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2 BEYOND ELECTRIC DREAMS

Beyond Electric Dreams
The Kids Are Alright 5

Chapter One: Anima Culture 6

Chapter Two: Bang 10

Chapter Three: Never Fade Away 14

Chapter Four: The Lifestyle 20

Chapter Five: The Lifestyle 24

Table of Contents 3
CHAPTER ONE
ANIMA CULTURE
 "You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that
whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning..."
– Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
In 2123, the young generation consists of any- Youth of the 22nd century have benefitted from
one born after 2100. The oldest among them were the rising tide of technological and societal ad-
Infants during the great push to the stars and tod- vancement and lead substantially different lives
dlers when the Aberrants returned. They also live from the children of the past (also known as our
in an age of psionic heroes, technological wonders, present). This is especially true in the Prosperous
and a convergence of science and philosophy lay- Nations, but things like the OpNet, basic income
ing bare some of the deepest cosmic mysteries. and healthcare in all but the most devastated por-
They are cultural natives to lightning fast wireless tions of the Earth mean that youth of 2123 gen-
OpNet via handheld supercomputers with intelli- erally have more opportunity and agency than in
gent digital assistants who have been learning their decades past. While the heroes of today are fight-
personalities since infancy. They have hijacked ing wars in the stars, it is the youth of the age who
Bang, a style of music popular with the previous are actively crafting the culture of the era that is
generation, and transformed it into an entirely new to come.
form of self expression and collaboration. They
have little to no reservations about using biotech
and the wonders it can offer. Throw alien contact
- both friendly and hostile - onto the stack and you
get a generation conditioned to expect the unex-
pected and meet it with some surprises of their
own.

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 ANIMA IN 2123
The primary pillar of youth culture in the age of
psions is the concept of ‘anima’. A generation ago
the term was primarily used in interactive online
experiences in the way gamers of a century ago
might use the terms ‘avatar’ or ‘toon’. The tragic
events leading up to the Shanghai Accords caused
the idea to go out of favor for a few decades, but
when the trendsetters of what would be soon called
anima culture were grasping for a name it found
sufficient applicability to become relevant again.
Anima is not the only popular youth movement
but it is the dominant one. Fueled by the hyper-
connected nature of the OpNet, anima intermingles
with cultures and ideas from all over human space,
remixing them while taking in new concepts from
other movements. Host to an uncountable num-
ber of subcultures and variations based on region,
ethnicity, religion and social class, anima culture
nonetheless has a few central components that are
understandable and recognizable amongst most of
its adherents. First and foremost is the notion of the
anima itself. The Anima is a person's whole identity
across the three main axes of personal expression:
6 BEYOND ELECTRIC DREAMS
the mundane, the optical, and the noetic.
The mundane axis is the most familiar to people
outside anima culture: nationality, race, ethnicity,
religion, sexulaity, gender expression and other
pillars of identity that are commonly recognized
make up the mundane axis. In anima culture these
are all sacrosanct and respected, and the blurring of
the lines and boundaries between personal identi-
ties and the ideals and mores of one's intersectional
communities is highly encouraged. Close interper-
sonal relationships, be they familial, friendships
or romantic, are considered to be a part of one's
anima.
The optical axis is similarly comprehensible to
those outside the movement, as the concept of an
‘online persona’ is well over a century old. Those
in anima culture take the idea to its extremes, con-
sidering the myriad ‘selves’ that are developed for
online communities to be equally valid with the
person you are when not immersed in your mini-
comp. The most devoted explorers of the optical
axis have been known to include their personal
SI agent to be a part of their anima. This is most
common in anima adherents who have spent the
entirety of their conscious lives in partnership
with an SI agent, and even more so in the cases
of biocomp users. The relationship can manifest
as sibling-like although it is not uncommon for
it to take a romantic aspect in older youth. In the
most extreme cases members of anima culture con-
sider their personal agent to be literally a part of
their personal identity, a notion referred to as the
Dual-Self.
The trend of close relationships with SIs, and
those who identify as Dual-Self especially, has got-
ten a lot of pushback from young anima adherents
parental figures and is the source of a great deal
of generational strife. Those outside anima culture
tend to insist that these SI relationships are delu-
sional and completely one sided despite how much
PROBLEMATIC
A recent development in enthusiasts
of the optical axis is the adoption of
’Novasonas’. A fringe practice that
currently has more detractors within
the anima community than propo-
nents, it involves the incorporation
of a Nova identity into the repertoire
of one's optical anima. ‘Novies’
are split between adopting histor-
ical Nova identities from the Nova
Golden Age and fabricating an OC
Nova to ebody in their Opnet life.
(An ambitious Storyguide could run
an “Aberrant” campaign where
the PCs are kids playing ‘Novas’ in
an OpNet space using rules from
TC:Aberrant, N!WE, or a reskinned
Terra Surge from TC: Anima.) A
fringe of the fringe create fictional
‘reformed’ or ‘uncorrupted’ versions
of Aberrants. Assholes dispense with
the pleasantries and claim historical
or current Aberrants for their Nova-
sonas. The latter are universally re-
jected by other Novies and common
anima adherents alike, but the for-
mer experience varying levels of tol-
erance from the mainstream anima
community. People outside the anima
lifestyle tend to be disgusted by this
trend and many reactionaries use it
as a cudgel to dismiss anima culture
as a whole.
the agent in question might appear to reciprocate.
Many familial schisms have been the result of a
parent or guardian altering or deleting an agent
that an anima adherent has bonded with. A number
of lawsuits and other legal challenges have been
made to developers of SI agents in light of this is-
sue. Orgotek has taken the brunt of these as a result
of Alex Cassells vocal support of anima culture.
The noetic axis is the most inspired by ISRA
philosophy and the teachings of Otha Herzog.
Unsurprisingly the kids have taken things in wild
and baffling-to-their-elders directions. THe move-
ment has Herzog's full support and admiration,
calling it “One of the most pleasant surprises in a
life with very few surprises.” It is unfortunate-
ly the axis which is a theoretical and aspirational
to most anima adherents as it requires the ability
to channel psi energy to experience in its fullest.
For the majority of anima adherents it manifests
as a preoccupation, bordering on obsession, with
all things psi and psion. Most anima followers get
tested for latency as soon as they get an opportunity
and many of those that fail attempt to get re-tested
as often as possible (especially after having a close
encounter with active displays of psi or quantum
power as recent research indicates that exposure to
such energies might bring out latency in a neutral).
Latency rates in the human population being
what they are, most anima believers must eventu-
ally reconcile with the reality that they will have a
limited connection to the noetic axis of their ani-
ma. Biotechnology is the balm most neutral ani-
ma adherents resort to, using biopps to connect to
the subquantum medium in limited but cherished
ways. Many older anima followers have been in-
spired to achieve education and careers in bioapp
development to create technology that will allow
neutrals to experience the noetic axis in more than
just theoretical ways. As it stands anima adherents
are known to acquire as many bioapps as possible
in order to sample as many tastes of noetic connec-
tion as possible.
Beyond the three axes, anima culture has a myr-
iad of values that adherents espouse at varying de-
grees of intensity. These include educated appre-
ciation of other cultures, respect of personal and
cultural identities, open collaboration in creative
and economic projects, inclusion and empower-
ment of marginalized communities, support for the
Psi Orders, distrust of almost all other large orga-
nizations (governments, corporations, and the Æon
Chapter 1: Anima Culture 7
 Trinity), maintenance of communication between
Earth and her colonies, exploration of new artistic
themes and mediums, rejection of harmful drugs
(including alcohol and tobacco), embracing alien
life and cultures, promoting latency testing, and a
healthy ‘fuck you’ attitude towards the returning
Aberrants.
TASTING THE TOTALITY
Not one to allow a niche market go
unfulfilled, Orgotek is working hard
on low-tolerance bioapps that allow
neutrals to experience the lowest
rungs of psi awareness. Working on
the design philosophy that created
the IAD class of bioapp these devic-
es, called Sparks (see Page 19 for
rules), give a neutral a basic connec-
tion to the noetic medium and access
to a limited form of the Basic Tech-
niques of most of the Aptitudes. Fit-
ting even these basic powers into a
low-tolerance bioapp is challenging,
but working with ISRA and Norca,
the effort has been successful. The Psi
Orders have a vested interest in sat-
isfying the desire to experience the
noetic medium. The sticking point is
cost. Orgotek has brought the cost
down as low as possible, but this
technology is hitting hard limits cod-
ed into the biotech templates given to
the Proxies by the Doyen. Barring the
breaking of those limits, Sparks are
as cheap as they are going to get.
Higher tolerance versions exist at a
lower price point and some psions
find them useful, but not enough to
subsidize the production of the in-de-
mand lower tolerance versions. The
anima community is nothing if not
resourceful, and there are many
dozens of plans in the works to fund
the production and distribution of
Sparks. To let technology that allows
a neutral to experience the noetic
axis of their anima to be gated off
to the rich and privileged is deeply
offensive to the anima ethic.
ANIMA AND AEON
For the most part The Æon Trinity is on board
8 BEYOND ELECTRIC DREAMS
with anima culture. Anima values are in-line with
Æon’s core principals and the positive relationship
between young people and the Psi Orders fits the
agenda of Hope, Sacrifice and Unity. While Æon
keeps an eye on anima culture they don’t see any-
thing that bothers them.
The feeling is not entirely mutual.
Many anima adherents find Æon’s position as
a 200 year old institution with vast financial re-
sources to be inherently problematic. While it may
have started as an icondolcastic society of idiosyn-
cratic adventures today it is very firmly a part of
The Establishment. Æon’s saving grace is it’s sup-
port of the Psi Orders, which young people in and
out of the anima community are generally bullish
on. Perhaps it's a bit of blindness on the part of
the youth to not see that the Orders themselves are
part of the Establishment, but psions are cool, yeh?
Many youth settle for maintaining a sneering
distrust for Æon, but some double down and de-
cry the Trinity as a calcified fortress of Old and
Evil, forever damned by its age, wealth and pow-
er. Many older members of the anima genera-
tion grow out of this sentiment as they age, but
some hold on to this feeling as they move on to
adulthood.
It’s worth considering that anti-Æon youth ar-
en’t entirely off-base. Æon IS old, wealthy and
powerful. Few human institutions with those traits
are without some culpability for the ills of the
world.
WORLDS AWAY
The youth of the Sol system, adherents of anima
or not, tend to have a great deal of interest and
envy for their peers who have moved to the ex-
trasolar colonies. Living out in the stars has a ro-
mantic appeal to kids who are stuck on boring old
Terra Firma. Conversely, Colonial kids are known
to pine for the big cities and luxuries of far off
Sol. A common Colonial opinion is that Sol kids
have it easy and that living under the protective
watch of the Psi Orders and the fleets of starships
prepared to throw down when Aberrants or hostile
aliens come to wreck up the place must be pretty
nice.
Sol kids and Colonial youth live very different
lives, and the hunger for different perspectives
promoted by anima culture has kids everywhere
covetous of the experiences of their peers light
years away. Prior to the disappearance of the Upeo
youth everywhere eagerly awaited the updates
from distant worlds to hit their local OpNet.
When the teleporters vanished the yearning
for updates from their interstellar peers and con-
cern for the wellbeing of distant friends became
a gigantic problem for youth across human space.
When the jumpships came online and the Upeo re-
turned, the hunger for the words, art and news of far
flung peers had become a ravening urge. Content
produced on other worlds during the Diaspora is
dominant in youth-centric feeds all across human
space. More than anything, the kids of the anima
generation are ready to collaborate with their peers
across the stars. The Bang that is getting cooked
up right now is sure to be the most vibrant and
bombastic that have ever been produced.

ANIMA CULTURE AND

PSI NIPPON
There are a lot of similarities between
the anima culture movement and Psi
Nippon. Thanks largely to the en-
forced isolationism of the Nihonjin
government the two movements do
share some noticeable differences.
None of them are insurmountable
and Psi Nippon members who get
out of the Nihonjin bubble are quick-
ly welcomed into anima communities
who are eager to listen to the horror
stories and get them up to speed on
what the rest of the system's youth
have been up to. Unsurprisingly an-
ima culture has had almost no pen-
etration into Nippon proper. When
Nihonjin media mentions the anima
movement at all it paints it as a de-
generate and dangerous element,
one of the grand litany of social ills
that exist outside of the isolated ar-
chipelago.

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CHAPTER TWO
BANG
 “We monitor many frequencies. We listen always. Came a voice, out of the babel of
tongues, speaking to us. It played us a mighty dub.”
– William Gibson, Neuromancer
BANG IS THE WORD, AND THE
WORD IS BANG
To call Bang a genre of music would be reductive
in the extreme. It certainly has its roots in the post-
Crash efforts to rediscover the musical heritage of a
world's worth of cultures that had been razed to rubble
- both physically and by the destruction of the OpNet.
Pioneered by kids lucky enough to have a functioning
computer Bang has a core of EDM with heavy traces
of trance, world beat and dub genres, but is heavily in-
vested in preserving analog musical styles associated
with pre-war cultures and ethnic heritages. In its infan-
cy Bang was highly regional and dominated by local
trends, the most popular being Bengal Bang, Marrakesh
Bang, Angor Bang and Harbin Bang.
Bang experienced a major revolution when the youth
of the current generation started producing their version
of it. While older-style Bang is still popular with the
generations that produced it, Modern Bang is almost
exclusively produced and enjoyed by teenagers and
young adults. The ideas that Bang was mostly a style
of music that had its subgenres tied to regional vari-
ants were shredded by the early 2110s. Modern Bang is
inherently multimedia, aggressively multicultural and
almost always collectively created and curated. The
Solo Bang artist is an extreme rarity and even then they
usually create their works with specially programmed
SI that supplement their efforts with samples and pro-
cedurally generated content based on OpNet media
libraries.
It is far more common for Bang to be produced by
OpNet collectives which assign responsibility for a
section of a Bang project to members whose skills and
cultural education best match the assignment. Each
member usually works with one or two apprentice
members on their section before passing it to the parts
of the collective responsible for collating and editting
the finished project. Most projects are fed into OpNet
servers where open source SIs check for unintentional
plagiarism and insensitive or appropriative material,
flagging potential problematic content for anonymous
human review.
Bang projects require a lot of hardware to experi-
ence fully. Surround sound speakers, digital screens,
holographic projectors, 3d printers, haptic generators,
scent diffusers, etcs are all vital to the full Bang experi-
ence. Unsurprisingly most Bang is enjoyed collectively
in clubs or in dedicated rented studios that have multi-
ple rooms that rotate through a combination of the lat-
est and greatest Bang projects and enduringly popular
classics. Anima adherents are known to set up hardship
programs to allow more affluent Bang enthusiasts to
subsidize the cover fees for less prosperous Bang-heads
both locally and across known space via the OpNet.
Solo enjoyment of full Bang projects is possible for
the wealthy who can afford private Bang studios, but
Bang collectives also offer ‘stripped down’ versions of
their projects that focus on a single aspect of the piece
which can be enjoyed via a personal micomp with a
supplementary accessory or two.
The subgenres of bang are mostly divided based on the
dominant type of media featured in a given project.
SonoBang: musically dominant Bang, usually paired
with abstract imagery and on-beat physical sensations.
VizBang: Bang that focuses on visual art including stat-
ic and moving images on digital holographic, and analog
mediums. Ambient sound and other mild sensations tend to
accompany this style.
LangBag: This Bang features the written or spoken
word, accompanied by illustration and soundtracks.
AromaBang: Scent based Bang projects which tend to
isolate one or more of the other senses as the experiencer
gets led through an olfactory journey.
PhysBang: Bang that features sculpture, interactive
play structures and haptic feedback generators.
GustaBang: Multi-course feasts, flights of mixed
drinks (often low or no alcohol), and fades of mild psycho-
active substances take the focus in this Bang, each course
accompanied by curated media to enhance the experience.
RPBang: The marriage of tabletop gaming, LARP, and
interactive theater with holographic avatars, procedurally
generated visuals and sounds to create an immersive back-
drop for improvisational structured narratives. The tech-
nology has improved private games by providing real time
visualizations of the story that surround the players as they
play.
Chapter 2: Bang 11
 AcroBang: Bang performances centered around
acrobatics and dance, often complimented by SI con-
trolled drones. Low level telepathic biotech is some-
times used to impart knowledge of routines allowing
audience members to interact with the flow of the
piece.
CosBang: This style of bang shows off fashion and
costume skills, highlighting elaborate and often trans-
forming clothing as its centerpiece.
MUZZIEN BANG
The undisputed juggernaut of the Bang subgenres, a
Muzzien Bang experience is the most prized and rare of
a Bang-head’s life. Baring expensive bioware tech out
of the reach of most individuals, Muzzien Bang must
be experienced live and in person and the producing
Bang collective must be lead by a Clairsentient Psion
(although a psiad with the appropriate modes could
pull it off if they were willing to risk exposure). Using
a special bioapp called a Bangboard, the Clear, often
called a divana, infuses a Bang performance with their
psionic visions producing an experience both ecstat-
ic and profound. Although the phenomenon occurred
without prompting from the Order, muzzien bang has
the full support of ISRA and Proxy Herzog, and cost is
seldom a factor in being able to attend a Muzzien Bang
experience. Many devotees of the style are willing to
give up their spot for someone who hasn’t been able
to attend a Muzzien Experience. Often called church
without sermons or dogma, Bang-heads lucky enough
to get a spot are able to experience the Holographic
Totality directly. Always willing to push the envelope,
many Muzzien divanas are using telepathic bioware or
collaborating with telepaths to make their Bang even
more intimate and intense.
Muzzien has another unique facet that sets it apart
from other styles of Bang: given the required Psion in-
volvement it is the only style that is not utterly domi-
nated by the youth. Progressive as ISRA is they do not
trigger children in their Prometheus Tank. There are a
few underground young psiad divanas that could coun-
teract this fact, but none of them are willing to risk ex-
posing themselves to greater scrutiny than they already
are. Psions with Auxiliary Modes in Clairsentience can
technically lead a muzzien bang experience but their
visions lack the intensity most devotees of the form
desire. Younger psions with other Aptitudes are begin-
ning to experiment with forms of muzzien bang that
hinge off of their talents, but so far none have been able
to create an experience that resonates like the multisen-
sory flow of Clairesentice.
12 BEYOND ELECTRIC DREAMS
In reactionary and anti-psion societies and nations
Muzzien Bang is provoking a moral panic. Several
FSA districts are in the process of heavily regulating
or banning Muzzien Bang performances. In New New
York this is causing a great deal of conflict as the divide
between the FSAs biggest hotbed of anima-adherents
and bang-heads and the repressive government gets
starker and more dire. The Board has put multiple re-
quests to Alex Cassel to take a mediating stance on the
growing conflict, but the Prexy has yet to make a pub-
lic statement on the topic. Many whisper that the fight
over Muzzien Bang might be the spark of revolution
many young people are looking for.
LITTLE LIGHT OF LOVE
Otha Herzog has had a hazy vision
that he does not fully understand that
represents a possible future where a
renegade Doyen youth fleeing the
purging that its own kind would in-
flict on it ends up taking refuge with
a Bang collective. Should that vision
come to pass, the Bang that will be
made of that collaboration would
change the Continuum forever.
JUMP BANG
The newest form of Bang, JumpBang has only had a
few major projects hit the scene. JumpBang projects are
made between Bang collectives that are split between
two or more star systems, with a Base project starting
in one system then being sent as part of an OpNet up-
date to another via Leviathan mission or Teleporter.
Once uploaded to the local OpNet it gets taken up by
a collective, either a pre-arranged group or any group
that can get its hands on the file package. The Base is
then completed and embellished on by the local group
and crafted into a finished project which gets released
locally and sent back to its home system where eager
Bang-Heads eat it up. It is common practice for a Base
project to be sent to multiple star systems and thus pro-
duce many variant projects that propagate over human
space. Complete projects get remixed when they reach
other systems, and the beat goes on, and on, and on.
Sociologists and anima philosophers paying atten-
tion to JumpBang can tell that while this style is in
its infancy as the permutations continue to propagate
and evolve the works that will be created in this style
will be a truly profound phenomenon. Some postulate
that in decades to come the compilation and study of
JumpBang projects will provide the most vital truths
about the current era.
JumpBang has exposed one of the biggest gaps in
the anima aesthetic in that it is missing a huge segment
of the galactic population: the youth of alien civiliza-
tions. Young people of different species are effectively
firewalled against one another, not only by the vast dis-
tance of space but by their own governments. Baring
the extremely rare child of a diplomat sent to a foreign
world the contact between human and alien youth is
basically non-existent. There is a great deal of frustra-
tion about this among human kids, especially among
anima adherents and JumpBang collectives.
DEAR AIR
Two major human population centers
are completely left out of the Jump-
Bang experiment: Eden and Khatze
Lu Ge. The kids on KLG have been
making a rough and desperate form
of Bang during the years their pla-
nant has been under Aberrant siege
and it has stayed isolated from the
Bang of the rest of human space be-
hind military blockades. The kids of
the species aren’t dumb, they know
that Bang is happening, and they
are hungry for it. Every JumpBang
collective out there has a project sim-
mering away on the back burner for
when OpNet updates from KLG be-
come available.
Eden is another matter entirely. The
youth on Eden don’t know what Bang
is, and as the information about the
Nova-led world slowly leaks out
into public consciousness Bang col-
lectives everywhere will want to in-
troduce them to it. Kids will want to
get their hands on Eden music and
art to get an idea what their peers
have been up to. Such an exchange
is on the policy makers of both plan-
ets' lowest priority, but it would likely
do more to foster peace and under-
standing between the disparate hu-
man cultures.
Nebula Ocean, a collective based out of Melbourne
in Australia is working on a Base project specifically
to be sent to Qinshui via any means necessary. They’re
currently crowdfunding to purchase a consultation
from one of the formerly stranded diplomats that have
returned home from Qinshui in order to mold the proj-
ect for Qin culture and sensibilities. A second clandes-
tine fund raising project to hire a mercenary team of
psions to get the project files into the hands of young
Qin artists should going through official channels
prove impractical or take too long. As public aware-
ness of the Listeners grows no doubt similar efforts
will be made to send Base projects to Skete in hopes
of some truly epic JumpBang making its way back to
the Sol System. As relations slowly normalize with
the Chromatics no doubt a collective will whip up a
light-heavy Base project in hopes of spreading Bang to
Chrome Prime.
CROSS THE STREAMS
To date no one has completed a
Muzzien/Jump Bang project. Plenty
of collectives have had the idea for
such a style blending experience,
but the logistics of making it a real-
ity has prevented any projects from
coming to fruition. There is one se-
rious effort underway to make that
dream a reality. Mharti, a freelance
clairsentient psion and owner of the
Luna based Clamshell Bang Club,
is investing a fortune to create the
first true MuzzienJumpBang experi-
ence. The plan is to contract with as
many Teleporters capable of reliably
enacting the Bilocality effect to link
their club to spaces on other human
worlds to perform their Muzzien
Bang with ‘local’ collaborators for
a merged crowd. Pulling off such a
feat between two worlds would be
the cultural event of the century.
Unbeknownst to Mharti, if they can
expand the event to three or more
worlds simultaneously it could create
a multi-planet Hammersmith event
with effects not even Proxy Herzog
could foresee. Storyguides wanting
to transform their version of the Con-
tinuum into a bombastic space rock
opera could use this event to make
the universe as weird and outra-
geous as they want.
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CHAPTER THREE
NEVER FADE AWAY
 “That's the real problem with the world. Too many people grow up.”
– Walt Disney
GROWN TOO SOON
Kids who are aging out of being kids, those
born between 2100 and 2105, face daunting cir-
cumstances. With the return of the Aberrants, con-
flicts with the Chromatics and the Coalition on the
horizon, and a galaxy of unknown threats awaiting
discovery, the human race is gearing up for a few
decades —at least— of intense conflict. The UN,
national armies, the Æon Trinity, corporate PMCs,
and the Psi Orders, all are recruiting. The ad cam-
paigns might be drastically different, but the mes-
sage is the same: Humanity Needs You.
PSI ORDERS
For the lucky few who get a positive result from
a latency test and pass the vetting process of one or
more Psi Orders, this quandary tends to be solved
fairly easily. Young people, especially those who
adhere to the values of anima culture, are easy re-
cruits for Psi Orders. Even those who are shown
to be neutral tend to get the hard sell to join up in
some capacity. Every Order sees the benefit of hav-
ing young and eager recruits backing up their oper-
ations even if they can’t wield noetic abilities. Most
Orders have far more young recruits than they can
feasibly accept into their ranks.
THE ÆON TRINITY
The Æon Trinity recruits heavily among young
adults, offering scholarships, works-study pro-
grams and through the many charities, volunteer
organizations, and other NGOs they partner with.
As mentioned elsewhere Æon is having some dif-
ficulty connecting with this generation of young
people. The problem isn’t too bad right now, but
in a few years the Trinity is likely to find a serious
drop in new members if they are unable to address
their image problem among a generation that sees
their wealth and legacy as evidence that they are
a relic of time many of the anima generation are
ready to move on from.
BURN OUT
THE UN AND NATIONAL
MILITARIES
While the Legions are the most popular and ex-
citing option for young people looking to take an
active role in the defense of Earth and her colo-
nies, the UN Armed Forces and the militaries of
the world governments are always ready to find
a home for a potential soldier that doesn’t meet
the Psi Orders’ exacting standards. Unfortunately
these institutions share an image problem with the
ÆonTrinity that makes them widely unappealing to
the anima generation. As conflicts with Aberrants
and hostile aliens heat up, it is not unlikely that
authoritarian nations like China and the FSA will
institute drafts to maintain and bolster their ranks.
CORPORATE FORCES
The private sector still thrives in the 22nd centu-
ry, and the need for paid security and enforcement
is more vital than ever. In a chaotic world these
jobs pay well and can even be appealing to the re-
cent high school or college graduate (or dropout)
looking for a slice of adventure but not quite eager
enough to sign up for military service. Some cor-
porations maintain standing private armies which
can provide a lucrative if dangerous career for
someone looking to live a life where they have a
good chance of getting shot.
DREAD MODERNITY
As depressing as it might be, the sad truth is that
the vast majority of young people will enter adult-
hood by joining the workforce and get nowhere
near the excitement of fighting Aberrants or trav-
eling to the stars to hang out with aliens. Young
adults finding their place are confronted by a world
where most tasks are automated and there are more
people than jobs that require human hands to do
them. In countries that take care of their citizens'
basic needs it is not uncommon for kids in their
early 20’s to pursue their passions for a year or
Chapter 3: Never Fade Away 15

two in the hopes of achieving success, popularity
and fulfillment doing what they love. Those who
don’t find the success they are looking for have to
make the decision to continue to slide by on basic
government services or to pursue higher education
or advanced training to be able to compete for em-
ployment. Things in the Less Prosperous Nations
are considerably more stark where those who do
have basic services find that they don’t go near as
far as they do in the PNs. The need to acquire the
means to survive and thrive is a much more press-
ing issue and few young adults have the luxury of
taking any time to ‘find themselves’.
In the truely destitute and devastated areas of
Earth matters are completely different. In most of
the MIddle East, Wycoffs Blight Zone, le Blessure,
the Venezuelan plague lands, and many other areas
of the world, growing up to adulthood is a triumph
in and of itself. In these places most of the topics
discussed in this book are at best a subject for jeal-
ous fantasy for kids and young adults struggling
through nightmare conditions.
YOUTH IN REVOLT
QUANTUM PANIC
The Nova Age and the Aberrant War that fol-
lowed left permanent marks on humanity from
geographic devastation to far more subtle changes
in the human psyche. The adoration of Novas and
the slavish worship of Aberrants got into the basic
fabric of the human condition and are incredibly
difficult to stamp out completely. And yet an even
deeper truth of human nature is that kids will glom
onto things their parents hate in order to piss them
off to declare their independence from them. It is
understandable that a sizable percentage of youth
would see an obsession with Novas and even some
Aberrants as an appealing diversion for its own
sake as well as the added benefit of driving their
parents crazy.
There are people alive in 2123 who remem-
ber heroic Novas battling their quantum brethren
on behalf of humanity during the Aberrant War.
Rebellious kids born during the Crash would get
in trouble for pretending to be Max Mauler, The
Blood Queen, Overkill, Cestus Pax or even The
Colony. Around the turn of the century a handful
of works of mainstream journalism and entertain-
ment that had a nuanced or even positive take on
Novas were starting to be produced.
16 BEYOND ELECTRIC DREAMS
ATOMIC YOUTH
World governments and the Æon
Trinity have a pretty good track re-
cord of suppressing and deleting
Nova Age content when it pops
up on the OpNet. Recently there
was a major misstep that led to the
wide distribution of a fictionalized
account of the adventures of two
groups of teenaged Novas from the
late 2020’s. The source was eventu-
ally shut down, but it was up long
enough to ensure that the genie got
well out of the bottle and copies of
the material have been secured on
private data storage all over the Sol
System. Now every young person
with an interest in Novas are pouring
over the escapades of the New York
City class of Teen Tomorrow and their
Teragen rivals known as The Legacy.
The digital likenesses of Fawn, Lib-
erty Lad, Rant, Circuit, Aterrados,
Waterily, Schwartzchild, and Sov-
ereign are showing up in more and
more places much to the chagrin of
the adults of the system. The fates of
the actual Novas represented in the
series of videos is largely unknown
and they would all be over a hun-
dred years old. At least three of them
are still alive, though: one living a
solitary life hidden somewhere on
Earth, another is a venerated elder
on Eden, and the third is a reluctant
lieutenant in the forces of The Col-
ony. Storyguides wanting to know
more should check out the YouTube
playlist of the Atomic Youth Actual
Play: https://bit.ly/3nlAqac
The return of the Aberrants put a stop to all of
this. Crasher -the common name for the genera-
tion born during the Crash and by and large the
parents of the current generation- parents (who
might very well have a Divis Mal shirt or Team
Tomorrow poster buried deep in a closet) went
from being mildly annoyed at their kids Nova ob-
session to outright horrified by it. The forces of so-
ciety that are always quick to blame the young for
the world's problems make no end of noise about
the ‘menace of Aberrant worship that is running
rampant amongst the kids of today’. In truth, most
kids who have an interest in Novas and Aberrant
grow out of it quickly or keep it constrained to
their OpNet activity (see page p 21).
Some young people stick to their obsession with
quantum users for long enough to make it a sub-
stantial part of their identity. Many of these kids
have preexisting difficult relationships with their
parents, are victims of economic hardship or oth-
erwise live in troubled circumstances. Many come
from perfectly ‘normal’ homes however, so it's not
an issue that can be easily conflated with societal
ills. Parents, the media, and most figures of author-
ity tend to demonize and repress interest in Novas
and Aberrants, seeing it as one step away from
joining an Aberrant cult. Kids who fail to succumb
to the pressure find themselves under a great deal
of scorn and scrutiny, but some personality types
thrive in those conditions.
When dedicated Nova fans speak of themselves
as a group, the most common name is NovaCore.
Few outside the small community use this term,
most opting to employ far less polite names.
WITNESSES OF TAMRIKA K
The young woman known only as Tamrika K has
a very bad reputation. She is an internationally want-
ed hacktivist willing to flout the laws of nations to
further her cause. She is responsible for the release
of several large caches of confidential and classified
data from the secure servers of the UN, The Æon
Trinity and even a few of the Psi Orders. In her infre-
quent OpNet streams she openly accuses all of these
institutions of hiding the truth about something she
calls ‘natural psionics’. She claims to have proof
that methods exist for unlocking the noetic potential
of those who test negative for latency are being sup-
pressed by those who benefit from keeping the pow-
er of psi to themselves and those they deem worthy.
She has only released portions of the two doc-
uments ( “ISRA Vision Process 418” and “Norca
Report on the Venezula Phenomenon”) that she
claims provide the most solid evidence for her accu-
sations. Representatives of the ISRA and the Norca
have made official statements denying the validity
of both these documents, claiming them to be utter
fabrications. Tamrika K is undaunted by this.
The youth of the anima generation have very
mixed opinions on Tamrika K. On the one hand
she is a thorn in the side of the almost universally
popular Psi Orders. On the other hand, her claims
of ‘natural psionics’ elicit hope and excitement in
the droves of young people who have flunked their
latency tests. On the other, other hand some of her
stolen data releases have had some disastrous un-
intended consequences that have gotten popular
psions hurt and even killed in one instance. On the
other, other, OTHER hand, she is indisputably cool
and badass.
DYI merch of Tamrika’s OpNet avatar and some
of her popular sayings are common signs of rebel-
lious youth all over the Sol System. Those who real-
ly believe in her have started to organize and collab-
orate on ways to help her to spread her message and
achieve her goals. Calling themselves the Witnesses
of Tamrika K, this group of disparate rebels is none
the less widespread on Earth, Luna and Mars. The
subject of a lot of bad press and official scrutiny, the
Witnesses have had a tough time getting organized
and achieving any of their goals.
In the early part of 2123, Tamrika K’s relevance
was fading and the efforts of the Witnesses seemed
feeble and unlikely to accomplish much. This all
changed on May 7th when Tamrika K released her
latest bombshell release: irrefutable proof that the
Norca black site mentioned in “Norca Report on the
Venezula Phenomenon” was real and operational in
the Venezulan Blight Zone. Incapable of denying the
existence of the secret research facility the Norca
nonetheless continued to reject any claims that it
was a center of research for ‘natural psionics’.
Finally having something tangible to work to-
wards Tamrika K has made contact with the most
notable and competent members of the Witnesses
and they are coordinating a massive protest effort.
Boltered by the evidence affirming a part of her
claims the Witnesses have enjoyed a huge upswing
in support and numbers. Plans are underway to take
direct action in the Venezulan capital and at known
Norca facilities to demand the public be given access
to the research base and that any data on ‘natural
psionics’ be revealed. Witnesses and other rebellious
youth from all over the system are making plans to
travel en masse to Sudamerica, and clairsentients
looking into the matter predict that the situation will
reach critical mass by the end of summer. The Norca
are not publicizing their plans for dealing with this
issue, but no one is expecting it to be gentle. Proxy
Herzog has sent the Pai del Norca a number of mes-
sages urging restraint and compassion when dealing
with this matter, but his seeming inability to provide
clear details about what exactly is going on is not
doing a good job of convincing del Fuego to comply.
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 THAT OLD FAMILIAR PAIN
In many ways Tamrika K and her Witnesses are completely out of their depth
and grasping at straws. “ISRA Vision Process 418” and “Norca Report on the
Venezula Phenomenon” are just what the Psi Orders claim them to be: false
documents that do not correspond to any plans or events… in this version of
the Continuum. The source of Tamrika K’s (real name Higia Kenen) conviction
and her uncanny ability to access secret data stores is that she is an incredi-
bly powerful Talent. Most of the time this is a great boon to her but in several
instances it has led her to form spectacularly false conclusions when the secret
information she secures is coming from a starkly different but still adjacent slice
of the Continuum. In this version of reality Tamrika K is an extremely potent
psiad who travels the ruins of western Europe performing psionic miracles and
gaining followers. The disruptive cross talk between the two very powerful but
extremely different versions of Tamrika K has put the Tamrika in this reality on a
collision course with at least one Proxy and on the watch list of many other insti-
tutions. The Venezuela Blight Zone Research Center is home to the Norca efforts
to study the Quantakinetic Prometheus Chamber in both realities. In the other
reality it was the epicenter of a new Hammersmith event that unleashed massive
amounts of Psi and Quantum energies, no doubt causing ripples throughout the
Continuum and contributing to the current difficulties Tamrika and her Witnesses
are riling up. Proxy del Fuego isn’t going to take any threat to one of his most
vital secrets lightly, given that it puts the Chitra Bhanu and Proxy Bhurano at
risk. Otha Herzog’s attempts to unravel this mystery are being stymied by the
disruptive effects of “Process 418” which caused all Clairsentient visions to lose
track of the Earth in the alternate reality.

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CHAPTER FOUR
THE LIFESTYLE
 “It's less about what you know, and more about who you know.”
– Anonymous
NEW EQUIPMENT
SPARKS
When formatted to the user each Spark gives a
neutral a rudimentary Attunement range (equal
to a Latent psion) and one of the following Basic
Techniques: Biosense, The Sight, Enhanced
Attunement, Sense Spectrum, Distant Touch,
Mindscan, Kirlian Eye. A single user can attune to
multiple Sparks, assuming they can get their hands
on them and have the Tolerance to spare.
Commercial Version: Tech: Ψ, Size: Tiny,
Tolerance: •, Cost: •••
Psion Version: Tech: Ψ, Size: Tiny, Tolerance: •••,
Cost: •
NEW PATHS
The two Origin Paths below are presented under
the assumption that the character is a young adult
and will be taking one of the more mainstream
Society Paths. They should work just as well as
Society Paths should that fit your character concept
better.
ANIMA ADHERENT [ORIGIN PATH]
Example Connections: Extrasolar Penpal, Bang
Collective, ISRA Member
Skills: Culture, Empathy, Humanities, Persuasion
Edges: Big Hearted (•), Dual Citizenship (•),
Increased Tolerance (• to •••) Finger on the Pulse Revelation K (•••), Skilled Liar (••), Patron (• to •••),
(• to •••), Library [Art/Culture] (• to •••),Youth In Youth In Revolt (• to ••))
Revolt (• to ••) Wealth (• to ••)
THE GOODS
Gifts: Manipulation, Humanities, Persuasion
NOVACORE [ORIGIN PATH]
Example Connections: Aberrant Cultist, Shut-in
Historian, Fellow Seeker
Skills: Enigmas, Integrity, Larceny, Technology
Edges: Cult Contacts (• to •••), Danger Sense (•),
Deductive Reasoning (•), Iron Will (• to •••) Library
[Aberrant/Nova] (• to •••), Skilled Liar (••), Youth
In Revolt (• to ••)
Gifts: Cunning, Integrity, Larceny
BANG ARTIST [ROLE PATH]
Example Connections: Club Owner, Fan Club
President, Talent Scout
Skills: Culture, Command, Empathy, Technology
Edges: Artistic Talent (• to ••), Big Hearted (•),
Fame (• to •••), Followers (• to •••), Many Frequencies
(• to •••), Wealth (• to •••)
Gifts: Presence, Culture, Empathy
WITNESSES OF TAMRIKA K. [SOCIETY PATH]
Example Connections: Activist Leader,
Information Broker, Criminal Hacker
Skills: Enigmas, Command, Larceny, Technology
Edges: Covert (• to •••) Deductive Reasoning (•),
Gifts: Intellect, Enigmas, Technology
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 NEW EDGES
CULT CONTACTS (• TO •••)
Prerequisite: NovaCore
You know someone who knows someone connected to
a legitimate entourage of someone you really hope is
a Nova. The unsophisticated world would call them an
Aberrant Cult, but you think you’ve got lightning in a
bottle and are sure to catch some reflected glory if you
play your cards right.
• The people you know are actually much like your-
self, seekers chasing the forbidden allure of quantum
majesty. But someone’s gotta know SOMETHING,
right? You receive your dot rating in this edge in
Enhancement in rolls to track down the real deal.
•• You are on the periphery of an Aberrant Cult. You
know you’re playing with fire that will also give you
cancer. Once per story you can make contact with
these very dangerous people to gain Clues regarding
Aberrant activity equal to your dot rating in this edge
without serious consequences. Using this Edge more
than once a Story will provoke a response - hopefully
by the authorities, but if you are unlucky by the spider
at the center of the web you are dancing around.
••• Somehow you’ve stumbled on the real thing. The
friends you’ve made are close to an actual Nova, un-
corrupted by aberrency. Their demeanor and motiva-
tion are completely inscrutable but you are but a few
steps away from real quantum power. Once per cam-
paign you can use this Edge to prove yourself worthy
of an audience with the hidden quantum god and re-
quest a favor.
Drawback: Possessing this edge at any level puts you
at risk of serious legal and social consequences. You
have a Complication equal to your dot rating in this
Edge when dealing with authority figures (law en-
forcement, psi orders, or even criminal gangs) looking
for evidence of Aberrants or their cults. Failure to buy
off the Complication results in a slip up that raises im-
mediate suspicion on yourself or your friends.
FINGER ON THE PULSE (• TO •••)
Prerequisite: Anima Adherent
Followers of the Anima Culture movement benefit
from the multicultural perspectives of their community
22 BEYOND ELECTRIC DREAMS
and can draw upon their peers for support and inspi-
ration. Once per story per dot in this Edge you can
use a Culture or Empathy Skill Trick you don’t know,
although you must pay Momentum cost as normal.
Drawback: This Edge cannot be used without an
active OpNet connection.
MANY FREQUENCIES (• TO •••)
Prerequisite: Bang Artist
Almost everyone who is anyone dabbles in the mul-
tifaceted and omnipresent art form that is bang, but
you are a true prodigy. You blend themes and mediums
with raw emotion and can get a crowd of bang-heads
exactly into the groove you want them in.
• Your Vibe Check is immaculate. You gain en-
hancement equal to your dot rating in this Edge when
assessing the Attitude of a scene or attempting to
change it through a performance.
•• Bang is a craft as much as it’s an art, and you are
skilled at the technical challenges of that craft. Ignore
Complications up to your dot rating in this Edge when
crafting items that will be incorporated into your bang.
••• When your bang is playing you control the ver-
tical AND the horizontal. While one of your bang
projects is going on you can impose a Social Field
Condition of a rating up to 3 on the scene.
REVELATION K (•••)
Prerequisite: Witnesses of Tamrika K.
The Witnesses have a lot of files that they have
not released to the public, many that have come from
Tamrika K and the other Talents who have joined her
cause. They are keeping this information to themselves
because much of it is fragmentary or contradictory, but
almost all of it has shocking implications. You have
been given one of these bombshell files and have been
tasked with tracking down further information on it.
Work with your Storyguide to determine what aspect
of the setting this file exposes and one or two leads on
how you can begin your pursuit. The secrets are not
limited to the Æon era and can go as far back into any
of the other Trinity Continuum settings.
Drawback: However inflammatory this informa-
tion is it is also deeply incorrect in some way as it
originates from another version of the Continuum.
Storyguides are encouraged to draw from the previous
editions of the Trinity Universe games, but are not lim-
ited to that particular timeline.
 SUPREME DIVANA (•••) YOUTH IN REVOLT (• TO • • • )

Prerequisite: Many Frequencies • and [CREATED BY SEAN CREEF, USED WITH

Clairsentience PERMISSION]
Truly skilled muzzien bang divanas know that a
Prerequisite: Anima Adherent, NovaCore, Witnesses
muzzien experience isn’t just a sublime expression
of Tamrika K or Appropriate Path
of the holographic totality, it can be a fulcrum around
which reality turns. During the 48 hours surrounding You don't do as you are told. Whenever someone
one of your muzzien bang experiences you can use in authority attempts to give you instruction, you may
Dramatic Editing with an ‘Inspiration’ pool equal to increase your Leadership Scale by up to your rating
your total Clairsentience Mode dots. in this Edge for the remainder of the Scene when re-
Drawback: Karma can charge a harsh price when sisting authority as well as when taking Encourage
she is deterred. If you use this Edge prior to a muzz- Behavior/Thought in others to disobey. Your bad atti-
ien bang show and the show gets canceled or disrupted tude, however, will reduce their Attitude towards you
you lose all remaining Dramatic Editing and a pool of by the same amount for the rest of the story.
‘Inspiration’ is generated equal to the number points of
‘Inspiration’ you used. This pool is available to your
enemies to use Dramatic Editing against you. The
pool remains until all points of ‘Inspiration’ have been
spent.

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CHAPTER FIVE
A BANGBORD CAN
CHANGE THE WORLD
 “A boombox can change the world
You gotta know your limits with a boombox
This was a cautionary tale
A boombox is not a toy”
–Boombox, The Lonely Island

THE GREATEST SHOW

Putting together a successful Bang Project takes
weeks of effort and collaboration. This system,
modeled after the Goliath system from Trinity
Continuum: Aberrant, represents that work in an
abstract way that takes a minimum of session time.
A Collective Should first establish the type of
Bang they want to create. Consult the list of Bang
styles on Page 11. Most Projects have a primary
style and two secondary styles. Within that frame-
work the group should come up with a detailed
description of the Project. This will help to come
up with the Milestones (see below) needed to com-
plete the Project.
Next the Collective should work with the
Storyguide to determine the values of the following
Traits, which all have a rating of 1 to 6.
included in the Milestone calculation.
Source: Source represents the real power be-
ing put into the Bang Project. Calculate Source by
taking the average Source rating (Psi/Inspiration/
Quantum) of the individual Collective members
(round down). Superiors have a Source rating equal
to the average of dots in Superior Powers (round
up) the Storyguide deems relevant to the Bang
Project. This average provides Enhancement on all
rolls made to attempt a Milestone.
Pushback: This trait represents the forces work-
ing against the Collective and their Bang, 1 being
the general ennui of society, up to 6 representing,
as an example, an evil alien race who hate all teen-
agers and their insipid ART. The Pushback trait de-
termines the Difficulty of each Milestone attempt.

Splash: Splash is a measure of the cultural im-
pact the Bang project has on its audience. Bang
Collectives state their objective (a political cause,
spiritual message, support of a corporate sponsor,
etc) and the Storyguide determines how much of a
Splash is required.
Clout: Clout determines how much popularity
and fame the Collective will gain from the success-
ful release of the Bang Project, earning Clout points
equal to this trait. See the Breaking Out section for
how Clout points function.
Reach: A measure of the marketing effort and
broad appeal of the Bang Project, Reach deter-
mines how far the Project will spread. Use the
Organization Scale chart in Mission Statements
(Page 172) as a reference. A successful Project will
earn the Collective Reach points equal to this trait.
See the Breaking Out section for how Reach points
function. The Collectives Organizational Scale pro-
vides phantom dots of the Reach trait that are not
Backup: This trait represents the number of
other Bang Artists or Collectives supporting and
participating in the Project. Each dot in this trait
increases the multiplier for determining the num-
ber of Moments the Project has by .5, but also de-
creases the number of Clout points the Collective
receives, to a minimum of 0. Acting as Backup for
another Bang Artists or Collectives Project pro-
vides a phantom dot for your next Project that does
not decrease Clout points when called in.
Followers, Patrons or Contacts can act as Backup
but only increase the Moment multiplier by .25,
however they do not eat up Clout points to call
upon.
Moments: This trait represents the number of
crucial opportunities (rolls) the Collective has to
overcome the Milestones of a Project. Moments
are equal to the number of player characters in the
Collective x 2. Backup can increase this multiplier
with the end result being rounded up. It is possible

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 for a Project to be too ambitious for a Collective
to successfully accomplish. Talent and dedication
mean big time, though: A character's Path dots
in the Bang Artist Role Path or a custom Bang
Collective Society Path in excess of the first dot
count as an additional member of the Collective for
this calculation.
Milestones: Milestones represent the work
needed to pull a Project together. Examples in-
clude: music and lyrics writing, securing funding,
art production, getting a venue, gathering supplies,
arranging for security, negotiating with the local
gang/mafia, marketing the show, countering neg-
ative social media, etc. The number of successful
Milestones required to get a Project ready for its
Premiere is equal to the combination of its Splash +
Clout + Reach traits.
Failing a Milestone comes with consequences.
A simple Failure will add a 1 point Complication
to the next Milestone attempt while a Botch will
add a 2 point Complication. Potential Complication
results include: adding an additional Milestone,
Increasing Pushback (and thus Difficulty),
An individual Bang Project is a triumph in and
of itself, but it takes a string of successful hits
to really start to make you mark on the galaxy.
After pulling off a Project the Collective could
have a number of Clout and Reach points to play
around with which help build them from a group
of street level punks with a dream into interplan-
etary superstars. Raising in status via the power
of art and music alone allows Bang Stars to start
to use the Organization rules presented in Mission
Statements (Page 170).
The first step is to establish the Collective as an
Minor Organization, which takes 5 Clout points.
From there the Collective must expand their
Organizational Scale, spending 5 Reach points to
achieve Scale 1.
CONDITION: CLASH
This Condition is specific to a particular Bang
Collective. A character can have different Clash
rating in different Collectives they have member-
ship in.
Every action the character takes to overcome a
26 BEYOND ELECTRIC DREAMS
decreasing potential Clout or Reach points, intro-
ducing an x-factor the the Premiere, or other disas-
ters to be determined by the Storyguide.
The Premiere: They’ve got the material, se-
cured a venue, gathered an audience and dealt with
all manner of setbacks and challenges: now it’s
time for the Bang Collective to put on an amaz-
ing show. The Premiere is a normal scene where
the characters must actively use their skills to
bring all their hard prep work to life, while deal-
ing with whatever antagonists and challenges the
Storyguide wants to throw at them. The Premiere
is the only time when a Bang Artist can attempt to
layer in subliminal or otherwise hidden messages
into a Bang Project. You need to be able to read a
crowd directly in order to manipulate an audience
in this way. A poor performance can tank months
of effort, but a generous Storyguide is encouraged
to allow the Collective to salvage any Milestones
that make sense for use in the next Project.
BREAKING OUT
Milestone in a Bang Project has a Complication
equal to their Clash rating. When a character
reaches 5 levels of Clash they cannot participate
in any Bang Projects with that Collective.
Resolution: Selfish betrayal is a hard pill to
swallow. The character must be Taken Out, or
suffer an equivalent disaster as determined by
the Storyguide, in service to the Collective AND
be universally forgiven by every member of the
Collective.
After those two goals are accomplished, the
Collective can spend their Clout and Reach points
as they see fit according the following tables:
Organization Level Clout Points
Minor 5
Medium 10
Moderate 15
Major 20
Colossal 25
 DON'T BE THAT
GUY Organization Scale Reach Points
1 5
Individual characters can 2 10
utilize Clout and Reach
points selfishly if they 3 15
wish, although a player 4 20
must get universal consent 5 25
from their fellow player
group to do so (all band 6 30
drama should be in play.)
A toxic Collective member
can take any number of
Clout or Reach points from
the group and use them
on a 1-to-1 basis as XP
to buy the Wealth, Fame,
Followers or Patron Edges
or increase their Bang
Artist Role Path rating.

Unless they have the

informed unanimous
consent of the other
characters in the
Collective, each time a
character does this they
gain/increase their rating
in the Clash Condition by
1.

PUNCHING UP
Bang Orgs use the Organization rules for interacting with other Organizations
with one important difference. They are always going to have less manpower and
resources than standard Organizations, attempting to make up for the difference
with the power of their Bang and the passion of their fans. The problem is
it's very hard to breach that gap. Most Bang Orgs operate at -2 Scale for all
conflicts with other Organizations. Colossal Bang Orgs operate at -1 Scale and
can spend 30 Clout points to finally be on an even footing with the true movers
and shakers of the galaxy. See the band Dethklok from the Adult Swim show
Metalocalypse for an example of what such a monster Bang Org would look
like.

Conflicts with other Bang Orgs are unaffected by this drawback.

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