Editing Barcode (section)

==History==
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===Background===
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===[[Glow-worm]]===
[[Tristan Vera]] found and contacted Barcode via [[Parahumans Online]].<ref>“How did he even find these guys?”<br><br>“Ha,” Byron said the word, humorless.  The car swerved a bit on what looked like normal, not-icy ground, and he corrected.  “I saw it happen and I don’t even know.  I smile and it’s… it’s an expression.  He smiles and people like him.  He gets online and finds people we used to fight, people we threw in jail, asks how they’re doing, finds common ground in the world ending, fishes.  A couple weeks later, somehow he has these guys, with a clandestine system for getting in touch.  I didn’t even think it would happen, so I just let him do his thing, focused on my own things, and… surprise, it all came together, am I willing to shell out some of my own cash so it’s not one party paying the scary mercenaries?  I should know not to underestimate him when he sets his mind to something.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/09/08/gleaming-9-6/ Excerpt] from [[Gleaming 9.6]]</ref><ref>[[Glow-worm P.2]]</ref> He set up a system with the goal of keeping himself in line, where the two brothers would meet with Barcode every few days and confirm that both of them are okay.<ref>“It was Tristan?”<br><br>“He decided on it and moved forward.  He does this thing where things get bad, and he sees a possible solution- he gets all gung-ho for it.”<br><br>“So he hires a fate-worse-than-death hitman?”<br><br>“He said it was extreme enough that he’d have to stay in line.  I was witness to it, as I am to all things Tristan.  Then it was done with.”<br><br>“And you’re okay with that?”<br><br>“I’m resigned to it,” Byron said.  “It happened, and by the time I wrapped my mind around it and did my own research, it was done.  Too hard to revoke, and things were better.  They were almost good for the first time in years.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/09/08/gleaming-9-6/ Excerpt] from [[Gleaming 9.6]]</ref><ref name="9.6 4" /> He also used their services to collect information about possible threats to them and [[Breakthrough]].<ref name="16.2II"/>
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===Early-[[Ward]]===
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===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen fall]]===
Due to [[Breakthrough]]'s appearance on [[Hard Boil]], [[Capricorn]]'s scheduled meeting with Barcode was postponed until the next day. However, Capricorn's arrangement was complicated when [[Goddess]] aligned all members of Breakthrough except for [[Byron]], which would have been detectable by Barcode's thinker, setting a tight schedule for [[Goddess' Takeover|the prison situation]] to be dealt with.<ref>[[Gleaming 9.6]]</ref>

After Goddess's death, Capricorn's meeting with Barcode went without issue. The brothers together, however, consulted Barcode about another job,<ref>“We’re good,” The barcode guy said.  “We’ll see you soon, then?  Unless you need something else?”<br><br>Tristan paused.<br><br>“What?” the guy asked.<br><br>“I was thinking we might be able to do business… but I need to talk it over with my brother, first.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/10/16/gleaming-interlude-9-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.z II]]</ref> to find [[Paris]]<ref name="16.2II">[[From Within 16.2]]</ref>

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
When the [[Navigators]] were found dismembered but alive, Barcode was raised during the subsequent hero meeting as a potential suspect.<ref name="10.11 1" />