Mage-Technocratic Union
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Things have never looked so dark for the scientists of the Technocratic Union. As the world entered the latter half of the Twentieth Century, the dependence of humanity on the civilization that they had guided and created for the last seven hundred years was becoming more and more apparent every day. The Pogrom was slowly strangling the last of the hold-outs; Ascension to Utopia was so close to ceasing to be a dream; all they had to do was open the door for the Masses, and it would become reality.
And then something woke up from a centuries long sleep in India, and the Union found out just how impotent it really was. What was once unthinkable ended up necessary, all because ONE creature could destroy all they had created.
And then a dimensional anomaly of such magnitude severed communications with off-world plantations and the deep space fleet, and the Union found out just how ignorant it really was. The nature of the phenomenon eluded their best scientist, but even worse was how the Union had had no clue that it was coming.
And then the worse of all possible events occurred; it became obvious to the casual observer that even if they opened the door for the Masses, they would not want Utopia, and then, finally, the Union found out just how arrogant it really was. How could the masses reject what they had spent 700 years building? Were they mistaken in the amount of control they though they had? Or, even more disturbing, and only whispered in the back hallways of the constructs-what if the Union was wrong? What if their Utopia would never be?
The Union is anything but. Lacking the direction of the Amalgam Prime, the Computer, the DSEATC, and the Board of Vice-Presidents, some factions throw themselves into their tasks with renewed fanaticism, willing to force the Masses into the planned Ascension. Some search for the missing clue, the flawed equation, and the startling revelation that would enable them to right the Great Work. And some, quietly and to themselves, wonder in the dark of the night if the Union could possibly be fundamentally in error.
The guardians of humanity have not given up ceaseless vigil, but now they have one more thing to watch: themselves. For they know that if they fail, there will be no return for humanity from the darkness. In Toronto, some cling to the fact that they managed to salvage the anti-crime camera network, while others despair at the fact that at least eight agents have disappeared without a trace on or near Lake Ontario.
