Ciphers use letters, numbers or symbols to replace individual letters and numbers, and a key is used to encipher and decipher messages. This is a relatively simple and effective method of encryption, as scrambling the 26 letters of the alphabet alone yields 400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible combinations.

A nickname of the Transcendent Order faction, used because most folks don't know what they're talking about.