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ASP T

ECHNOCRACY

™

Credits

Original System Design:

Kevin Barrett

Asp Technocracy Author:

Scott Sigler

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Alan Gutierrez

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Daniel Cruger,

Matthew Plog,

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Robert Murch

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Donald G. Dennis

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Jessica Ney-Grimm

Art Direction:

Jason O. Hawkins

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Donald G. Dennis

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Steven Arensberg,

Sherry Robinson

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Don Dennis

Cover Graphics:

Nick Morawitz

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Table of Contents

ASP Culture

. ............................................... 3

Living Experiments .................................... 3

Breeding Factories ...................................... 4

Sprawl and Population ............................... 4

Views on Other Terrans .............................. 4

Crime & Drugs ............................................ 5

History

. ......................................................... 5

Key to the Stars

. ........................................ 6

Growth and Prosperity

. ............................... 6

Planning Ahead

. ......................................... 6

A New House

. ............................................. 7

Ascension of the Academicians

. ................... 8

Explosion of Growth

. .................................. 8

Takachi’s Reign

. ......................................... 9

Profit Margin

. ............................................ 9

Advancing Technology

. ............................... 9

Computer Evolution

. ................................ 10

If At First You Don’t Succeed

. ................... 10

Virus-444

. ................................................ 10

Walking Erect

. ......................................... 10

Expansion

. ............................................... 10

The Discovery of Fire

. ............................... 11

Outbreak

. ................................................ 12

Forsaking of Data

. .................................... 13

Sabotage Thwarted

. .................................. 13

New Allies

. ............................................... 13

Sucked Dry

. ............................................. 14

The Spawn

. .............................................. 14

Brood Study

. ............................................ 15

Hydra Heads

. ........................................... 15

The Cavalry

. ............................................. 15

Fight for Survival

. .................................... 15

The Beginning of the End

. ........................ 16

The Miracle

. ............................................. 16

Research Pays Off

. .................................... 16

Holding On

. ............................................. 17

Sul-Havascar Reserve

. .............................. 17

Mu-Lindi Corporation

. ............................. 18

Recovery, Restructure

............................... 18

Demand for Resources

. ............................. 18

Fight for Survival

. .................................... 19

Kanmuri

. ................................................. 19

Q’raj Retribution

. ..................................... 19

Tokugawan Counterstrike

. ........................ 19

Enter the Draconians

. .............................. 19

Return to Greatness

. ................................ 20

Spawn Evolution

. ..................................... 20

Map of ASP Space

. ................................... 21

Government Structure

. ........................... 22

The Corporation ....................................... 22

Academic Departments ............................. 23

Political Relations

. ................................... 25

House Colos .............................................. 25

Red Star ..................................................... 26

House Tokugawa ....................................... 26

Yoka-Shan Warworld ................................ 27

Kashmere Commonwealth ....................... 27

Hibernian Freehold .................................. 28

Data Sphere ............................................... 29

Playtesters:

Gerry Rollins, Larry

Amrose, Bob Star,

Will Nieblng;

Castle Archon:

Jim Eisert, Andrew

Thompson, Adam

Pezzel;

Ottawa Redshirts:

Richard Dufault,

Glen Simpson, Scott

MacGregor, George

MacLure, Brad Hector,

Michael Smith.

Starbase 1: Paul

Waite, Ian Deeks, Ollie

Deacon, Trevor Jones,

Phil Trott.

ICE Staff: John

Curtis, Don Dennis,

Bob Mohney;

The Good, the Bad,

and the Unlucky: Paul

Carrol, Chris Kuhn,

Don Jenkins, Alan

Nuss;

House Mythos:

Marvin Knighton, Ian

Gross, Robert Parrish,

Chris Weber, Oscar

Chapa Jr.;

Sigurd Archdiocese ................................... 30

Unkulunkulu Archipelago ........................ 31

Q’raj Void Protectorate ............................. 31

Luches Utopia ........................................... 31

The Confederation .................................... 32

Draconians ................................................ 32

Universal Night Watch .............................. 33

Sunrunners ............................................... 34

ASP New Technology

. ............................. 35

Quantum Thrust Engines ........................ 35

Artificiance™ BioLink Pilot Interface ..... 35

Artificiance™ Targeting System .............. 36

New Weapons

. ........................................... 37

Entropic Accelerator ................................. 37

C-Torps. ..................................................... 38

Mk. 20 Parasite Torpedo ........................... 39

Graviton Cannon ...................................... 41

ASP Starcraft Inventory &

Nomenclature

. .................................... 42

ASP 01-01 MSPAC “Quark” ...................... 42

ASP 00-10 LMPAC “Pulsar” ...................... 42

ASP 10-10 HMPAC “Binary” ..................... 43

ASP 101-10 L-MPAC “Nova” ..................... 44

ASP 111-10 H-MPA “Nebula II” ................ 44

DRC/ASP 01 “Pteradon” ........................... 45

ASP Refits

. ................................................ 46

Spirit Rider ASP (or Spirit Rider IV) ........ 46

Shryak Shuttle III ..................................... 47

Famous wings of the

ASP Technocracy

. .............................. 48

Brainchild ................................................. 48

DeBuggers ................................................. 49

Killing Machine ........................................ 50

Chromeheads ............................................ 51

Cyborg Cavalry .......................................... 52

Freedom’s Foragers .................................. 53

ASP Scenarios

. ......................................... 54

Basic Scenario I: Frontier Skirmish ....... 54

Basic Scenario II: Take the Tech and Run .... 55

Basic Scenario III:

Data Sphere Non-Lethal Training .......... 56

Advanced Scenario I: Buccaneer Battle ... 57

Battle One: Picking a Fight

. ......................

Battle Two: Let the Big Dogs Run

. ............. 59

Advanced Scenario II: Sunrunner Menace ... 60

Timeline

. .................................................... 61

Worlds of the ASP Technocracy

. ........... 64

Deep Planets ............................................. 66

Other Deep Worlds ................................... 67

Dead Planets ............................................. 67

Technocracy

Terms

Artificiance

™

Technology for inter-

facing neurons and

computers. State of

the art for cybernetic

implants. Chief export

of Technocracy.

Bean Counter: ASP sci-

entist slang for cor-

porate members of

the government.

Breeders: Derogatory

term for Terran

women who carry

their children to

term (also Maggot

Wagons and Larvae

Bombs). The Tech-

nocracy hasn’t seen

a live birth in over

50 years.

ASP Culture

For 2,000 years, members of the ASP

have embraced the advancement of science.

From the time of the Allied Science

Proliferators to the ASP Technocracy, this

culture has held the pervasive view that

advancing science is the goal of life. It is

more important than family, more impor-

tant than country, and even more impor-

tant than individual survival. Life is tran-

sitory, while scientific achievements live

forever.

The ASP once viewed humanity as one

mega-organism, and hence individual parts

of that organism held little importance. In

the days of the Next Millennium, ASPers

no longer see all of humanity as one entity.

Each House is considered an individual

organism pre-disposed to conflict for ter-

ritory and resources. Evolution will natu-

rally select the strongest organism, and the

rest will die off. The Technocracy intends

to be the survivor.

Living

Experiments

ASP citizens view human experimenta-

tion as a necessary part of science. To vol-

unteer for a dangerous experiment is con-

sidered the ultimate contribution to science,

and is an act of honor. Like ritualistic sui-

cide in ancient Japan, many disgraced ASP

citizens choose to submit themselves to ex-

perimentation in order to regain some mea-

sure of respect in the Technocracy. Most die,

but all are revered as national heroes.

BioLink: Technology

that allows ASP pi-

lots to “plug in” to

the ship’s controls.

Creates a virtual

link between pilot

and ship; allows for

speed-of-thought

reaction times.

Bovine Caravan: Slang

term

for

Kashmere freighter

group.

Void Jock: Slang for

Q’raj Void Protec-

torate fighter pilot.

Earthworms: Deroga-

tory slang term for

citizens of House

Red Star.

Easy Money: ASP pilot

slang for Parasite

Torpedoes.

Flatline: A popular

semi-sedative drug.

Getting Wired: ASP pi-

lot term for plug-

ging into BioLink.

With that view of life, it’s no surprise that

ASPers modify themselves whenever the

mood suits them. Every citizen of the main

ASP planets is modified in some way, ei-

ther by pre-birth genetics, cybernetic im-

plants, or chemically-induced alterations.

The human body is considered a blank can-

vas, and only by modification can beauty

be achieved. This modification process,

known as “upgrading,” is at the core of

Technocracy culture.

Sprawl and

Population

ASP cities are packed tight with people.

Cities and planetary infrastructures are

designed with maximum efficiency in

mind. ASPers get the most possible pro-

duction out of every square inch of land.

Highly advanced technology allows the

Technocracy to fit many people into rela-

tively small spaces, a fact that sends aes-

thetics out the window. Functionality, not

appearance, is the goal. Cities tower into

the sky and extend far below ground. The

ASP’s cities are impossibly dense with

buildings, people, and industrial pollution.

Visitors from other worlds are often amazed

and disgusted at the hive-like appearance

of ASP cities. Red Star citizens, in particu-

lar, loathe visiting ASP worlds, as they see

the tightly-packed cities and lack of open

spaces as an affront to nature.

Breeding Factories

Long ago the Technocracy decided that

civilization had rendered natural selection

among humans obsolete. Thanks to medi-

cine and benevolent, supportive cultures,

any non-sterile individual could breed, no

matter how bad their physical or mental

handicaps. This “survival of everyone”

counteracted the natural process, stopping

evolution dead in its tracks.

In an effort to put evolution back on

track, the ASP constructed “breeding fac-

tories.” These facilities produce test-tube

babies, replacing human breeding. To fa-

cilitate evolution, computer programs ran-

domly arrange bits of DNA to produce ad-

vanced gametes, and every zygote is the

result of preplanning for optimal traits.

This process is so entrenched in ASP life

that live birth is a rarity. Most ASP females

are capable of birth, but never conceive.

Babies are evaluated, tested, and judged

from the time of birth. Advanced children

go to rearing factories on key worlds, while

children that do not meet the minimal

standards are shipped off to rearing facto-

ries on outlying colonies. Rearing factories

are geared to attain maximum achievement

in every child, with preferential treatment

given to advanced children.

Since the Brood scourge ravaged Technoc-

racy worlds to the tune of some 10 billion

deaths, this genetic engineering has taken a

new direction. A great deal of research focuses

on breeding super soldiers, a race of warriors

that will defend the ASP. The first experimen-

tal subjects in this field are reaching their

early teens, and the next decade will see the

ASP field large numbers of genetically-engi-

neered ground forces. This first batch is cru-

cial to ASP research, as their performance

evaluation will help refine future efforts.

Views on

Other Terrans

ASPers feel that the meshing of biology

and technology is an inevitable step in evo-

lution. Technology allows species to im-

prove at drastically faster rates than stan-

dard breeding. Why wait millions of years

for significant changes when technology

can advance the race immediately?

Terrans who refuse to upgrade obviously

refuse to improve themselves, to evolve,

and what could be more primitive or back-

ward than that? At best, ASPers view other

Terrans as dangerous barbarians. Some

Technocracy citizens feel that other hu-

mans are closer to monkeys than they are

to beautifully upgraded ASPers.

ASPers view Draconians as highly

evolved individuals because of their pro-

gressive views towards science and tech-

nology. Many Draconians embrace up-

grades, utilizing ASP biotechnical pro-

cesses. By the same token, ASPers view

Primates as very dangerous primitives who

embrace primitive views of nature. Few

Primates visit the ASP’s choked cities.

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