Editing String Theory (section)

==Personality==
String Theory likely has a megalomaniacal personality, coming up with extravagant, over the top plans such as blowing up randomly selected locations in a scheme to make money and threatening to blow up the moon. Even during [[Gold Morning]], she exited the Birdcage with a grin on her face.<ref name="27.3 e1" /><ref name="27.4BG" /> When asked to minimize collateral damage, she was disappointed.<ref>“The F-Driver,” String Theory interrupted.<br><br>“Yes.  Start from there, scale ''up''.”<br><br>“Oh,” String Theory said.  “Interesting.”<br><br>“With a minimum of collateral damage,” Defiant added.<br><br>“Less interesting.  Next question'': when''?  My work is one-shot, and my best work is on a timer.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/extinction-27-4/ Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.4]]</ref> She put emphasis on thinking big, wanting to make a difference in the world no matter what that difference was.<ref name="thinkbig">“I’ll tell you what,” she said.  “Before I go… a bet.”<br><br>“What?”<br><br>“Which of us makes the biggest difference?”<br><br>“What are the stakes?” he asked.<br><br>“Existing,” she said.  Her watch beeped, and she turned around.  “Take me back to my lab.”<br><br>He watched her saunter off, through the portal that opened.  He could see the scale of what she was building, saw her turn to smirk at him in the moment before the portal closed.<br><br>He was left in the animal shelter, the lights dark.<br><br>This wouldn’t do.<br><br>He ''was'' thinking small and he hated that she was right almost as much as he hated her guts in general.  Yet however much he hated her and however much she claimed to detest him, they ended up together, over and over again.<br><br>This- it had been her saying goodbye.<br><br>Couldn’t think small.  Couldn’t let the runt win. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/12/11/interlude-10-y/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.y II]]</ref><!--
higsta
from the tinker 2.0 weaverdice doc, looks loke she's an architect x mad scientist tinker. In that case it would seem that her trigger involved a cross of two different situations:
A) Her vs society in some fashion. A large scale problem, often rife with bureaucracy. 
B) a situation that has escalated out of control, especially one due to mistakes on her part.

So yeah, I dunno, feel free to speculate on her trigger based on that. One example might be that she faked her own death (a running away from home stunt or something), and as a result found herself unpersoned by the state. Unable to find employment or shelter due to her status, she owns up to what she's done. However, the state refuses to amend her record as they don't have systems in place for that. Now she finds herself with both a criminal record and legally deceased, making things worse, triggering somewhere on the way.

I guess that matches the architect x mad scientist niche, but doesn't really match the themes of her designs. Have a hand at it yourself for giggles.

Wildbow 
Solid A for the attempt, Hugsta.  I don't mean that in a dismissive/bad way- that's a good pull on the research & a good line of thinking. I don't have more expansive notes for String Theory, but yeah, we have a sense of the endpoint and general personality:

*  Large-scale hostage taker with little regard for massive loss of human life.
*  Puts her work first; was willing to lose in the fight against Scion if she was't allowed to see her work come to fruition.
*  Defaults to programming terms in regular language
*  Competitive, pays close attention to counting advantages.

Some of that may be because of her time leading in the birdcage (counting advantages), some may be because her power influenced her.

And we know some of the basic starting point - Hugsta suggested the trigger prompt.  Her vs. society on the large scale and a situation escalated out of control.


Earlier Wildbow 
String Theory was high profile in villain circles and connected.  The kind of person who goes to prison and immediately has a few people like, "Hey boss.  You treated us good before, we'll back you up."

Add in the fact she's maybe one of three contenders who could plausibly find their way out of the Birdcage.

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String Theory has been shown to have a fierce competitive streak with [[Lab Rat]], constantly exchanging taunts and insults toward each other and their creations. She had a condescending attitude toward Lab Rat, though it's unclear whether this was meant to be playful or mocking.<ref name=":0">“I’m not an ordinary tinker,” String Theory said.  She tapped her head.  “I’ve had four years to think, plan what I’d build if I got out.  All up here.” <br><br>“Me too, seven years of thinking,” Lab Rat said.  “Need a lab.  Not sharing one with her.” <br><br>“I wouldn’t let you, darling,” String Theory said, condescending.  I could see Lab Rat’s lip curl, but I wasn’t sure if it was in irritation or amusement. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/extinction-27-4/ Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.4]]</ref> When working on their individual projects during Gold Morning, String Theory visited Lab Rat through one of [[Doormaker]]'s portals just to make fun of him.<ref name="so small">The inter-dimensional door opened nearby, and wind whistled in.  He made a face.<br><br>“You’re working so ''small,''” String Theory taunted him.<br><br>With more force than necessary, he plugged his machine into another cat.  The machine bucked as it kicked in, nearly throwing the cat from the table.<br><br>[...]<br><br>“What are you making?” String Theory asked, sticking her head between his elbow and his body.<br><br>He dug his elbow into her back, hard, and she squirmed her way out.<br><br>“Let me be your rubber duck,” she said.<br><br>“Shouldn’t you be building something impractically large?”<br><br>“I set my servos to build.  Tools in motion, engines heating up.  I’ll go back in… two minutes and thirty one seconds.  But I ''clearly'' need to make fun of you before then.  What can you even do with that?” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/12/11/interlude-10-y/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.y II]]</ref> 

She had a bad relationship with [[Lustrum]].<ref name="lustrum">His voice rasped, “That’s rich, coming from the runt of a woman who keeps her location secret and hides from the authorities while her weapons do the work remotely.  I know you’re not very bright, but put the pieces together.  It’s not a one man show.”<br><br>“One woman,” String Theory said.  She looked around.  “Sad, that Lustrum isn’t in earshot for that.  It would have got me points with her.”<br><br>“You’re so far into the negatives with her that it doesn’t matter.  We have eighty people with powers here.  ''Think'' for once.  I aim to ''multiply'' that power, or at least keep it in play.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/12/11/interlude-10-y/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 10.y II]]</ref>