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36: 446:) and expanding in space. Former depressed areas such as Africa, South America and Eastern Asia, which suffered moderate traumas during the Aberrant War are now the leading political forces in the international arena, while Europe is a landscape of ruins and hard struggling survivors, and North America is under a fascist regime (the Federated States of America, or FSA). 142: 454:
are known and studied if not exactly widespread. Alien contact has been made, with mixed results. Characters take the roles of psionic individuals, working for one of the many organizations in the gaming world, and tackling troubles when they arise. The game setting, which is detailed in a number of
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Players have a choice of six "Orders" for their characters to join. Each Order possesses a mastery over a specific "Aptitude", a category of psionic powers. Each Order is based in a specific geographic location, often the homeland of its founder, and is heavily influenced by local culture. Actually,
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of the universe (quantakinesis). They were exterminated because the other Psi Orders claimed that they had an alliance with the monstrous Aberrants, although there have been rumors of survivors either hiding on their own, or working secretly for other
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Aptitude. Although they had been missing for six years as of the core rules, they have since returned, although their absence has not altogether been explained to the public. With their return, regular contact with extrasolar colonies is being
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militia, based somewhere in the jungles of South America. They wield the powers of biokinesis, and possess complete biological mastery over their physical forms. They are as widely, if not more, distrusted than the
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first and foremost; its members fulfill the roles of combat medics, healers and scientists. They teach the Aptitude of vitakinesis, the usage of the mind to heal the body.
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A multinational technology corporation headquartered in North America, its members are all employees in some fashion or another. They can control the
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acquired the rights to the Trinity Universe in 2012, and released a new edition. The basic rules used for the Trinity Continuum were released in the
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ran into problems early in its development when Viacom filed a lawsuit alleging a violation of their trademark for the
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in 1997 (and later by the ArtHaus imprint) under the name Trinity. The current game is owned and published by
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hooks made it so, and the other has almost been exterminated by the year where the playable timeline begins.
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was intended to start an entirely new trilogy of games, and while its game rules were a variant of the
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portrays a future Earth slowly recovering from a disastrous war (the origins of which are covered in
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books to see how it would sell before trying d20 with the other White Wolf game universes, but
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with the electrokinesis Aptitude. They often take the role of technical experts and engineers.
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spy agency is based in China and a part of the Chinese government. Members are skilled in
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there are eight "Orders" in the Trinity Universe, but one only became playable after some
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to come up with new a role-playing game, and Bates was able to bring science-fiction game
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television series; White Wolf stickered over the names on the first printing of
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India Underground: Psi Order Chitra Bhanu & Bharati Commonwealth Sourcebook
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The Chibs are an Indian physics laboratory with the ability to manipulate the
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and are the most secretive and mistrusted of the Orders for their abilities.
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Stellar Frontier: Psi Order Upeo wa Macho & Extrasolar space Sourcebook
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Aurora Australis: Psi Order Legions & Austronesia Sourcebook
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The game originally ran on a modified version of the White Wolf
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Schweighofer, Peter (May 1999). "On deck: Darkness Revealed".
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Shattered Europe: Psi Order Æsculapian & Europe Sourcebook
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Nova Força Nacional (Portuguese for "The New National Force")
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and use their sensory powers to become scouts and detectives.
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was meant to appeal to more action-oriented players than the
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school of philosophy associated with the real religion the
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Quantum Entanglement: A Trinity Continuum: Æon Jumpstart
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Asia Ascendant: Psi Order Ministry & Asia Sourcebook
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Terra Verde: Psi Order Norça & Sudamérica Sourcebook
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America Offline: Psi Order Orgotek & FSA Sourcebook
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had a hole in their 1997 publishing schedule, so CEO
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The Upeo are an African trade organization with the
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"Trinity: Stellar Frontier". 774:Trinity Field Report: Extrasolar Colonies 353:to the imprint in 2000. 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Designers
Andrew Bates
Ken Cliffe
Richard Dansky
Greg Fountain
Robert Hatch
Chris McDonough
Richard Thomas
Stephan Wieck
Fred Yelk
White Wolf Game Studio
Onyx Path Publishing
Futuristic
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Storyteller System
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