Dataphiles
The Dataphiles are a faction of the Starfinder Society devoted to researching, finding, codifying, and controlling any information they can get their hands on.1
Goals
Churches, corporations, governments, and other organizations all have secrets. The Dataphiles work to uncover these secrets, deciding what to share and what to store in their vast data vaults inside Archive's Cortex, a sector of the Lorespire Complex in Absalom Station. While not all information is shared beyond the Dataphiles' archives, the simple act of guarding knowledge acts as a guiding light for the Dataphiles. Data comes in many forms, and the Dataphiles employ more than just computer-specialists in their ranks. Those Starfinders skilled at withdrawing information from sentient creatures—either by coercion, discourse, or trickery—are highly valued. As their sites of interest are among the best-defended installations in the galaxy, the Dataphiles also have a pressing need for trained combat specialists—whether to have a strong arm protecting a hacker during a delicate operation, or to have an armed ally capable of getting the prize out alive.1
Leadership
The leader of the Dataphiles is the android mechanic, Historia-7. Her predecessors, Historia-4 and Historia-6 were also Starfinders active in the Dataphiles faction.1
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 . Faction Overview: Dataphiles. Paizo blog, 2017