From The Fall of the Midnight Scorpions:
Name: Ted Quinn
Role: The Hacker
Country of Origin: Charytar
Known associates/affiliations: Cousin to Reggie Quinn
Greatest accomplishment: Hacking into one of the Charytaran military’s networks without getting caught, just to see if he could
Biggest fear: Rejection
Additional information: Ted feels much more comfortable dealing with computers and other electronics than he does with people. Aside from Reggie, his face-to-face interactions with others are very limited. While not necessarily happy, he’s content with spending his time on little more than movies and games. Whether it’s never occurred to him to aspire to do more with his life, or if he’s afraid of trying and failing is anybody’s guess.
Trivia: Aspects of Ted are very loosely based on one of my closest friends. I think that ultimately helped with making him a more sympathetic character than he appears on the surface.
While never explicitly stated, the handheld game Ted plays in several scenes is Tetris. I did not have any particular film in mind for the porn that is playing on his TV when Ro and Reggie first arrive at his house. 😀