The Society

The Society
Faction Profile
Time period:	???? - Wars of Reaving
Classification:	Rebel Clan Faction
Controlled systems:	Enclaves and cells throughout Clan-held space
Capital world:	????
Ruler title:	Various scientist caste-related titles and positions
Military:	Various forces with no over-all name
Secret Service:	N/A

The Society was a secret cabal of Clan scientists who resented the warrior caste's hegemony over Clan culture, and in particular, their dictations regarding the work of the scientist themselves. Eschewing the general culture of the Clans in favor of devotion to science itself, The Society worked toward their own ends whenever possible, with little or no regard to Clan law or custom - and often - little regard for ethics or sanctity of human rights.

To maintain secrecy, scientists of The Society would do work on the goals set for them by the warriors of their individual Clan Councils, though often scientists affiliated with them would deliberately impede the warriors by slowing the pace of this research and hiding breakthroughs. Research projects ordered to be closed and shelved by the warriors often continued in secrecy by scientists who did not wish to listen to the orders of those who they felt held no understanding of the nature of their work. Many of their own endeavors ranged from a liberal approach to genetic manipulation and the trading of Bloodname legacies across any and all Clan lines, to secret weapons development programs, to the creation of computer virii that could paralyze communications and even war machines. Experiments with advanced gene therapy and research into chemical enhancement techniques (both often utilizing human guinea pigs) and biological weapons that could target specific groups of people or even individuals by their genetic codes were all within the scope of their ambitious research programs. The full extent of their efforts may never be fully known.

The ultimate goal of The Society was to supplant the warrior caste as the leaders of the Clans, though this was not known by most cells. Only the highest ranking members knew this for most of their history. This goal was worked toward slowly and with great patience. Operation Revival gave some of their members in certain Invading Clans more room and freedom to experiment and further their plans, as the warriors were kept busy and paid much less attention to their scientists. But when ilKhan Brett Andrews issued his decree regarding the Reaving of Bloodnames, essentially taking the one realm the scientists were given control over by Nicholas Kerensky and giving it to the warriors to unwittingly destroy in their arbitrary quests for dominance over one another, The Society decided to act. Striking during the Wars of Reaving, they and their Dark Caste and reborn Clan Burrock allies would cause chaos in the Clan Homeworlds, as well as in certain parts of the Clan-occupied Inner Sphere. Ultimately, their efforts would fall short of subduing the warrior caste, and the warriors would systematically hunt down and eliminate every Society cell on every world of the Kerensky Cluster and Pentagon Worlds, and every planet in the Inner Sphere and Periphery regions.

Bibliography

• Interstellar Players 2
• The Wars of Reaving