krishnas
The Defenders of Allah - A radical Moslem group
Animal Rights Group - A radical group
Insect Rights Group - Another radical group
Rajneesh Revival - needs no introduction
Human-Supremacists - take a really wild guess

CANNON FODDER:
Any member of the Lunatic Fringe.
Ninja-Nauts (TM)
Transforminators (TM)
Guido & Nunzio (TM) (cloned muscle; so there are potentially millions of them)
Guido & Nunzio Deluxe (TM) (cloned muscle w/sembalance of a brain)
Schmucks on the street
Dweebs in the Mall
Feeb-Butt's in the corporate scenes

The Stiffs:
The King
Buddy
Bop
LeBamba
Rick
Mama
Jim
Lemon
Jimi

Poser Gangs:
The TrollKins
Troll only gang that is basically a bunch of rich, bored trolls out looking for fun,sex,random violence, whatever.

The Fanatical Fantasy Gamers
They believe Dungeons & Dragons is real, especially after people turned into Orcs, Trolls, Dwarves, Elves and such; not to mention the Dragons that started appearing.

The Hooks
Captain Hooker, Leader - The Pirates, Gang members Captain Hooker is the leader of a gang of men who program computers during the day and pimp at night. They also do security for boosts as well as setting up diversions.

The Directionally Disoriented Persons
Pete Panzie, Leader
Stinker Smell
Trendy & her brothers
A group of social outcasts who take it upon themselves to be moral upholders in the city (they mainly fight with The Hooks) fighting Porn, Prostitution, Hacking (especially hacking), and other crimes. They are not very popular and probably started out as ignored bible thumpers.

The Trekkies
Lead by Capt. Quirk, these idoits had themselves genetically altered to look identical to one of the characters in Star Trek (both classic & Next Gen). Currently there is a faction of Picard supporters looking to overthrow the current Kirk.

The Perotians
Lead by the current Ross. These people take political activism to a personal level. If they don't like your policies better buy a bullet proof life. Additionally, any moral transgression is not tolerated, so, Senator, if you take a dip in the secretarial pool be prepared to pay the price(ouch)! These people probably started out as ignored bible thumpers who just couldn't keep a separation between church and state.

The Splashers-
A group of people so depressed that the only thing they have left to live for is a glamorous, front page, suicide.

The Seven Dwarves -
Led by Brew these good natured Dwarves love to rape and pillage and plunder, not to mention drinking.

Plain Gangs:
WASPS (White Anglo Saxon Preppies) they dropped the Protestant but not the attitude

Human Supremacists - your typical sim-nazi that has extended their hate to encompass all the newly awakened races.

Big Gangs:
Mafia -needs no intro to anyone with an 1/8th of a brain; but for all you Christians they are organized crime! Yakuza -Japanese half-assed version of the Mafia

• NanoSoft - The company Adam works for
• Rottin 2d - NanoSoft's primary rival; also a front company for the Yakuza
• GaiaTech - The company in charge of PortCouvers' weather control systems.
• IBMacRosoft - A huge conglomerate (IBM,Apple,Microsoft,etc...)
• Cyber Shack - A Realistic Dandy Company
• CyberLand - Computerland of the future
• CyberHut - Cyberware for the discerning consumer
• Club 90's - A popular hangout for Geekie Hackers; patterned after life in the 1990's (or so they think)
• Cyber iz Us - Cyber implants and more
• We iz Dunkin' R Donuts - found in every city, especially concentrated near police precinct HQ's.
• Funkin Foods -The best Funkin prepack your Euro-Yen can buy!
• Phlegming Phuhd Stores
• Home Arsenal -weapons supply store
• Rent-A-Fuzz -Private security rental agency (real reliable, not)
• Global Oil
• United PetroChem
• Disney Int'l -A huge conglomerate bent on world domination
• Mitsu-Fuji
• AT&T
• Cyber City - an annoying store full of yellow shirted imbeciles

• "Driving Ms. Daizee"
• Transforminator battle--
• "red heat"
• "Total recall"
• "predator"
• "conan"
• "running man"
• "kindergarten cop"
• "commando"
• "raw deal"
• "twins"

• John Akers, forcibly retired from IBM, drives taxi cabs for a living while pursuing his arch rival William Gates III;who is reportedly living out of trashcans in the PortCouver Metro area.
• Bill the Gates, late of microsoft, a destitute bum who mumbles to thin air:
  "I am the CEO, you can't fire me!"
  "It's my company"
  "What I say, IBM does"
  "What I decree, the masses accept."
• Ross "I could have been president" Perot
• William Gibson, the patron saint of Cyberpunk
• Scott, salesman at CyberLand store
• Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Arnie the Transforminator
• Steve Jobs
• Mitch Kapor
• Jack Tramiel (Commodore; the late, unlamented Atari)
• Max Headroom
• R-Ronald R-Reagan (Ronnie Headrest)
• Pee Wee Herman
• Lobo
• Mike Pondscum - a visionary in the field of Cyberpunk in the 1990's
• The Mondo Gang - Queen Moo, Bart Navel, R.U.Sirius

Standard WorldWide & Official Corporate Monetary Unit - EuroYen
Sub Standard & extremely devalued American currency - NU-Bucks (500NB=1EY)

STANDARD INFORMATION INTERCHANGE:
CyberMatrixNet - a worldwide network providing realtime access to millions of computers so powerful we couldn't possible magine them in 1993 (although the author is trying).

CYBERDECKS
Commodore 64X
Mitsu-Fuji CD Elite
CyberShack CD-Junior
CyberLand Executive
Taligent 3000
Data Jack - for chipped skills,books,databases, etc...

DECK ACCESORIES
BrainCaressor(TM) ultra low profile trode set

CYBERSTUFF
Lee Attack Nails(TM)
Mr. Stallion,Ms. Sunrise - cyber sex implants

WEAPONS & OTHER NECESATIES
BlastemtaBitz(TM) - mini RPG gun
StaticMaster(TM) - ElectroMagnetic Pulse grenade, 10 block radius
Remington-Colt - several variety's to choose from

CARS
Hyundai

CYBERSPEAK
GeneJunk - Idiot, a person who is a waste of genetic material Mental Flatline - Idiot, vegetable matter. Brain Burn - Idiot InfoShit - Lie/Fabrication i.e. National Enquirer MAC - Mr/Mrs Average Citizen Input/Output - Girlfriend/Boyfriend Interface - Sex Jack In (on/off) - Enter Cyberspace Domestiplex - Apartment complex; housing for everyone Burbclave - Security suburbs;lower upper class housing 'ClavePlex - what the Shadow people call the rich estates

GEEKSPEAK
ICE - Intrusion Counter Measure software, the stuff that can kill you to keep vital information secret. Deck - the CyberMatrixNetRunners computer interface Icon - the Runners appearance, or persona, while in the 'Net.

CORPSPEAK
Black Ops - an illegal undertaking sponsored by a corporation Covert Ops - a borderline legal activity sponsored by a corporation

About PortCouver:
PortCouver is envisioned as a huge city which encompasses the 1990 Portland as well as Vancouver Washington areas. PortCouver is intended as a timeless city and it's not entirely unlikely that someone of note from the past(or present) is there on vacation, or perhaps, as a burned out bum.