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| - Phong is the oldest sprite living in Mainframe and is the cities benevolent leader. He lives in the Principal Office where he serves as the System Administrator and Keeper of the Core. He is somewhat evocative of Confucius, often dispensing advice in the form of confusing and vague philosophical quotes gleaned from old README files. Very fond of Pong, he used to have a rule that one must defeat him at the game to be considered worthy of his knowledge. As Read-Only Memory, Phong is immune to infection by most viruses. Phong is the only permanent resident of the Principal Office because of his special status. He is the only person allowed access to the Core Control Chamber, and his mind is the only place the access codes are stored. Phong has an Office in the Principal Office where he can counsel others, give out information, and work on administrating the city. Sometimes when people need his advice Phong will see them at his podium in the Entrance Hall. Phong's icon is a Chinese Yin/Yang symbol instead of the usual diamond shape. He is one of the few people to have a different design of icon from the traditional triangles. Phong hates viruses, having encountered several over the years. He rarely uses their names when he has to talk to them, simply calling them Virus. Years ago a Code Master named Talon came to Mainframe and asked Phong for refuge there. Phong agreed to his terms and reformatted Talon to be a binome, he took the name Mr. Pearson. Phong was sworn to secrecy about the identity of Talon. Years later when a Code Master named Lens came looking for Talon, Phong upheld his oath and denied that anyone named Talon lived in Mainframe, even at the risk of his own deletion. (High Code) After the destruction of Mainframe's Twin City and the arrival of two viruses, Megabyte and Hexadecimal, Phong gladly welcomed Bob to Mainframe to help defend the city. When the Medusa Bug was activated Phong evacuated as many people as he could to the Principal Office and put up its shields. Unfortunately, Phong and everyone else was infected by the viral bug, and were thus turned into solid stone. (The Medusa Bug) After software pirates looted Mainframe and kidnapped Bob Phong authorized Dot to commander a sailing yacht to chase them down. (The Crimson Binome) When the User uploaded an upgrade into Mainframe Phong was surprised that it arrived early. He was proven correct about this since Megabyte was hiding inside a fake upgrade created by Hexadecimal. Megabyte severely injured Phong and copied his read-only memory so that he could use the passcodes and take over the Core Control Chamber. In a rare show of his authority, Phong gave Dot and Bob a direct order to leave the chamber for their own safety. (Infected) This was interesting because Phong usually only requests people to do things and will even take orders from some others, such as Dot. In the end he does have authority over anyone in Mainframe. After they had left the Chamber, Phong contacted Bob using a hologram, telling him to use Megabyte's greed against him. His message was cut short when Megabyte grabbed the old sprite and looked the frail old man in the face, telling him that the Core was his domain now. Then he admitted that sprites like Phong do fight bravely, right to the bittersweet end. During one of Megabyte's attacks on the Principal Office an incoming Game Cube became very unstable when he removed the Core Energy. The Game landed on the Principal Office and Phong was caught in the Game. He rebooted as a gyrocopter pilot. This was the first time Phong was seen in a Game, since he rarely leaves the Principal Office. (Bad Bob) Phong was even prepared for a monster made of Nulls destroying Mainframe. He had constructed several large robots to combat the creature. (Nullzilla) Mainframe's peace and stalemate with the viruses eventually came to an end. It was discovered that a Web Creature had made it's way to Mainframe. It managed to gain access to a tear and form it into a portal to the Web. Phong was forced to prepare Mainframe for war. To prepare for the Web War, Phong quickly mobilized the entire CPU defense force, armed all citizens, and asked Dot to become his military adviser and second in command. Bob had Mainframe form an alliance with the viruses to save the city. Megabyte agreed to build a device to close the portal, Phong was downloading the software to run it, and Hexadecimal agreed to power the device. Megabyte betrayed Bob and threw him into the portal before closing it. Dot and Mouse fled to the Principal Office. Megabyte and Hexadecimal contacted the War Room and informed them of their lose of Bob, and the beginning battle between the ABCs and CPUs. Megabyte ordered Phong to lower all defenses on the Principal Office. Phong told the virus that they would fight him until the last. (Web World Wars)
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