Richard Stallman sleeps on a couch in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. The police find out SSH and console emacs exist, as do /tmp and multi-user unix. Hilarity ensues as they knock down the door and arrest him.

Years later, we find out the mind crime courts use ~IRC over SSL~ (edit: emacs org mode over sshfs) to organize their docket, and they eventually have to give RMS access to a libre terminal from his jail cell, so he can help them finish his own processing.

At this point, the backstory is established and our story begins…