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The Technocracy Within: The Thirteenth Hour Crossover~*~
The Syndicate
~*~
“It takes Money to make Money.”
The Syndicate began its path among the Order of Reason as the “
HighGuild”
knew that
money
is what drives not only progress and inventionbut all of society. They were reformed from the
Invisible Exchequer
during the first reformation and eventually evolved into the
Syndicate
during the final evolution of the Technocratic Order. Though the namehas changed through time, their mission remains the same: “
Pecunia on potentia”; Money is Power.
Early in their history, the Syndicate realized the future of power lay not inheredity, political power, or knowledge, but in the control of capital.Where others worked to discover and create new things, the Syndicateworked to control the means of production. Thus, they reap the profits ofothers work. The Syndicate has fingers all over the business world, in bothlegal and illegal activities. Unfortunately, the Syndicate has lost sight ofreality, putting profit above all else, including morality and even common sense. Younger Syndicate magespursue more and more rapid returns on their investments, sacrificing long term productivity.The theorems of the Syndicate have existed throughout time, in one form or another. During the neo-lithicera, tribal communities and fishing villages recognized power and wealth by what someone had; either intrading shells, beads, feathers right on down to the swipe of a credit card in today’s market, the more youhave: the more you are. As trade routes improved, global markets established themselves into universalcurrency and the worth of an object or good. The Syndicate developed, as the High Guild, the value of anobject, or the cultural worth of possessing said object. There was occasional conflict between the HighGuild and the other Tradition magus, who wanted to inspire spirituality and a primitive agriculturaleconomy; whose fundamental beliefs often clashed. To a god-fearing man, having nothing earned him aplace in heaven; monks were lead to lives without possession and in service. The result for the Sleeperswas a low quality of life, spiritual dissatisfaction, starvation and a weariness of strangers. It the glory ofRome that founded another, ‘Materialistic Path’.
 
Material Gratification is something that can be comprehended even by the simple mind: the more youmake, the more you have, the better your life is. Period. The act of gaining material gratification equates tospiritual satisfaction; the more you have, the better a quality of your life is; the better you can provide foryour family. The connection between spiritual contentedness and materialistic gratification is equitable.When you ‘have’ you tend to be happier; you don’t look for someone ‘else’ to blame for your problems…and when you can find on one else to take the blame for your problems, it suddenlybecomes the problem of a spiritual force, or ‘those that have’ (IE The High Guilds /Nobles) because the ‘have nots’ don’t have. The Syndicate incorporated a prime-flow intothe world that and reinforced the materialistic paradigm. Of course, there was a battlewith the churches, which ultimately led the Syndicate to align themselves with theTechnocracy.Most merchant houses (Medici in Florence and Fugger in Antwerp) were High Guild or Syndicatecontrolled, along with many of the merchants that followed their large steps. As Kings of Men gained inpower and status, they were able to further gain trust and respect in order to make coins out of preciousmetals that were generally accepted by merchants, providing yet more control over a global economy. Thisenabled the vision of a banking system that would spread world-wide, and a stronghold in Zurich that noteven the Traditions could breach. Throughout the Renaissance, Mankind would covetcoin instead of God, as they were continuously rewarded for their devotion to theirtrades; never once was a man rewarded for baptizing their child, or for donating theirtime to feeding the sick, or the poor. Rewards were a system established in economicsand game theory/design, to exert yet more control.The 18
th
century was prime for the foundation of Economics and global syndication.Founder Adam Smith aimed to make a predictable, quantifiable, economy that could be easily understood.As Economics is a predictable science, there is great power as one man can decide what is profitable, orwhat is not; if something is not profitable there is no use in having it. The Market has become the solestandard of which everything is measured with, and the Syndicate is then able to decide a course of actionfor Mankind and their eventual Ascension.Unlike other Technocratic Conventions, the Syndicate feels that a certain amount of randomness in theparadigm is essential. Only through
competition
can individual achieve their true potential. People will onlygive their finest when they are rewarded for their work. This attitude has put them in increasing conflictwith the NWO over the years. Many Syndicate mages feel the NWO has outlived its usefulness, andshould step aside to allow new and vigorous leadership. The NWO, of course, has a different opinion. Therecent failure of Communism is seen to be a move on the part of the Syndicate against the NWO.
Philosophy
: "Only the market can bring Technology into the home. Through observation ofthe market, we can see what the masses need and demand. The competition of the marketbrings vigor to the lives of the masses, and gives a safe outlet to the strife without which lifehas no meaning. The market provides a simple measure of power the masses canunderstand: money. Whether the rest of the Technocracy acknowledges it or not, the marketnow controls the world. Ignore it at your peril."
Organization
: Because of their attitudes towards competition, the Syndicate encourages agreat deal of autonomy in its members. A certain among of scheming and back-door dealingis admired. The Syndicate plays for keeps though, and a young mage who crosses the linecan have his career cut short. There are rumors of a central board overseeing the entireConvention, but what its purpose may be no one knows.
 
The Economists
:
“In the long run, we’re all dead.” J.M. Keyne
s: The Economists areprimarily concerned with the construction of new economic models and gametheory / matrix design for world markets. By controlling and adapting these models,the Syndicate is able to command the economy. The Syndicate can, alone, decided ifour activities are profitable or not, and they can use this against those who areopposed. The stryive to make every endeavor of mankind quantifiable by economicstandards in order to make profit the sole measure of success. Economics arepowerful, but its effects are not clearly visible since it deals with the distribution onquintessence in the economic patterns. When the pattern is fuelled the effects onworld economy are felt world-wide. The Economists are found in any aspect ofbusiness that involves investment, universities, business schools, and most bankinginstitutions or “reserves”.
The Businessmen
:
“The Market Demands It” – Swedish Broker on the crisis of 92:
Ourbusiness flow is primarily concerned with controlling and supervising the flow ofquintessence in the economic patterns that the Economists create with their theories.We control the stock markets of the world and all the major corporations. Our majortask is to make the Sleepers understand that only Material Gratification is desirableand that they should live only to the Satisfaction of working. TO work gives them asense of belonging and a meaning to their existences and thus they re-enforce ourview of reality and believe me, it is easy to make people appreciate materialism sinceit is easy, quick and understandable.
The Mobsters
:
“I don’t see anything. I didn’t see anything. I didn’t hear anything. I wasn’t there. And even if I was, I was sleeping.” – F.L. Asa, to a Sicilian policeman
: TheMobsters are involved in providing goods and services that do not directly lead toAscension, but are still demanded by the Sleepers and someone must meet thedemand. They have enormous profit margins, and the clientele is only increasing;from the sale of drugs, guns, or any illicit seeming service that may be needed.Additionally, they cover up the quintessence leaks in the system.
Meetings
: The Syndicate mages, despite their independence, love to meet frequently,usually in their boardrooms or over "power lunches". These meeting range from simpledisplays of wealth and power to secret negotiations against a common enemy.
Initiation
: The Syndicate recruits from business schools and already successfulbusinessmen. Because legality is not a major concern, they also recruit from successful andwealthy criminal overlords as well.
Chantry
: The Syndicate has powerful chantries in New York, Tokyo and Switzerland, but isto diverse to have a primary chantry.
Acolytes
: Accountants, Economists, Criminals, Stock Brokers
Sphere
: The Syndicate is the only Convention with a well developed understanding of thesphere of Prime. They have developed a powerful means of regulating the flow ofQuintessence through the use of money. By directing capital toward or away from differentventures, the Syndicate can control their success or failure in reality.
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