Omega Point (Mage the Ascension)
"Monsters lurk in the night.
Countless vampires prey on the innocent, primitive shapeshifters indulge freely in their rage and dark spirits possess and control the living from beyond the grave. No human is entirely safe from these Horrors.
Some creatures are even more dangerous - they drastically alter reality itself to fulfill their own desires. They do not share the reality of the Masses, but instead place themselves above and beyond it, pursuing their own dangerous dreams. Through their power, any madness can be made manifest. Any dream, any nightmare, any lust or desire can be realized. Any base urge can be fulfilled through sheer force of will.
Call the Reality Deviants whatever you like — willworkers, magi, mystics, shamans - but know that they are the Ultimate Enemy. Divided, they isolate themselves from humanity, working secretly within their Chantries and sanctums as reality unravels. While forces of order work to restore the world, a thousand dangerous magical visions tear it apart.
The force of chaos is strong, but there has to be some force of order to oppose it. If the world cannot protect itself, someone must bring order to the world. Humans can uphold their own mundane laws, but a few heroic souls must fight the evils that average society can't detect or recognize. Someone must work to drive back the darkness. Of all the hidden societies in this dark, forbidding world, only one upholds order and reason and hope.
We call it the Technocracy."
Omega Point
Description
The story follows the agents of Amalgam 127-21, who risk their lives and sanity on the Deviant infested streets of Los Angeles while trying to make the world a better place for the Masses.
List of important characters
Cental City Construct, Los Angeles (North American Symposium)
Supervisor Cynthia Vincent
Pan Pacific Construct, Los Angeles (North American Symposium)
Supervisor Leonardo Kerr
Coordinator Carissa Oliviera
Amalgam 127-21 (Pan Pacific)
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Weltanschauung Foundation
Director Sylveter Kozlowski
Cult of Harmony
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Broadhill Society
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Independent or unknown
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The Technocratic Union
The Precepts of Damian
- Bring order to the world. Order facilitates Unity, from Unity arises Utopia.
- Convince the Masses of the benevolence of science, commerce and faith, and of the power of rationality. Conflict and suffering will be eliminated in our Utopia.
- Preserve the Horizon. Chaotic individuals who open gateways with impunity threaten the stability of our world. Uncontrolled portals allow outside forces access to our world. This is unacceptable.
- Study and define the nature of the universe. Only through constant refinement of knowledge can the means to achiving Utopia be devised.
- Depredations by the supernatural against mankind are unacceptable. If these creatures will not listen to reason then they must be purged.
- Shepherd the Masses; protect them from themselves and from others.
The Conventions
Void Engineers
Seekers and explorers, the Void Engineers have turned away from the space exploration they mastered, and instead explore within. The new frontier is mathematics and all things virtual.
Iteration X
Iteration X are perhaps best known for their skill in cybernetics, computing and robotics, but their overarching goal is the creation of better tools to aid humanity. The Clockwork Convention claim that they strive to emulate the men who first discovered fire and the wheel, elevating man to new heights.
Progenitors
The Progenitors dominate the field of modern - and post-modern - medicine. They employ the tools of genetic manipulation, hyper-advanced surgical techniques and sophisticated drugs to constantly push the envelope of medicine. Along with the Iterators they also provide the Union with a great many foot soldiers - genetically engineered clones designed to replace civilians are a stalwart, as are bioengineered horrors that guarded the most secret Technocratic labs.
New World Order
The New World Order is the section of the Technocracy that handles all information and communication. Their approach to this information centers around data and statistics, and they believe that it is their job to manage this data for the good of the Technocracy as well as the good of humanity. For the most part, this goal becomes practice in the N.W.O.'s agendas of developing bureaucracy and using that influence in the sleeper world to control the flow of news, media, and data. Reports of the supernatural are conveniently "disappeared," and through the N.W.O.'s Men In Black soldiers, so are any troublesome witnesses. The N.W.O.'s final goal is to create a bureaucratic global state in which everything can be quantified, measured, and tracked.
Syndicate
Money makes the world go round - this is the Syndicate's primary ethos. Perhaps their greatest coup is the modern economy, and they can make the ones and zeros that govern our lives dance to their tune. They are heavily involved in the media, corporations and other places that either make money or influence what the Masses buy.
State of the Union
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Local Issues
During the last few years North American Symposium (NAS) has been unsatisfied with the efficiency of the Central City Construct (CCC) in dealing with Deviant activity. CCC has defended it's position by stating that the lack of human resources made it difficult for the CCC to "go after every small anomaly". CCC made requests for more personnel and other resources, but the NAS denied them.
Instead the NAS created a new construct, Pan Pacific Construct (PPC), to deal with the problems in Los Angeles County. The creation of a new construct that shares its area of operations with another existing construct was unprecedented, and has been a subject of critique from the CCC.
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