Organizations

# Organizations

== The
College of Arcane Studies ==
The College
of Arcane studies began on the Internet in around 2050 as a newsgroup dedicated
to the trading of information on some of the ground-breaking research taking
place in the earths current universities.

Once other
planets had been reached and communication with alien scientists began, the
group merged from several other groups to become a semi-formal group of near
universe scientists and students discussing non-classified materials. They
became known (in English) as the Foundation for near-space studies.

One of the
surprising things that came of this was the discovery that all the sentient
worlds had some form of “magic” as well as man-made science. It was determined
that in order to keep things impartial they will not include religious
doctrines, excluding that branch of magic entirely. They then formed, under
various private grants, the Arcaeneum Naturalis. Upon the induction of sentient
species from further and further into the universe, and the determination that
holy magic was indeed different than “Scientific magic” a large number of
governments wanted to start a place where studies and experiments into the
fabric of the universe could be conducted. In an unprecedented move, they
wanted this information to be shared among all species, so they set up a school
and research facility, naming it the College of Arcane Studies. Its first
headmaster was a master of the arcane magic studies named Freeman Gorgr, a
human. Within 75 years of its founding, time travel was discovered from within
its halls, and several satellite campuses were set up on a number of planets
and time junctions.

The Current
president of the College is Yrgrl Dertre, an Algolian from the Algol C system.

The college
has had its share of problems and intrigues over the years, primarily that it
is currently in charge of developing a “Super Weapon” that will destroy worlds
through all time an space. This project is supposedly being sponsored by a
number of the directing governments and there has been many attempts to steal
the plans, destroy the alleged weapon as well as protests from the students on
occasion.

The college
also houses the known universes largest catalog of science, magitech, and
spells as well as a number of unique magical items and high tech weapons and
devices. Needless to say, there are a number of groups that will pay large sums
of money for some of these items and pieces of data.

The main
college sits on earth in era VIII, though it is rumored there are portals to
various points in history and space within its halls…

== Time
Enforcement and Management (T.E.A.M) ==
Team is a
collective law enforcement agency sponsored by several planets anchored in era
VIII. The purpose of this organization is to ensure that criminals and
unauthorized people do not jump times. They are charges with tracking down and
apprehending “Time Jumpers”. Those who leave their home era as criminals to
find a new life (or wreak more havoc) in another era.

Each time
machine in the known universe is licensed and logged, with its activity subject
to T.E.A.Ms group of inspectors. Any unauthorized or suspect travel is subject
to a large fine and removal of the time device. Not just anyone can build a
time machine!

The T.E.A.M
is also responsible for handling rare cases where beings from the past or
“uninitiated” planets stumble across the time continuum. At that point they are
authorized to send the person back with the memory of their visit wiped, or
detain them…forever keeping them in era VIII under a sort of “protection
program”.

The captain
of the Time Enforcement and Management agency is Admiral Jonas White.

== Galactic
Space Police ==
As the known
universe expanded from or own near space and our galaxy, and into other
galaxies, it was deemed necessary for each galaxy to set up its own law
enforcement system for inner space protection. Not all galaxies complied, but
those that did set up their own space-enabled police force. The networks of
galactic police forces shares information and there is a large DNA database of
known criminals called the E.A.R.

The
jurisdiction of each police team is within the recognized boundaries set forth
by the College of Arcane Studies, and there are usually hundreds of satellite
stations within a single sector of a galaxy.

The galactic
police are there to keep the peace across their territory and have little to do
with time travel. They have an uneasy relationship with T.E.A.M. and turn over
any suspected jumpers to them.

Each galaxy
has its own penal system as well, and suspects/prisoners are kept in the
appropriate facilities ranging from Minimum to super max.

The Galactic
space police are not affiliated with any home worlds police forces, though they
often have a working relationship with them.

== Universal
Trade Consortium ==
The Universal
Trade Consortium (or just The Consortium) is run by an intelligent, crafty
being named H’rthh, who’s origin is unknown, though he claims that he was
brought up on Frezzon as an orphan and worked his way up to the top beginning
with shining shoes for the many legged Frezzonians.

The
Consortium is the largest conglomerate of trade organizations in near space.
They specialize in just about everything legal (and allegedly illegal). It’s
said that a Consortium agent can get anything if the price is right.

There are no
buildings for the Consortium; they keep to space, operating out of the S.S.
Freedom run by H’rthh (who is reputed to be the wealthiest being in the 4
galaxies).

It has been
rumored that the consortium deals in drugs and human trafficking as well as
helping jumpers with black market time jumps. Neither the Galactic Space Police
nor T.E.A.M have been able to get more than a few arrests out of the operation.
H’rthh always has plausible deniability.

Rumor also
has it that the consortium is always looking for beings who know how to “get
things”.

== Mercenaries
Guild ==
Wherever
there’s death, there’s money to be made, and that’s the role of the merc’s
guild; Guns for hire, any Era, any place.

This is a
group of professional warriors and assassins that can be hired to supplement
your troops for a military action or take out a rival in a distant solar
system.

Contacting
them can be a bit a bit difficult, but the leader is said to keep his
headquarters on Rigos IV in the Alpha
Centauri system.

== Uncle
Ernie’s Outfitters ==
Uncle Ernie
(Ernie Stuart) was an enterprising salesman who envisioned a “one stop shop”
for all of the people who would be travelling throughout space and time. He has
several million stores set up across larger worlds and more commonly traveled
eras. They provide services such as equipment sales, currency exchange and
licensed time travel