Spider Murphy

Spider Murphy is a known Netrunner from the game setting, also appeared briefly in  assisting Johnny Silverhand, Shaitan and Rogue in the bombing of Arasaka Tower in 2023.

2000s
Spider Murphy first began Netrunning in 2004, at the age of nine. Her first Cyberdeck was a Hitachi-Radio Shack 95, which she used to hack into a Zetatech sales office - from there. She falsified an order data to have Zetatech send her a new Parraline 5750A deck.

Spider Murphy met Rache Bartmoss for the first time after overhearing her Corporate father had wiped his SIN from the system. Having heard of Bartmoss' reputation on the street, she tracked him down and warned him. From that moment on, she got training from Bartmoss and they became close friends.

2010s
Spider Murphy, along with Rache Bartmoss, Dog, and Edger, would run the Net for fun, lynch NetWatch hacks without profit, because they could and it was the right thing to do, and do things others thought impossible. She was generally accepted as being one of the best Netrunners in Night City. Her quotes and stories were often shared with the same reverence as those from other legendary Netrunners like Rache Bartmoss, Frack and Edger.

Spider Murphy was much more skilled than other top-level corporate or mercenary netrunners. She used a completely custom cyberdeck that was faster and more secure than decks used by other top-level runners. She tended to use utilitarian and non-lethal software, in contrast to Bartmoss who liked to use flamboyant and deadly programs.

The book Rache Bartmoss' Guide to the Net was edited and compiled by Spider Murphy; the text contained interjections and clarifications from Spider Murphy as well. She also wrote the Rache Bartmoss Brainware Blowout with Rache Bartmoss, Dog, and Edger.

Spider Murphy was fond of quoting famous and well-known philosophers and public figures. She is also known to sometimes use the image of a well-endowed anime girl as her net icon.

2020s
In 2023, during the Fourth Corporate War Spider joined Johnny Silverhand and Rogue Amendiares on the assault of the Arasaka Towers.

2070s
Her book on Rache Bartmoss and Netrunning guide remained popular throughout the decades and is still being sold in 2077.

Trivia

 * Spider Murphy's character was created by Mike Pondsmith's wife, Lisa. Her first appearance was in the corebook.
 * When asked about which real actor would be best fit to interpret Murphy, Mike Pondsmith answered: "My wife, who created Spider Murphy, says whoever it is would have to be very short, stocky, possibly Latina, with black hair down to her butt."