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A '''babel''' was an advanced version of a [[cast]], a weapon created by the [[Great House]]s long before [[the War]].
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| type        = Weapon
| affiliation  = [[Great Houses]]
| origin      = [[Catherion Imprimiture]]
| first        = The Book of the War (novel)
| appearances  = [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Return of the King (short story)|The Return of the King]]'', ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]''
| individuals  = [[Babel (Newtons Sleep)|The black angel]]
}}The '''babel'''s were an advanced generation of [[cast]]s created in the [[Catherion Imprimature]] to overcome the limitations of casts. The goal was to make a self-aware system that would be linked to the [[mind]] of a [[time-active]] agent instead of the [[the Homeworld]]'s [[noosphere]] or the operating system of a [[TARDIS|timeship]].


Recognising the limitations of casts, the Great Houses decided to improve upon them. The project was codenamed the ''Catherion Imprimiture.''
Only about eight were created, and all were incurably [[insane]]. [[Babel (Newtons Sleep)|One escaped babel]] massacred almost everyone at House Catherion, leaving only one survivor; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') the [[Order of the Weal]] subsequently kept it prisoner under [[House Ixion]], where Chatelaine [[Thessalia]] consulted with it about [[the War|the upcoming War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Newtons Sleep (novel)|Newtons Sleep]]'')
 
A [[loom]] was obtained from the extinct [[House Catherion]] to make the babels. It was symbolically purchased for three [[bird]]s' [[egg]]s, a plot of land formerly used for flying ceremonial flags on state occasions and a small very well made [[pocket watch]] that belonged to a Mr Harrison of [[Yorkshire]], [[England]] around [[1765]].
 
The goal was to make a self-aware system that would be linked to the [[mind]] of a [[time-active]] agent, not the the [[Gallifrey|Homeworld]]'s [[noosphere]] or the operating system of a [[TARDIS|timeship]].
 
Only about eight were created, and all were incurably [[insane]]. An escaped babel massacred almost everyone at House Catherion, leaving only one survivor. After obtaining substance from [[radiation]], it gained more mass by absorbing the people it killed. Finally captured with more casualties, it was supposedly destroyed at [[House Ixion]].
 
Oddly, Mr Harrison's pocket watch disappeared at the same time, never to be found again.
 
Most of the other babels were confined in areas where they were deprived of radiation and eventually starved to death. However, at least three were allowed to survive and were used in the War during the [[Lethean Campaign]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')


Most of the other babels were confined in areas where they were deprived of radiation and eventually starved to death. However, at least three were allowed to survive and were used in the [[Lethean Campaign]] during [[the War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'')
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Revision as of 22:02, 19 November 2017

The babels were an advanced generation of casts created in the Catherion Imprimature to overcome the limitations of casts. The goal was to make a self-aware system that would be linked to the mind of a time-active agent instead of the the Homeworld's noosphere or the operating system of a timeship.

Only about eight were created, and all were incurably insane. One escaped babel massacred almost everyone at House Catherion, leaving only one survivor; (PROSE: The Book of the War) the Order of the Weal subsequently kept it prisoner under House Ixion, where Chatelaine Thessalia consulted with it about the upcoming War. (PROSE: Newtons Sleep)

Most of the other babels were confined in areas where they were deprived of radiation and eventually starved to death. However, at least three were allowed to survive and were used in the Lethean Campaign during the War. (PROSE: The Book of the War)

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