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Linc
First Appearance Last Appearance Brinksmanship Zero-Sum (File 15, Part IV)
Character information
Age	39
Date of Birth	March 15th, 1985
YouTube	lofisyndicate
Revver	lofisyndicate
Portrayed by	Logan Rapp
List of Linc's blogs Videos with Linc

Thomas Jefferson Russell (better known as Linc), also known as HO #12-09-14-03, is a character in the Redearth88 series and the The Home Office ARG. He is an ex-OpAphid agent, who is on the run from the Order.

Background

Linc grew up in the United States. In 1992, when he was seven years old and on a trip to Manchester, his parents were murdered. There were no subsequent arrests or convictions, and Linc was sent to an orphanage due to having no next of kin. In 2001, he interviews to join the Hymn of One while accompanied by an Order member whose position remains unknown. In December of that year, he returned to the United States.

Operation: Dehteraew

With the help of the Order associate mentioned above, he entered into the Order in 2004 and begins training for field work. After a year of training, he was assigned to an OpAphid kill squad that managed surveillance operations as well as arranging assassinations. In 2005, they captured and released a gas station owner that was later arrested for arms sale. Linc worked alongside two other agents named Julie and Pete, all three awarded those names after they failed a critical assignment in 2006.

To make up for the incident, the three of them assigned to work on the hostage exchange to acquire Bree Avery. After the operation fell through, OpAphid had finally had enough with Linc's screw-ups, and sent a Shadow to kill him and his teammates. Linc narrowly escaped being blown up by a bomb left in Pete's apartment, and he advises Julie to go on the run, while Pete was presumably killed in the explosion.

Linc fails to save Maddison Atkins.

For a while, Linc stayed in a house belonging to one of his handlers, and investigates the field where he trained as an OpAphid Agent. He discovered that the owner of the gas station across the way had been arrested under suspicion of terrorism, due to the arms sale that took place two years before. Linc finds it odd that the Order would be so sloppy as to have one of their agents charged with terrorism, and finds it even more strange that new equipment is at the station, despite it being shut down. The Order located him during the investigation and he made it out in one piece again.

Linc went underground for the next month, but became involved in unraveling the Order's crimes via the internet, and became especially intent on helping a college girl named Maddison Atkins try and discover the mysterious identity of Mr. Zipp. When the War Pylol video was discovered, Linc fled to Texas to save Maddison, but was unable to get to her in time. Linc is extremely distressed by this failure, and said that the message for help had come too late for him to arrive on time. Because of this, he declares war on the Order and vows to make them pay for the crimes they have committed.

Operation: Red Earth

Linc reappeared two months later as an agent of the Lofi Syndicate. He has informed users that OpASphid had abandoned her post and Operation: APHID has shut down, and that he is currently being stalked 24/7 by an evil pre-recorded phone message. He receives a phone call every hour stating a message that he has until the 21st, but does not state for what. When the number is called, a music mashup puzzle is heard. The character 15over15 is then discovered.

Linc saves Rachel from the scary faceless figure.

Afterwards, 15over15 contacted Linc, and told him to protect Rachel. He has been stalking her, until one day when Rachel saw him in the park, and he was filming her. He told her he was filming his cousin, and the two went on a date, and planned to hit up garage sales later. However, Rachel saw Linc's cousin, and found out he wasn't filming her. She reacting angrily, and told him to go away when he tried to contact her. Despite this, Linc rescues Rachel from "the faceless guy with the syringe" who appeared to have done something to her while waiting to undergo an STD test. Linc shot the men and took Rachel home, where she spent the next few days sleeping.

Not long after, Rachel decided to give Linc a second chance, but on a bus ride home they are spotted by War Pylol, a former OpAphid agent, and are subsequently chased by a white van, which is documented with the aid of Linc's newly acquired war-spy device. Linc and Rachel lose the van in a parking garage (in which Brother, or Tachyon take care of the van's driver) and decide to hide out. Linc, convinced that 15over15 is going to assist them, takes Rachel to a spot outside a mysterious tunnel. Rachel loses her temper and storms off through said tunnel; Linc follows her and begins to explain their situation. He fails to notice that he is walking ahead and when he turns to check on her she is gone. Upon turning back around a ghostly image of OpAphid herself is shown and Linc falls to the floor.

Over the next two months Linc and Rachel whereabouts remained a mystery. Linc uploaded a video on October, 11th, 2007, entitled Farewells in which he explains that he woke up on September 1st, unaware of what had happened the previous month. He declares that he is tired of seeing the people he tries to help fall. He says he will not leave a trail and that anyone that tries to find him will fail.

Operation: Zero Sum

On November 7th, 2008, over a full year since he was last seen, Linc reappears. Captured (or "retrieved") by an entity known as "the Home Office," he refuses to provide them with any information, despite the Home Office declaring themselves an enemy of the Order, and having previously worked for both parties. It is revealed in the video that his true name is Thomas, and "Linc" has merely been a callsign for the time we've seen him.

Notes

• Although this is never really clarified in the story, Linc's use of the lofisyndicate account coincided with his joining of the LoFi Syndicate, a group of "cadets," made up primarily of the fans, who work alongside Tachyon. The group is intended to be similar in design to IPOD OPERA. [1] [2]