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They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and hypertech fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers. | They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and hypertech fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers. | ||
Perhaps even more tragically... most of them really do buy into it all. They sincerely think they're the Masses' partners rather than rulers, and that their job is to create wealth rather than exploit it. They either can't or won't see just how fucked up raw, unfettered Darwinian competition really is at the human level, or that most people without the supernatural ability to manipulate probability can't "beat the odds" with pluck and diligence; that's how odds work. The Syndicate is sincerely trying, and that's what makes the harm they cause all the worse. | |||
Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse|Pentex]] and one can imagine why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them. | Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they ([[Skub|maybe]]) had in the creation of [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse|Pentex]] and one can imagine why the [[New World Order]] is beginning to come down harder and harder on them. | ||
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Revision as of 22:18, 25 October 2020
The Syndicate is one of the five remaining Conventions of the Technocratic Union in Mage: The Ascension. The Syndicate are the financiers, marketers, and PR specialists of the Union.
Equally at home making multi-billion dollar deals from a penthouse in Singapore and breaking legs in the back rooms of a dingy Chicago bistro, the Syndicate operates almost exclusively within the bounds of Consensus reality. No powered armor or nano-swarms for them, thanks. To the Syndicate, cutthroat executive power and an eye for market fluctuations can control more than an orbital laser could ever hope to.
They thus have something of a reputation for being a lethal combination of insufferable dreary, horrifyingly amoral, and, tragically, completely indispensable. They provide both the mundane capital and hypertech fuel that keeps the Union running, through their unique ability to turn human perception of value into raw Quintessence. Combine this with their role in integrating the other Conventions utopian ideologies and revolutionary technologies into the mundane world, and you can see why they are regarded as the world's most necessary dream crushers.
Perhaps even more tragically... most of them really do buy into it all. They sincerely think they're the Masses' partners rather than rulers, and that their job is to create wealth rather than exploit it. They either can't or won't see just how fucked up raw, unfettered Darwinian competition really is at the human level, or that most people without the supernatural ability to manipulate probability can't "beat the odds" with pluck and diligence; that's how odds work. The Syndicate is sincerely trying, and that's what makes the harm they cause all the worse.
Still, they sometimes go too far. For every Syndic helping a startup reinvigorate a dying small town, there are ten getting godlike wealth by basically enslaving the Masses and working them to death. Combine this with the role they (maybe) had in the creation of Pentex and one can imagine why the New World Order is beginning to come down harder and harder on them.
| Members of the Technocratic Conventions | ||||
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 Iteration X |
 New World Order |
 Progenitors |
 The Syndicate |
 Void Engineers |