Captain's Treasure

(• • • • Prime, • • Entropy)                                                                          Digital Web    99
A rote reputedly designed by Captain Feedback; the mage locates a conduit where streams of financial data are transmitted, usually from a Syndicate Restricted Area. The mage then uses Prime to shift the conduit so that all of the financial data streams through to his accounts on their way into the proper sector. With Entropy, he prevents accounting programs from noticing. The mage never has to put money in his account again, because all of the financial institution's transactions run through his account and the programs calculate his interest based on the continually extreme balance of funds. This, however, has a nasty way of backfiring when (not "if") someone checks the mage's own accounts. An IRS audit is only the mildest of possibilities...