Mikoshi

Mikoshi is a piece of cyberspace infrastructure found in every major Arasaka HQ in the world in.

Overview
Mikoshi are facilities that house the digitized personalities of clients from the "Secure Your Soul" program, as well as the victims obtained through Soulkiller.

Information regarding their locations or technical specifications is classified, and any request to know about them will be denied.

Izanagi
Izanagi is the name for the Mikoshi access point located right under the Arasaka Tower in Night City.

To access the facility, an Arasaka employee must first have an active authorization level "Kisen", followed by a registration and granted permission for the requested session. If said employee also wants to use the facility for research purposes, they will require input of the grant or a permit number issued by the acting head of the Arasaka Research Operations. Additionally, all sessions will be recorded.

Database Entry

 * Mikoshi is one of the most heavily guarded data fortresses in Arasaka and holds the digitalized minds of clients from "Secure Your Soul" program. For security reasons, information about the program is still classified by the corporation and the physical location of Mikoshi is a closely guarded secret together the smattering access points nested in cyberspace. Among netrunners who have breached Arasaka there's widespread belief Mikoshi is a "soul prison" for the digitized victims of Soulkiller. Rumor has it that Arasaka uses the souls of captured netrunners to use them as data collectors, but so far no one has been able to verify this.

Trivia

 * Mikoshi in real life is a sacred religious palanquin in the Shinto faith. It serves as the vehicle to transport a deity in Japan while moving between main shrine and temporary shrine during a festival or when moving to a new shrine. Often, the mikoshi resembles a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a veranda and a railing.