a short hand-to-hand fight, Killy gains the upper hand and lands several punches which essentially mangle Schiff's armored face. While Schiff is clawing at his broken face, Killy administers the coup de grâce. Davine Lu Linvega - Leader of a contingent of cyborgs who Killy encounters late in the series. The level on which she is present allows provisional access to the Net Sphere to any person having normal human DNA. Davinel wants to access the Net Sphere and tries to obtain the DNA sample in Cibo's possession (which is Seu's). Afterward she is able to infiltrate the Netsphere in Seu's form. However, she fatally underestimates the Governing Agency's agent who cleverly slows the connection speed, allowing enough time for Dhomochevsky to attack and kill her. However, she manages to steal the Level 9 safeguard data just before Dhomochevsky kills her. Linvega's gender has been up to debate; Iko first refers to them as male. However, the side comic BLAME! Academy depicts Linvega as a girl. Pcell - Davinel's subordinate; a skilled combatant wielding a sword-like weapon that emits blasts of force capable of deflecting even the GBE's beam. According to Iko, she is the most dangerous of the invading Silicon Life. Unusually for a Silicon Life, she has the capacity to use the Safeguards' structure conversion tower (hijacked by Davine) to repair herself and evade attacks. She is implied to have some connection with Dhomochevsky, but the nature of this connection is unknown. After Cibo transforms into the Level 9 Safeguard, Pcell attempts to kill her with a blast from her sword and is killed by Killy in retaliation (v8 p174). Silicon Creature Generals - The two mysterious Silicon Creatures heading the Silicon settlement that captures the Level 9 Safeguard. Both carry staff-like weapons that are extremely similar in ability to that of the 'Safeguard Sword.' The male cyborg, seen wearing an armor plated trench-coat and various black metal accessories, wounds Sanakan as he makes a final attempt to stop her. The female cyborg, seen with black and white hair and wearing black and metallic clothing, is last seen dismembering the rogue armored cyborg. It is left to the reader to decide whether or not Killy dispatches her. Humans Technomads - Humans who encounter Killy while he is still quite low in The City. They have lost all knowledge of their heritage, and have some connection to their Planter/Electrofisher