Cyberdog

"I tried to burn my way into TriOpt c-space once. Picked up a Fake ID program from a dealer in Russian softs, and planned on making a quiet withdrawal. The I.C.E. was no problem, but the cyberdogs were all over me before I could score. TriOpt coders don’t play around; their attack routines trashed my Net link and nearly fried my head. I heard voices for a week..."

- Syndy/3, pirate

The Cyberdog is one of the less powerful, but persistent Cyberspace defenders. They are constructed as symbolic representations of pit bull faces. As it loses integrity, it begins to break up into fragments that are missing self-preservation instructions. A Cyberdog fragment continues to attack until it has completely faded.