The Technocracy

The Technocracy are currently winning the Ascension War, their paradigm being by far the most pervasive and robust in the modern world. There are stories of them hunting down Tradition mages and other so-called 'reality deviants', stamping out magic wherever they find it. These stories are not untrue, and 'Technocracy versus Traditions' is a familiar narrative. However, the situation in Sheffield is a little less... black and white.

Between the gutting of the city's industry in the latter half of the twentieth century, and the general weirdness relating to its messed up ley line network, the Technocracy's interest in Sheffield has declined sharply. They generally seem to see it as something of a backwater, and being assigned here is not a mark of favour. Perhaps that's why they don't seem to police it nearly so enthusiastically as they do other places. More than that, some of them even seem willing to work with those who would, in another time and place, be considered their enemies.

Global Energy Solutions
The mortal world knows GES as a cutting edge technology company specialising in methods of clean energy generation and transmission, plus a serious interest in robotics and artificial intelligence. This is true as far as it goes, but the company is also a front for a division of the Technocracy, most likely Iteration X.

Dr Samatha Weir

 * Head of research
 * Mentioned in the note sent back from future versions of the cabal

James Smith, AKA Benedict Jones

 * Troubleshooter
 * Somewhat more flexible about working with 'reality deviants' than is traditional for the Technocracy
 * Seems to know Swan's mother rather well
 * Mentioned in the note sent back from future versions of the cabal

General Robotics Limited
GRL is a relatively small robotics company specialising in remotely operated vehicles. They are also a Techocracy front, although for a different faction to GES, most likely Void Engineers. GRL and GES seem to have something of a rivalry going on, at least when it comes to recruiting.

Iro

 * One of GRL's hotshot programmers
 * Displays a symbol on his laptop that Jake recognised as belonging to a self-proclaimed hacker who frequents the Virtual Adepts' bragging boards