Paul Cramley
Names: Paul CramleyPaulMr. Cramley
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 24 (TWENTY-THREE)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 5Paul Cramley is a very old, skinny webhead living in Olika who deals in illicit information and keeps nostat pets.
- Ch 5Paul is a nearly 400-year-old former top hacker (webhead) living in a neglected bungalow on Oaktier, who imported nostats to the planet over a century ago.
- Ch 5Paul was busted by police after running a restricted city listing hack for Mellanie; his arrays were seized and he lost social standing and access.
- Ch 5Paul agrees to run an observation routine on Alessandra Baron's unisphere use for Mellanie, after learning the Starflyer may be involved.
- Ch 6Paul is an eccentric old man whose bungalow has no working electronics and is infested with nostats.
- Ch 6Paul is a four-hundred-year-old webhead, wetwired into a maximum interface unit in a crypt beneath his bungalow, appearing as a young man's face.
- Ch 6Paul used a focused EMP on his attackers' inserts and let his nostats kill them; he then used a lawyer to settle with police.
- Ch 6Paul has had many wives including two Sheldons, and five Sheldon children, giving him leverage to get aboard a Sheldon lifeboat.
- Ch 6Paul helped write algorithms for CST's first AIs, later became a skilled hacker; he was convicted after searching for Paula Myo's address.
Connections
- ally ofMellanie Rescoraihacker who helped her illegally
- related toEncryptionwaresold it to Mellanie
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 24Myo catches Mellanie
Mellanie tails Paula Myo through Paris but is caught; Myo warns her and hints she should look in deep space before leaving by limousine.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Mellanie contacts the Guardians
Mellanie calls Adam Elvin, learns the LA Galactic killer was Bruce McFoster, and gets a new onetime address. She then visits Paul Cramley.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Mellanie recruits Paul
Mellanie persuades the disgraced hacker Paul to run an observation routine on Alessandra Baron by telling him the Starflyer is real and that Baron is involved.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Mellanie recruits Morton as a source
In a private simulated space within Morton's inserts, Mellanie tells him about the Starflyer and asks him to smuggle classified Prime information from Elan in his reports; he agrees, and she gives him encryptionware.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Break-in at Paul's bungalow
Roderick and Marlon break into Paul's bungalow in Olika; their electronics fail and a nostat kills Roderick as Marlon fires wildly.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Nostats kill intruders at 1800 Briggins
Two men break into Paul Cramley's bungalow and are killed by his nostats; a fire starts and police and Homesecure find the remains. Paul's lawyer pays fines and takes over the property.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Mellanie meets Paul in his crypt
Paul reveals his wetwired state, traces the attackers' payments to Bromley, Waterford, and Granku, and tells of lifeboat projects. He asks Mellanie to investigate a Sheldon lifeboat on Cressat and proposes marriage; she declines.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Nigel investigates Mellanie
Nigel is alerted to Mellanie's visit to Paul Cramley's house and begins digging into her, then phones Michelangelo.