1) R: Hiro (a hacker and pizza delivery guy) gets a 20 min old pizza to be delivered in the rest of 10 min (Cosa Nostra requirement).
2) R: H. takes an alternate (faster) route, but he falls in an empty pool. Y.T., the kourier who harpponed him, takes the pizza to help H. with the delivery.
3) R: H. shares a small U-Stor-It appt. with Vitaly; H. collects info for CIC (Central Intelligence Corp.); H's mom is Korean and dad is African.
M: H. has a big house in Metaverse.
4) R: Y.T. harpoons a teenager and delivers the pizza at 29:54 under Mafia's eys (they record the delivery from an helicopter). Now, Mafia owes her a favor.
5) M: Avatars in Metavers and The Black Sun.
6) R: Y.T. is arrested by Metacops for "stealing" a pizza from a car crash scene; she gets to Clink jail.
7) M: Black Sun quadrants and daemons; the trio Hiro+Juanita+Da5id; all three built the Black Sun; J. and D. got rich; D. owns the Black Sun.
8) M: Juanita gives H. a hypercard about Babel.
9) M: Da5id takes a "Snow Crash" hypercard which gerenrates a Brandy avatar with a scroll; D.'s avatar desintegrates and his PC crashes.
10) R: Y.T. with H's help escapes teh Clink jail by stealing a taxi and finsing refuge in Hong Kong burclave.
11) M: In Black Sun Hiro wins a sword fight (cuts off avatar’s head and legs). Hiroaki protagonist is #1 in sword fighting.
12) R: #A-267 Rat Thing saves Y.T. (and gets injured) from a grenade thrown by a taxi driver; Y.T. helps him by keeping him cool in his hutch; Y.T. is 15; Y.T. and Hero are 50-50 partners in info gathering; Y.T. gets home.
13) M: Hiro connects to metavers from Vitaly’s car; Juanita gave him Earts and a new library room; the Librarian (A.I. assistant written by Lagos) returns info on Babel and L.Bob Rife.
14) M: Rife was a Texas sports commentator; donated to many churches; holds TV monopoly; has a yacht; controls info in his employee’s heads.
15) R: Hiro meets Lagos (who works for CIC) who warns him of (1) Raven and (2) hackers being vulnerable to Nam-Shub and bitmaps (binary info).