And last but not least for the 5 main Technocratic Conventions, Void Engineer Grimoires
But before we do that, a quick note. Technocrats refer to Grimoires formally as Principiae, although this is only formally and is generally out of favor except in the stuffiest academic halls of the Ivory Tower. Informally, most Technocrats see no real difference between Principae and just really complex and advanced textbooks or training manuals.
UFO: Extraterrestrial Combat (Unrestricted Version) (Alpha Centauri Games)
This Principia takes the form of a popular video game, where the player manages a secret UN organization that seeks to research and counter an impending alien threat with recruits from military special forces units. The aliens attack from space, via extradimensional portals, and even terrorize mankind from the depths of the ocean. The game is known for the punishing difficulty of its difficulty levels-the highest difficulty setting, "Long War," is nearly impossible to beat (requires Intelligence + Strategy 9d or above). However, if a fan beats the game on its highest difficulty setting without handicaps, they find that the game itself is a Primer, teaching Enlightenment 1, Correspondence 1, and Dimensional Science 1. More usefully, the ingame UFOpaedia uses thinly disguised versions of actual EDE threats the Void Engineers have categorized, and the descriptions of these xenological threats are largely accurate, allowing a player to raise RD Data: EDEs from 1 to 2 from reading the ingame lore.
Hyperspatial Physics, 35th Edition (Multiple Authors)
A textbook that teaches hyperspatial physics, this academic text requires its reader to have Science (Physics) 3+ to understand the theory behind hyperspatial physics and faster than light travel. The book teaches the basics about hyperspace, subspace, and subdimensional environments, although it teaches it in a largely theoretical fashion. This Principia teaches Correspondence 2 and Dimensional Science 3 to a reader.
If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It: A Border Control Division Field Guide (Captain Arnold Schaeffer)
Known jokingly as the "Space Marine's Bible," If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It is a field guide on xenobiological entities, EDEs, and obviously how to kill them. Detailed autopsy data and interrogations are interspersed by weapons test data and field combat reports on encounters with various unknown EDEs. Furthermore, it teaches weapons combat techniques and gives a list of special ammunition types that are effective against the varied threats the BCD encounters. The last edition was published in 2003, and there have been no later editions printed, or at least none that have been released to Technocratic libraries. If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It teaches Life 3, Dimensional Science 2, and Forces 2, and also provides RD Data: EDEs at a 3-dot level.
