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Guide to the Technocracy is a sourcebook for Mage: The Ascension, and the main Technocracy book.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf catalog:

Embracing Science for All Mankind
We are the greatest scientific minds of the world. We influence every aspect of human society. We protect the Earth from the aliens without and the deviants within. Through order, science and technology, our Conventions shape the course of the future and catalog the wonders of the cosmos. We are there whenever someone uses a tool. We create the advancements that protect and comfort humanity. We decide how tomorrow improves beyond today. If you are ready to shape the world and willing to sacrifice yourself for humanity, you can be one of us.
One World, One Union
All the information needed to run a Technocracy based Chronicle: Technocracy characters, new Abilities, Devices and Procedures, Technocratic organization and more. Explore the defenses of the Technocratic bases, their corridors of political power and their hopes for the future. Discover how they deal with supernatural threats and what wonders they uncover. Learn the Union's beliefs and goals, and how it plans to empower all of humanity.

Chapters[]

Prologue: The Machine Inside[]

Introduction[]

Chapter One: Indoctrination[]

Offers an overview of the Technocratic viewpoint - an essential tool for the beginning agent - and a detailed Lexicon of essential terminology and vulgar scuttalk.

Chapter Two: Enlightened Science[]

Details your most powerful weapon - Enlightened Science, what others would call "magic" - and shows you how can improvise Procedures to expand your influence. Smoke and mirrorshades hide technological brilliance.

Chapter Three: History Lessons[]

Summarizes the Union's background, condensing the evolution of the paradigm of reason into one chapter. We';; cram your head with facts and make you question every one of them.

Chapter Four: Protocols[]

Describes the Technocracy's operations, showing how the Union takes care of business and eliminates its competition.

Chapter Five: The Conventions[]

Details the five Conventions that make up the Union's core structure, as well as the Methodologies that work within them.

  • Technocratic Templates
    • Unwitting Prole - Stats, Syndicate
    • Manipulative Citizen - Stats, Iteration X
    • Cybernetic Grunt - Stats, Iteration X
    • Raw Recruit - Stats, New World Order
    • Field Medic - Stats, Progenitors
    • Seasoned Explorer - Stats, Void Engineers
    • Dissident Within - Stats, Syndicate
    • Intrusion Clone - Stats, Progenitors
    • Marine Veteran - Stats, Void Engineers
    • Control - Stats, New World Order

Chapter Six: Character Recruitment[]

Presents the systems of character creation. Assume nothing, and assimilate all data as if it were new.

  • Option: Victors and HIT Marks and Clones, Oh My!
    • Short Life (3 pt Flaw)
    • Dissolve (3 pt Flaw)
    • Subject to Paradox (5 pt Flaw)
    • Soulless (7 pt Flaw)
  • Genius Eidolons
    • Dynamic
    • Pattern
    • Primordial
    • Questing
    • Seekings
  • Archetypes (Natures and Demeanors)
    • Benefactor
    • Caretaker
    • Crusader
    • Devil's Advocate
    • Entertainer
    • Hacker
    • Innovator
    • Investigator
    • Machine
    • Mad Scientist
    • Manager
    • Misfit
    • Penitent
    • Perfectionist
    • Quester
    • Sneak
    • Tycoon
    • Vigilante
  • Abilities
    • New Talents
    • New Skills
      • Biotech
      • Energy Weapons
      • Helmsman
      • Hypertech
      • Interrogation
      • Jetpack
      • Jury-Rig
      • Microgravity Operations
      • Networking
      • Pilot
      • Security
      • Torture
    • New Knowledges
      • Academics
      • Conspiracy Theory
      • Construct Politics
      • Covert Culture
      • Cryptography
      • Finance
      • Law Enforcement
      • Media
      • Power-Brokering
      • Propaganda
      • Psychology
      • RD Data
      • Science (Astronomy, Biology, Biopsychology, Chemistry, Cybernetics, Electronics, Engineering, Forensic Pathology, Genetics, Geology, Hypermathematics, Mathematics, Metallurgy, Paraphysics, Phylogeny, Physics, Psychodyamics, Sociobiology, Xenobiology)
      • Subdimensions
      • Terrorism
      • Vice
  • Merits and Flaws
    • Merits
      • Unobtrusive (1 pt Merit)
      • Acute Senses (1-3 pt Merit)
      • License to... (1-5 pt Merit)
      • Confidence (2 pt Merit)
      • Officially Dead (2 pt Merit)
      • Poker Face (2 pt Merit)
      • Iron Will (3 pt Merit)
      • Perfect Liar (3 pt Merit)
      • Ties (3 pt Merit)
      • Master of Red Tape (4 pt Merit)
      • Inner Knight (5 pt Merit)
    • Flaws
      • Technobabbler (1 pt Flaw)
      • Bigot (2 pt Flaw)
      • Construct (2 pt Flaw)
      • Icy (2 pt Flaw)
      • Rose-Colored Mirrorshades (2 pt Flaw)
      • Faulty Enhancements (2-5 pt Flaw)
      • Stress Atavism (3 pt Flaw)
      • Demented Eidolon (3 pt Flaw)
      • Rotten Liar (3 pt Flaw)
      • Mr. Red Tape (4 pt Flaw)
      • Rogue (4 pt Flaw)
      • Fifth Degree (5 pt Flaw)
  • Backgrounds
    • Altered Backgrounds
      • Cloaking (Arcane)
      • Companion (Familiar)
      • Construct (Chantry)
      • Destiny
      • Device (Talisman)
      • Genius (Avatar)
      • Hypercram (Dream)
      • Laboratory (Sanctum)
    • Background Ratings Over Five
      • Allies
      • Influence
      • Library
      • Node
    • New Backgrounds
      • Backup
      • Enhancement
      • Patron
      • Requisitions
      • Secret Weapons
      • Spies

Chapter Seven: Storytelling[]

Offers your Storyteller advice for exciting chronicles and missions that go beyond the obvious "gun down the deviants."

Chapter Eight: The Arsenal[]

Presents a host of Procedures, vehicles, cybertech and devices - enough to fill up your Technocratic toybox.

  • Procedures
    • Correspondence Procedures
      • Surveillance (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Correspondence or Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Correspondence, Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Forces)
      • Tracking Device (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Correspondence)
      • Telescreen (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Correspondence, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
      • Selective Edit (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Correspondence, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Entropy)
      • Coordination (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Correspondence, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
      • Intel (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Correspondence, Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
      • Sequencing (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Correspondence, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Life)
    • Dimensional Science Procedures
      • Mirrorshades (Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Dimensional Science)
      • Quantum Interference Shielding (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Dimensional Science)
      • Dimension Bomb (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Dimensional Science)
    • Entropy Procedures
      • Nonlinear Prediction (Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Entropy)
      • Actively Actuarial (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Entropy)
      • Strategic Inefficiency Analysis (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Entropy, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Time)
      • Ace of Diamonds (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Entropy, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime)
      • Healthy Skepticism (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Entropy, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
      • Buzzwords (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Entropy, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
    • Forces Procedures
      • Current Metering (Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Forces)
      • Kinetic Push (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Forces)
      • Hot-Shotting (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Forces)
    • Life Procedures
      • Synthetic Ritual (Variable Spheres)
      • Caffeine Plus (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Life, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Time, Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Dimensional Science, Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
      • Polysorbate (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Life, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind, Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime)
      • DMSO (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Life, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Matter, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime)
      • Psychiatric Compounds (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Life, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet or Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
      • Hands of Death (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Life, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Forces, or both)
    • Matter Procedures
      • Sanitize Evidence (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Matter, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Forces)
      • Holdout Weapon (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Matter, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime)
    • Mind Procedures
      • Non-Descript (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
      • Rats' Rage/Lost Cousin (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Life)
      • Programming (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
      • Social Conditioning (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime)
      • Motivational Speaking (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime [for emotions]; Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime [for false ideas])
      • Impulse Purchase (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind or Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime)
      • Purge Thought Crime (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Prime)
    • Time Procedures
      • Cram Session (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Time, Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Mind)
      • Golden Goldman (Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Time, Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet Forces)
  • Devices
    • Digital Enhancement Implant (DEI) Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet or Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 2 or 3, PE: 10, BC: 3 for DEI or 5 for Anode DEI
    • Ionic Cloth Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet or Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 1 or 2, PE: 4-10, BC: 2 or 4
    • Primium Knuckles Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 1, PE: 5, BC: 2
    • Holdout Weapon Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet + A: 2+, PE: 10+, BC: Varies (Pen Gun, Acid Pen, Laser Pen, Poison Lipstick, Shick Ring, Exploding Buttons/Cufflinks, Flechette Glasses)
    • Cascade 23 Laser Pistol Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 4, PE: 20, BC: 6
    • Molecular Phone Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 2, PE: 10, BC: 4
    • Super-Steroids Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 2, PE: 10, BC: 4
    • Unstoppable Binoculars Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 2, PE: 10, BC: 4
    • Consensual Hallucination Generator Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 15, BC: 6
    • Energy Enhancement Module Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 2, PE: 10, BC: 4
    • BioSpy Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 15, BC: 6
    • Golden Bands Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 15, BC: 6
    • Invisible Explosive Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 15, BC: 6
    • Ionic Disruptor Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 4, PE: 20, BC: 7
    • Med Pack Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 15, BC: 6
    • P22 Gauss Needler Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 4, PE: 20, BC: 7
    • Shocker Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 4, PE: 20, BC: 7
    • Ultra-Silencer Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 15, BC: 6
    • Flesh Canvas Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet A: 4, PE: 20, BC: 8
    • Nothing To See Here Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet A: 4, PE: 20, BC: 8
    • NSN Plasma Caster Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet A: 6, PE: 30, BC: 10
    • PDNA Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet A: 5, PE: 25, BC: 9
    • AUAV Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bullet A: 7, PE: 2, BC: 12
    • Battle Homunculus Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bullet A: 5, PE: 25, BC: 10 (Joes, Fluffies, Fidos)
    • Deep Space Combat Armor Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bullet A: 7, PE: 35, BC: 12
  • Biotech
    • Cybernetics
      • Extrasensory Access Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: N/A, PE: N/A, BC: 2
      • Keypads Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: N/A, PE: N/A, BC: 2
      • Night Eyes Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: N/A, PE: N/A, BC: 2
      • Skeletal Enhancement Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: N/A, PE: N/A, BC: 2
      • Subdermal Concealment Pouch Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: N/A, PE: N/A, BC: 2
      • Subdermal Transponder Menu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet or Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 1 or 3, PE: N/A, BC: 2 or 6
      • Claws Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: N/A, PE: N/A, BC: 2/3
      • Biomesh Armor Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: N/A, PE: N/A, BC: Variable
      • G42 "Raptor" Vibroblades Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 15, BC: 6
      • Hypermed Injection System Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 6 (special), BC: 6
      • Physical Structure Enhancement Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: N/A, PE: N/A, BC: Varies
      • Implant Plasma Cannon Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 4/6, PE: 30, BC: 6/8
      • Primium Countermeasures Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: N/A, PE: N/A, BC: 4/6/8
      • Z488-C Video Data Retrieval System Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 15, BC: 6
      • Implant Chain Gun Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 15, BC: 8
    • Biomods
      • Enhanced Pheromones BC: Varies
      • Enviromental Sustainability BC: 3
      • Foot Pads BC: 1
      • Gills BC: 2
      • Radical Pigment Alteration BC: 4
    • Genegineering and Genetic Flaws
      • Physical Flaws
        • Strength, Dexterity, Stamina, Appearance, Intelligence, Perception, "Normal" Flaws
      • Mental and Social Flaws
        • Genetic Flaws, "Normal" Flaws
  • Mundane Tech
    • Barrel Improvements BC: 3 (Advanced Barrel Coating, Crypotreatment, Polygonal Rifling)
    • Rebreather BC: 3
    • Vehicular Satellite Uplink BC: 5
  • Vehicles
    • Micon Light Cycle Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bulletMenu bullet A: 3, PE: 15, BC: 6
    • Paladin Sedan Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu bullet A: 4, PE: 20, BC: 8
    • Aurora Transatmospheric Fighter Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bullet A: 8, PE: 40, BC: 13
    • ARC-2 Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bullet A: 7, PE: 35, BC: 12
    • Corporate Raider Jet Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bullet A: 7, PE: 35, BC: 12
    • Multi-Terrain Explorer Menu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bulletMenu hover bullet A: 6, PE: 30, BC: 11

Appendix[]

Offers a mass of modern cultural references that both inspired the creation of this book and serve as a wealth of information from which to create your own chronicles.

Index[]

  • Recommended Propaganda
    • Required Books
      • Anthony Aveni, Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic and Science from Antiquity to the New Age
      • Ray Bradbury, Farenheight 451
      • Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Exploration into the Forces of History
      • Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
      • Peter James and Nick Thorpe, Ancient Inventions
      • George Orwell, 1984
      • Neil Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
      • Ayn Rand, Anthem
      • Robert Anton Wilson, The Illuminatus Series
        • Films and TV
          • Aliens
          • Gattaca
          • La Femme Nikita: The TV Series
          • La Femme Nikita (the film)
          • Law & Order
          • Men in Black
          • Noam Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent
          • Robocop
          • Starship Troopers
          • The Truman Show
          • Teletubbies
          • The Prisoner
          • The Terminator and Terminator II: Judgement Day
          • Twelve Monkeys
          • Wag the Dog
          • The X-Files
    • Secondary Sources
      • Books
        • Isaac Asimov, Foundation
        • Martin Caidin, Cyborg
        • Francis and Joseph Giles, Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel
        • Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
        • Frank Herbert, The White Plague
        • Walter M. Miller, A Canticle for Liebowitz
        • Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
      • Film and Television
        • 1984
        • Akira
        • Black Cat and Black Cat 2
        • Connections (with James Burke)
        • Mission: Impossible
        • Ghostbusters and the show The Real Ghostbusters (first season only!)
        • Sneakers
        • The Day the Universe Changed
        • The Wizard of Speed and Time

Character Sheet[]

Background Information[]

  • This was the Year of the Reckoning book for Mage: The Ascension.
  • This is the first Mage book to cease using the "magick" spelling, preferring "magic". Most people did not notice, as this was, after all, a book about the Technocracy, who would not recognize the difference between magick and magic. The next book, Initiates of the Art, presented the game from the point of view of the newly-Awakened, who also would not know the difference. This left only The Spirit Ways and Masters of the Art before Mage: The Ascension Revised Edition was released, at which point a special effort was made to point out the lack of "special k".
  • Playtesters are credited in book as: Award for Meritorious Service to Gainesville, FL Amalgam: Hans "Operative Sims Bracker" Belanger; David "Security Agent Jack Dosin: Huston; Alex "Operative Craig Willmore" Rhyme; Beth "Operative Constance Williams" Taylor; Joshua "Doctore Aidan Quinn" Teitelham; Donny "Armature Shinji Nakamura" Hummel and Chris "Gray Man Devon" Whitney. And Award for Exceptional Service to the Tuscon Templars: Mike "Incendiary Ammunition" Berg, Sean "Fortean Event" McLachlan and Brian "Laiback Karaoke" Campbell.
  • Ads at the back of the book include: Aberrant and Laws of the Night Revised Edition (Sept. 1999).

Video[]

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Mage the Ascension- Guide to the Technocracy


Memorable Quotes[]

"If you want to clear out a Chantry with overwhelming firepower, call for Iteration X. If you want someone to talk them to death, call in the Ivory Tower." - Agent Bill "Lucky Strike" Smith, Amalgam 224

Characters[]

  • Prologue: The Machine Inside
    • James - Black Hat, "Agent Keeler," Men in Black
    • Irene - Armature, Iteration X
    • Dr. Agstrom - Progenitor
  • Chapter One: Indoctrination
  • Chapter Three: History Lessons
    • Professor Tanaka - Iteration X
    • Terrence Whyte - NWO, Collegium of History
    • Agent Roland Cassault
    • Agent Bill "Lucky Strike" Smith, Amalgam 224
    • Thothmes III
    • Lao Tzu - Historical Figure
    • Sun-Tzu - Historical Figure
    • Pythagoras
    • Archimedes - Historical Figure
    • Aristotle - Historical Figure
    • Socrates - Historical Figure
    • Hypocrites/Hippocrates - Historical Figure
    • Emperor Pompilis - Historical Figure
    • Algorithmi - Historical Figure
    • Ismaeel al-Jarai - Artisan
    • Wolfgang von Reismann
    • Kelper - Iteration X
    • Rivallon de Corbie
    • Grimgroth
    • Marco Polo - Historical Figure
    • Giacoma de Barba - High Guild
    • Roger Bacon - Historical Figure
    • Gutenberg - Historical Figure
    • Copernicus - Historical Figure
    • Galileo - Historical Figure
    • Isaac Newton - Historical Figure
    • Kramer and Sprengel - Historical Figures
    • Cellini - Historical Figure
    • Duhrer - Historical Figure
    • Ghiberti - Historical Figure
    • Alberti - Historical Figure
    • L. da Vinci - Historical Figure
    • Harvey - Historical Figure
    • Francesco - Historical Figure
    • Anton von Leeuwonhoek - Historical Figure
    • William Trevaine - Grandson of Stephen Trevanus, Craftmason
    • King Phillip IV - Historical Figure
    • Reginald Proctor
    • Adam Smith - Historical Figure, wrote Wealth of Nations
    • Herwig - Historical Figure
    • Gregor Mendel - Historical Figure
    • Charles Babbage
    • Jacob von Reismann
    • Rathbone
    • Queen Victoria
    • Lord Alfred Craven
    • Michaelson - Historical Figure
    • Morley - Historical Figure
    • Henry Ford - Historical Figure
    • Ploeye - Historical Figure
    • Dr. N - Progenitor
    • Dr. Frankenstein - Son of Ether
    • Computer
    • Lord Vargo
    • Hardy - Historical Figure
    • Weinberg - Historical Figure
    • Alan Turing - Historical Figure
    • Watson - Historical Figure
    • Crick - Historical Figure
  • Chapter Four: Protocols
  • Chapter Five: The Conventions
    • Hatshepsut
    • Lucio Dandolo - Artisan, Forgers Guild, (1327-1713)
    • Ardentia - Order of Hermes, House Flambeau Archmage, killed Lucio
    • Brice "Leather 'Nads' Hill - Iteration X, (1971-?)
    • Wrinkle - Paradox Spirit
    • The Matriarch - Iteration X, (1953-present)
    • Donald Richardson - NWO, Collegium of History, (1847-present)
    • Yukio Ishida - NWO, Ivory Tower, (1962-1996?)
    • Henre de Lorris - NWO, Men in White (1732-present)
    • Rudolf Carter - Henre's Mentor, NWO, died
    • Muhammed ibn Yûsuf al-Mush'awidi - Cosian, (1589-1918)
    • Zsgraak, Devourer of His Enemies' Bowels - Sauroid created by Progenitors, (1992-1995)
    • Charles Reid - Progenitor, (?-present)
    • Sir Jonathan Saint Christopher Rey - Syndicate, CPO
    • Stephen Trevanus - High Guild, (1093-143)
    • Choe Yo'ng - Syndicate, VPO, (1954-present)
    • Andre Takahashi - Syndicate, replaced by Choe Yo'ng, Disappeared
    • Joseph von Reismann - Syndicate, VPO, (1813-present)
    • Antonio Vello - Celestial Master
    • Mariana Sabine - Antonio's patron
    • Tychoides - Void Engineer, (c. 1780-present)
    • Martin St. Christopher - Void Engineer, (1915-1945)
    • Catherine Nichols - Void Engineer, (1918-present)
  • Chapter Six: Character Recruitment
    • Devon - Technocrat
    • Mark - Technocrat
    • Kris - Technocrat
    • David - Technocrat, Progenitor
    • Palov - Technocrat
    • McLean - Technocrat, Associate
    • Hoffman - Technocrat
    • Albertus - Technocrat
    • Gordon - Technocrat
    • Mr. Jonson - Technocrat
    • Agent Brewster - Technocrat
    • Brent - Technocrat
    • Steven - Technocrat, Associate
    • Agent Martinez - Example, NWO
    • Celia Z - Example, Syndicate

Terminology[]

Technocratic Lexicon: Accepted Terminology: Amalgam, Anomaly, Apparatus, Cell, Colony, Citizen, Consensus, Construct, Convention, Data-Recovery Specialist, Deviance, Deviant, Device, Dimensional Science (DimSci), Deep Universe, Dispatch Center, Eidolon, Empowerment, Enhancement, Enlightenment, Extraordinary Citizen, Front Lines, Genegineering, Genius, Horizon, HIT Mark, Influence, Inspirational Science, The Ivory Tower, The Masses, Methodology, Newlife, Operative, The Order of Reason, The Paradox Effect, The Precepts of Damian, Primal Force, Primium, Procedure, Process, Processed, Quintessence, Reality Crimes, Reality Deviant (also RD), Rogue, Sleepteacher, Social Conditioning, Subtle Influence, Supervisor, Symposium, technocracy (lower-case), Technocracy, Technocrat, The Time Table, The Un-Enlightened, UID; Scuttalk: Adjustment, Agent, Autochthonia, Avalon, "Be seeing you.", Beyond, "Black Hat and Mirrorshades," BFG, The Bottom Line, Boys in Black, Cash Basket, Clockwork Convention, Cyborg, Defaulted, Dogs, Drycleaning, Erg Cola, Erg Junkie, Exo, Fortean Anomaly, Fortune, Frankenstinian, Great Deep, Hypermeds, Hypertech, Ice-Pack, The Jump, Lab Rats, LERMU, Massesspeak, Mordred, Morganna, "Mutant Chihuahua", Mystic, Natural, Nik, 1984, Oldlife, Op, Polishing, Prole, Pulling a Scotty, Pushing, Rat Race, Room 101, The Shadow Crusaders, Six Degrees of Separation, Sanitize, Sheep Shanking, Standard White Jesus, Sterilize, Steelhead, Steelskin, Suit, Superstitionist, Sweep-'n'-Sack, The Templar Theory, Tin Men, Unionist, Void; 1500 B.C., 997, 1063, 1189, 1206, 1210, 1308, 1325, 1350, 1670, 1704, 1709, 1710, 1715, 1745, 1885, 1887, 1892, 1893, 1914, 1930, 1985, 1989, 1995, 1997, Adamites/Naturals, Anomalous Manifestations, "Apocalypse Forecast," Ares City, Ares Station, Artificers, Bane, Bergeron Drive (Device), Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by Ismaeel al-Jarai, Cabal of Pure Thought, Campagnari, "The Cassandra Complex (The Strategic Prognostications and Data Dispersal Unit/SPDDU)," Control, Convention of the White Tower, Copernicus Research Center (Cop), Council of Rouen, Craftmasons, Cult of Autochthonia, Cults of Thothmes, Daedaleans, Dark Ages, Darkside Moonbase, Dictum Mortuum, Digital Web, Doissetep, Electrodyne Engineers, England, Enlightened Science, The "Friends of Courage," Gabrielites, Gauntlet, Grand Field Theory, Great Schism, Great War, Hanseatic League, The Harbingers of Avalon, Hedge Science, High Artisans, Hollow Earth, Honori, House Selene, Human Genome Project, Inner Circle, Iteration X (Armatures, BioMechanics, Ciphers, Comptrollers, Cyber-tooth Tigers, de-Ciphered, HEAT chips, Kamrads, Programmers, Shock Corps, Statisticans, Time-Motion Managers), Ivory Tower of Yossamy, Kaltee, Ka Luon, Kirlian, Knights Templar, Laboratory, London, MECHA, "Messiah Effect," Mir, Mistridge, Neo-Templars, Neurological Construct Interface (NCI), Newspeak, New World Order (Gatekeepers, Hive Mind, Intelligence Analysts, Ivory Tower (Collegium of History), Operatives (Men in Black/Black Suits, Grey Men/Grey Suits, Men in White/White Suits), Watchers (Reporters, Lensmen), Q Division, Skeleton Keys, Sympathizers), New York, Null-B, Old Masters, Operation Ragnarok, "Pandora Effect," Parmenideans, Pattern Realm, Pentex Corporation, Pogrom, Proctor House, Proctor House of Boston, Proctor House of London, Progenitors (Administration, Bioconstructs, Cosian Circle, Damage Control, FACADE Engineers, Genegineers (Mutagenic Engineers), Hippocratic Circle, Pharmacopoeists, Primary Investigator, Recruiters, Research Associate, Research Directors, Research Plantation Number Two/Number Four, Street Ops, Student, Technicians), Project Invictus, Protocols, Psionics, Psych Ops, Ptolemy (VE Ship), Red Star, Renaissance, Research Collective, Sacred Artisans, Safe House, San Francisco, Scrolls of Thothmes, Scourge, "Seekers," Seekings, Speed Science, Shockwave Clause, Shockwave Contingency, Solificati, Strike Force Zero, Superiors/Victors, "Sword," Syndicate (Associate, Black Uncles, Board, Brotherhood of Rule, Chairmen, Disbursements, Enforcers, Financiers, Grand Financiers, High Guild, InSpectors, Manager, Media Control, Providers, Special Projects Division, Sun Guild, Vice President of Operations (VPO)), Technomancer, Tenebrous Station, Titan's Armor, Umbrood, Unicom Facility, Veil, Void Engineers (Aquatic Exploration Teams (Squids, Aquanauts), (The Border Division Corps, Cadets, Celestial Masters, Chrononauts, Commanders, Coordinators, Cryogenic Specialists (Snowdogs), Department of Psychological Evaluation and Maintenance, DSEATC, Earth Frontier Division, Enforcement Training and Conditioning Agency, Enforcers, Explorers, Hydrothermal Botanical Mosaic Analysts (Weedwhackers), IHEET, Investigators, Marines, Neutralization Specialist Corps, Pan-Dimensional Corps, Qui La Machinae, Research & Execution, Researchers, Scientists, Security, Students, Subterranean Exploration Corps (Groundhogs), Technicians, Void Seekers), Weaver, White Tower of Languedoc, World Advisory Council, Wyld, Wyrm, Wyrm-taint, Zero Division, Zigg'raugglurr,

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