LEAGUE OF DEGENERATION

By goblinking1@my-dejanews.com

Introduction

Mission Statement speech presented to the Combined Technocratic Conventions Assembly, Sydney, Australia November, 1997:

"As Newton theorized and Eintsein proved to the world of scientific enlightenment as well as to the world at large, energy does not dissipate. Energy can never be destroyed. Energy is a constant that simply changes from one shape to another. This change of shape is normally based on the necessity for the energy in question at any given interval. Which is to say, energy, at its most simple level, adapts to its surroundings. Energy is the Great Provider for any force. For something to become something else there must first be Change. Since energy is the basis of force and since energy cannot be destroyed, only change forms and since the foundation of Order is based on the theory, for our combined purposes, of energy changing shape to provide various levels of technological order existing in harmony we have come to the following hypothesis:

Order cannot exist without Change.

Order is an environment based on control and reason. It is an environment that is completely and totally monitored. An environment that best serves its inhabitants, is a constant environment, to be certain; however there is a need for growth and for renewal. Even within the constant, there must be variables in order to initiate Change. Without Change, there is a retardation that occurs in the Greater Order. A "stunting" of growth. An inhibition. Change, or as those who operate outside of the Conventions refer to it, "Entropy," is a necessity for Order in as much as it facilitates the evolution of said Order. Anything that does not grow, be it physically or idealogically, dies. Anything, be it the basest organism or the most inventive Artificial Intelligence, that does not adapt and seek more efficient levels of production and inventiveness, that does not constantly re-evaluate itself and its surroundings and ways to make itself and its surroundings more conducive to the Greater Order, is, in essence, a malignancy within the Greater Order and can, over the span of a certain variable of time, handicap the Greater Order and make it less beneficial.

The Change, we theorize, is the handmaiden of Order. The Change is scientifically evident in every aspect of every biological function that exists in the universe. When bacteria invade the human machine, an order unto itself, antibodies are charged with the elimination, or more to the point, the degeneration, of the bacteria. If the antibodies are unable to degenerate the invader, antibiotics are introduced into the system in an attempt to change the natural immune system, to boost it, to make it better. In the time that the immune system is fighting off the infection, there is usually a marked change in the physical being of the human system -- usually a fever. A brief period of chaos that exists for the greater good of the order that is the human system. Order is the master of The Change. The Change cannot exist without it, but at the same time, there is a bit of a symbiosis. Order requires a small and controlled amount of chaos in order to initiate The Change. The chaos is short-lived and rarely out of control. The result of the Greater Order's allowance of this small, brief 'blip' of chaos, is a more efficient and productive state of the mechanization, be it organic or otherwise, attributed to the beneficial qualities of The Change.

Quite simply, my esteemed colleagues, Order cannot maintain itself as an evolutionary and dynamically superior state without The Change. The Greater Order remains intact because it refuses to compromise itself to any outside entity by employing agents of The Change to secure its fundamental existence.

When a military coup is overthrown by partisan rebels for the benefit of the whole, The Change is present.

When a machine is retrofitted, back-engineered or upgraded to make it more efficient and beneficial to the Greater Order, The Change is present.

When an immunity to a epidemic is discovered and introduced into the human machine, The Change is present.

When the dollar value of our stock options rise for the benefit of the Greater Order, The Change is present.

When a star goes nova in the depths of the galaxy in order to make room for a fledgling solar system, The Change is present.

For far too long our efforts have focused on preservation and not on evolution.

Some of you in this room would claim that 'He who can destroy a thing can control a thing.'

Science has proven that energy cannot and will not be destroyed, and therefore can only be harnessed and never controlled?

I disagree. I believe that we can control energy and all of its offspring through the exploration and the employment of The Change. I believe we can degenerate and manipulate chaos for the overwhelming good of the Greater Order, and, in effect, control all energy.

And if controlling all energy is the key to the Ascension of mankind, and if my words and my theories fall not on deaf ears but learned, scientific ones, then through the employment of The Change, gods will we become."

-- Speech given by Dr. Simon Arlis, Founder/Chief Administrator of the League of Degeneration

Overview

The sphere of Entropy is the antithesis of the Technocracy for it represents decay as opposed to order. The Technomancers see this as the sphere of Nephandi, and hate and fear it.

Not true with the League of Degeneration.

Formed fairly recently by biophysicist and former Progenitor, Dr. Simon Arlis, the League has become a small but innovative Convention of its own that embraces the tenants and the study/employment of the sphere of Entropy. Bringing together some of the brightest, not to mention youngest, minds of the scientific community, Dr. Arlis has attempted to revolutionize (partially) the attitude that the Conventions have held for so long about the one sphere that they seem to lack significant control of.

Philosophy

"We now hold the power to control chaos and randomness, and therefore, the Greater Order itself. No longer are we limited to the perfection of the machine, of the human being, of the political and economical implications of the globe, but we can now, through the employment of The Change, control Order itself to better serve the Technocratic Manifesto and the general populace at large. The ultimate expression of Technology is the power to redefine oneself as well as one's surroundings and environment. We have the knowledge and power through The Change to re-organize the Greater Order as necessity, the Mother of Invention and therefore, Technology, dictates. To this end, we can now alter our environment in symphony with our physical beings and make a more uniform Order arise with the unification of man and planet. Ascension is within our grasp."

Organization

Since Dr. Arlis is formerly of the Progenitor Convention, the League is set up very similar in function to that of the Progenitors. League members organize themselves along academic lines, in various research and education centers. Each major scientific discipline has a Review Board that evaluate various Technomancer's work, and determining who will get funding and who will be "cut."

Meetings

The League is very active within its Convention when it comes to communication and the sharing of knowledge and ideas. Since the Convention is basically an infant in the grande scheme of the Technocracy, there is still a "bonding" process occuring between its members. Also, since the League is so small, these meetings are more practical than with the larger Conventions such as the NWO.

Initiation

Like Iteration X, the League looks mostly to the academic and energy world to find its recruits. Recently, however, more and more recruits are coming in to the Convention through the environmental engineering and, oddly enough, conservationalist science theatres. This is invaluable to the scientific think tank that relies so heavily on inventive and cutting edge theories on such things as nuclear/biological/chemical disposal and recycling.

Acolytes

Sanitation Engineers, Medical Personnel, Eco-Warriors, Demolitions Workers

Sphere

The League of Degeneration concentrate on the sphere of Entropy, and their revolutionary and often controversial theories and views have recently influenced the general Technocratic view of this sphere, even causing some of the highest ranking Technocrats to re-think their philosophy towards Entropy. They feel that life, the universe and everything is stagnant and useless without adaptation and evolution. Whether that evolution is natural or forced is neither here nor there. To control that evolution through controlling decay's (The Change) speed or its hampering is what is important to the League of Degeneration.

Foci

• Force/Entropy: Zippo Lighter/Thermal Lighter
• Life/Mind: Watch
• Time: Palmtop Computer
• Correspondence/Matter: Cellular Phone/Laptop Fax
• Prime/Spirit: Electricity

Concepts

Nuclear Disposal Engineer, Center for Disease Control Analyst, Hydroponic Scientist, Hostile Environment Researcher, Chaos Mathematician.

Quote

"Everything is recyclible. You're just not patient enough."

Stereotypes

The other Conventions, strangely enough, have no real organized opinion of the League of Degeneration. Suffice to say, if nothing else, the other Conventions are intrigued by their concepts and their scientific theories on Entropy and Chaos. The League holds strong ties with the Progenitors, however, as Dr. Arlis was at one time one of their best and brightest. The only Convention that seems to hold them any sort of suspicion is Iteration X, who, due to their fear of the "Supernatural" as a whole, still view the sphere of Entropy as a "Nephandus Specific" sphere.