Spiritual Switchboard Collective
From Gothpoodle
Spiritual Switchboard Coalition Transhumanist, based out of an abandoned Nike missle base on Mount Sutro. Newest cabal, formed in the 1990s from members of AMORC and now hosting a rivalry with the San Jose cabal over mystical influence in Silicon Valley. Theme: Transcendence through technology. Oblations: Web surfing, interfacing with technology, studying science. Rote Specialties: Computer, Expression, Science Sanctum: Abandoned missle silo (Size 2, Security 5) Hallow: Transformation (1, Midnight) Demesne: Main lab (1, Mastigos) Library: Computers, Security, Medicine, Cutting Edge Technology (4)
- Tron (Co-Founder) – Kurian Singh (Mastigos)
Age 40, Male, Indic, Hope/Pride, Gnosis 5. Mind 5, Space 5, Prime 4, Time 2. Born in San Francisco, Awakened as a teenager, became a brilliant programmer doing high-tech artificial intelligence and human interface systems. Now he’s involved in first-generation cybernetics for the military. He’s a technological idealist who believes that humans can improve themselves with science, surpassing their natural limitations. Eventually, this will lead to Awakening. He found the other co-founders during his work and they formed this cabal to persue their ideal: using technology to connect the Fallen and Supernal Realms. Computer engineer, transhumanist, military contractor.
- Solaris (Co-Founder) – Lev Kamenev (Obrimos)
Age 34, Male, Russian, Charity/Wrath, Gnosis 2. Prime 4, Forces 3, Life 3, Space 2. Born in Russia but came to Stanford to get his degree in computer and electrical engineering during the 90s, where he met Kurian. He Awakened soon afterwards, he believes under the influence of Kurian’s technology. He explores a unified theory joining magical energy with the mundane forces of the Fallen World and technology exploiting this link, in addition to his more mundane research at Stanford involving computer engineering and expert systems. Researcher at Stanford, lives in Richmond. Elevating humanity via technology.
- Akira (Co-Founder) – Jin-su Pak (Obrimos)
Age 27, Male, Korean, Fortitude/Gluttony, Gnosis 2. Forces 3, Prime 3, Space 2, Mind 2. First-generation American, attended a small community college in Silicon Valley when he Awakened, sensing the power of the world around him. He considered what he felt to be divine and got into trouble with his eccentric ideas until the other two founders of the cabal found him. He now works as a software designer, telecommuting, while he explores the idea that technology holds the key to communion with the divine. He’s begun to read a lot on numerology and is interested in the other two’s focus on cybernetics. Fat software designer, believer that “god is in the machineâ€.
- Muad’dib – Ming Eng (Mastigos)
Age 24, Male, Cantonese, Justice/Greed, Gnosis 1. Mind 2, Life 2, Space 1, Time 1. Child of Hong Kong immigrants who wanted to be a doctor since he was a small child. He had a difficult waking Awakening during which he was confronted by his personal demons. People thought he was having a nervous breakdown, it being his second year of medical school. At the end, however, he was more confident and more skilled. He is top of his class and continues to persue his dream. He met Kurian through his teacher, who was working with him on a cybernetic implant, and the two hit it off. They argue a lot, Ming believing that biotechnology is the way of the future and that hardware interfaces are a dead end. Student and resident at UC Medical school, ambitious but devoted doctor.
