#Lore24 Weekly Post (3/52) - gemScript Arcanists
BRIEF DATA
The gemScript Arcanists are a curious network of magichine wizards who have knowledge and experience in the field of arcane mechanics. gemScript is a continuously developing project carried out by numerous magichines, and the organization's main objective is to apply their knowledge and abilities stemming from arcane mechanics to ensure the safety of the KILOGEM.
ARCANE MECHANICS & GEMSCRIPT
gemScript Arcanists are all that directly remain of the human technomancers who organized the failsafe project to keep humanity's memory alive. Much research has been made roughly 600 years after the Collapse, however, the gemScript has been delayed due to a lack of resources to carry out Arcane Mechanics research, and its paracausal engineering.
The main type of 'magic' or field of study that Arcanists devote time to is gemScript. This is one of the primordial languages of reality, reflecting a combination of probability, moments, and the manipulation of mass and energy of reality. When used by an experienced technomancer, gemScript allows individuals to skirt the rules of causality--sometimes bypassing them altogether, depending on their goal.
Carefully constructed computational equipment that borders between magic and hi-tech allows these technomancers to essentially influence and even dictate reality to their whims, or their tasks (which is how the active use of gemScript to manipulate reality is framed and referenced). This equipment is typically reserved for AI entities, such as the Almandine Order's GARNET or the gemScript Arcanists's CASTILLO, since it allows for these beings to exist outside of our reality to make computations more efficient and less dependent on causality to exist. Although somewhat rare, it is not uncommon for established Arcanists to have access to gear that is capable of operating in subspace conditions like primordial AI entities, to some degree.
Arcanists equip themselves with GEMSCRIPT_MODULES, to wield such paracausal abilities. These modules--which look like pieces of jewelry--can compute and manipulate this reality, as well as subspace. GEMSCRIPT_MODULES are in no way a replacement for the TREASURE_ENGINE, which is the hardware used by primordial AI entities for their own paracausal abilities. TREASURE_ENGINEs are much more efficient and capable of taking into account an obscenely large amount of information, in addition to being able to manipulate reality better and for longer than simple GEMSCRIPT_MODULES.
OPERATIONS & STRUCTURE
The primary operations that the Arcanists focus on, revolve around the goals that were outlined to them by the late human technomancers who pioneered the field of Arcane Mechanics.
This manifests itself mainly in research, and most universities and colleges that exist in the Kilogem Accord have a robust Arcane Mechanics college (or department) that conducts research into the field of study. Research is also carried out by independent associations and organizations. Research into Arcane Mechanics involves a multifaceted exploration of the interplay between magic and machinery, aiming to understand and harness the fundamental forces that govern reality.
Some sub-fields of Arcane Mechanics include primordial languages, subspace manipulation, quantum entanglement, magitech alloys, gemstone engineering, temporal mechanics, biomechanical integration, paracausal anomalies, and more.
The group does not operate cleanly as one simple organization. The gemScript Arcanists should be better understood as a collective network of various groups of magichines who are working towards similar goals, via different paths. Although research-centered Arcanists are common and make up a large percentage of gemScript Arcanists, they are not the only sub-group of the collective.
Other major groups of magichines operating under the banner include wizard circles, such as the detachment that operates with the Almandine Order, known as gemfist wizards, whose main duties include combat in addition to their field studies.
Other groups devote themselves to archival work. These magichines, referred to as archivists, frequently work in places such as librariums, prime archives, and university & collegiate libraries. Archivists closely work with gemScript magichines who have the title of scribe (or clerk, or recorder) -- and these Arcanists devote themselves to recording and preserving data about reality, alien cultures, cosmic phenomena, magichine society, and human history/remnants as well.
All of these sub-groups divide themselves into small operations of a dozen to several hundred magichines, given the situation and context requiring their abilities. Beyond that scope, several or more groups end up establishing a cooperative network in which seniority, goals, and directives are made on behalf of the senior magichines in operation.
Certain groups and individual magichines end up becoming renowned and well respected due to their breakthroughs in research, depth of knowledge of Arcane Mechanics, or due to other similar successes that forward the network's goals -- these groups and individuals hold more sway within their sections and groups. They are also favored to take on leading and senior positions during joint operations and when networks are established by various sub-groups of Arcanists.