Technocratic Union

The Technocratic Union, or the Technocracy were initially portrayed as the black-hatted mustached typical "bad guys" of the earlier editions of Mage: The Ascension. They were initially founded as the Order of Reason in 1210, a group dedicated to the protection of humanity from the depredations of the supernatural &mdash; specifically mages, and more specifically the Order of Hermes.

The Order of Reason underwent a reorganization in the 1860s, and were once again reorganized around the turn of the century by Queen Victoria herself. This final reorganization was when they became the Technocratic Union. Their new focus was less on the liberation of humanity, and more the "protection" of humanity by controlling every aspect of their lives.

The modern union is comprised of:


 * Iteration X, whose specialty are tools and the manipulation thereof.
 * The New World Order, who are focused on psychology and the flow of information.
 * The Progenitors, whose goal is medicine and the improvement of technology via genetic engineering.
 * The Syndicate, who exploit commerce and the flow of money, or at least the concept of worth.
 * The Void Engineers, who explore the last bastions of the unknown in deep space.