Ok, so we all should know that TVTropes is just a huge shopping mall for writers to pick ingredients for their stories. You still need to chop them, mix and cook in a good order, stirring, but there are few things not catalogued there (hackerspace movement being one of them). Here's a list of tropes useful / inspiring for this story:

• Cast Calculus
• Characters - Characters and Casting
• Switching P.O.V.
• Ensembles
• Elaborate Underground Base - actually that's a pretty good name for a hackerspace
• Four-Philosophy Ensemble
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork
• Limited Social Circle
• Loads And Loads of Characters
• Garage Band
• Family Of Choice
• Quirky Household
• Cast Herd
• Caper Crew
• Breakfast Club
• Band Of Brothers

• 20 Minutes Into The Future - except it's in the present. We should be prepare for a lot of readers treating the story this way, so it's especially important to avert it. Is there a way to do it without making it outdated quickly?
• Next Sunday A.D. - more like this.
• The Present Day

• Law of Conservation of Detail connected to the Chekhov's Gun