Is the Basilisk even beyond the Prometheans? Also I think I may have not communicated properly. I should have asked: Could a person alter their "settings" intentionally in order to accept a nacroalgorithm through their ears? This could be an interesting way of smuggling them, What I was thinking of for my game was an NPC that was a famous musician (in the vein of Britney Spears or something) that incorporated narcoalgorithms for her fans not for the purpose in infecting them against their will. It would also put a new spin on the image a kid spaced out on headphones (not that anyone even remembers what those are in this setting)

Yeah I didn't explain myself very well. Although I am interested in the idea of music that people don't know is narcotic. I assume that would require some kind of hacking test that would only apply to a certain category of morph (biomorph, pod. synthmorph). (Whereas the exsurgent virus can just automatically do it using any medium to any conceivable type of life form). Or on the flip-side involve some kind of root-kit that masquerades as legitimate software like sony did some years back. This would, of course, eventually be discovered. Combined with memetics, this could be a very powerful tool for affecting culture. I am thinking it might be possible for a Promethean to come to the conclusion that the only way to prevent the extinction of transhumanity is to level-off its growth. If this sort of thing falls in the range of what Prometheans can do that transhumans can't, that would certainly help point the players in the right direction. On the flip-side, if a transhuman could do this plenty of other interesting stories could come of it. -------------- Editited to add: I suppose a two pronged attack could work just as well. Release some malware on the mesh that opens up a security hole, but does not itself exploit it in order to keep itself from being noticed.