Righteous Hacks

ICE

This spell is an enchantment that the caster sets upon his or herself prior to a foray into the Program.  Like the firewalls and network security software of mundane computer systems, ICE is an empowered security routine that protects the Programmer while working with the Interface.  The first thing the caster does is “plug in”, connecting with the Interface.  Once inside the first task is to summon up magical energy, then shaping it into an aura-like field that surrounds the caster, a halo if you would.  This spell acts like a shield, though an extremely aggressive one.  Instead of simply blocking incoming spells or spirits, the ICE will actually assault the threat, using its own energy in the attempt to deflect and disrupt.  While no ICE will ever be more effective than constant vigilance on the part of the Programmer, it serves as a potent early warning system, and often serves to weaken a threat significantly before being circumvented.  This of course allowing the Programmer both the time to power up a secondary response, but to slow and weaken the incoming threat. The more powerful the Programmer, the more effective and deadly the ICE.
(Components) Perhaps a physical object, like a statue or other guarding attuned talisman/symbol, could be set near or affixed to the terminal being used by the Programmer in the physical world, thus creating a sympathetic in the Interface.  Then of course the Programmer would benefit by coding in a link/representation of the ICE once plugged in.

Hyper-Coding

The act of coding in the physical world is what empowers the magick of the Programmer within the system. Though the spiritual power of the Programmer may be significant, the vitality of the body often becomes taxed long before the spirit.  This spell is simply a precautionary trance state that allows the caster to code faster and longer.  Through meditation and controlled breathing the Programmer puts himself into a hibernation like state, thus requiring less food, rest, and energy.  Once in this low maintenance state, the Programmer ingests on a regular basis large amounts of “uppers”, like caffeine, chocolate, and orange juice to increase the coding speed of the Programmer in the physical realm.  While this resembles the long term coding tactics of mundane hackers, this is an empowered act, and thus much more potent and long lasting.
(Components) A firm grasp on the skills of mediation and breathing exercises is crucial to achieving the trance state.  Then one would need the actual physical upper consumables.

Download Spirit

This spell is the Reality Hacker version of a summoning and binding spell rolled into one function.  By extending his or her senses into the Operating System, a Programmer of sufficient skill and power can sense the subtle currents and programs in the Interface. The Programmer then codes a quick search spell, much like the basic search engine in a mundane internet browser, and keys in the search parameters to the specifics of the spirit or entity that the Programmer wishes to interact with.  Once the results of the search come back, the magic user then uses that retrieved data cluster to establish a magical connection with the target.  Once this connection is established the Programmer can both summon and bind the entity, effectively “downloading” the entity into whatever medium is desired. 
(Components) The Programmer will need a repository into which to download the entity.  This could be as esoteric as a software application or data cluster within the Interface, or as physical as a floppy disk, the computer’s hard drive, or hand held device.

Soul Hacking

This is the most potent and invasive spell in the Programmer’s database of spells.  Through the use of the coding trance and a powerful magical connection to the target, the Programmer is able to hack the spirit of another being in the same way that a mundane hacker would a simple computer.  First the Programmer must obtain a very potent connective element of the target.  The specifics of the element are entirely dependent upon the personal paradigm of the Programmer, but in any case should be as closely related to the target as possible.  Then, using that magical connection, the Programmer breaches the natural spiritual defenses of the target.  Like any computer system, the target will, even if unaware of the intrusion, defend itself.  So it is best to have a solid offensive array of software prepared before the intrusion is made.  This spell will allow the Programmer to add, modify, or delete code within the fundamental essence of the target.  The potential effects of this spell are too fantastic to mention in these pages, though it can be said that in the hands of a master, this spell is most formidable and dangerous, allowing the Programmer to implant behaviors, thoughts, feelings, or perhaps even skills or secondary spells.
(Components) A potent sympathetic connection to the target, such as a true name, body parts, or personal item.