Function: Intervention and application of thaumaturgy in an operational environment.
Specifics: A team of 3-4 combat-trained thaumaturges, capable of casting offensive "spells" (e.g., force projectiles), defensive (shields), and utility ones.
Function: Preparation and performance of complex and long-lasting rituals.
Specifics: A unit of acolytes and specialists that prepares the ritual site, draws the circles, manages the components, and maintains the chant during evocations or banishments.
Function: Creation of thaumaturgical barriers and traps on the field.
Specifics: A team specialized in rapidly tracing glyphs and seals of interdiction on surfaces to create anti-entity barriers or magical traps.
Function: Design and execution of the most powerful and dangerous rituals.
Specifics: A very high-level thaumaturge with encyclopedic knowledge of dozens of magical traditions, necessary for interventions of the utmost criticality.
Function: Transmutation of matter and creation of potions and elixirs.
Specifics: A researcher working in the alchemical laboratory to create unique metal alloys, universal solvents, or potions with temporary effects.
Function: Locating people, objects, or places through thaumaturgic means.
Specifics: An expert practitioner in divination techniques (e.g., crystallomancy, cartomancy, radiesthesia) to locate anomalous targets.
Function: Detection and identification of Exorcised Vital Energy (EVE) emissions.
Specifics: A technician who uses specialized sensors to detect and classify the magical "fingerprints" left by entities or rituals.
Function: Navigation and analysis of non-physical planes.
Specifics: A thaumaturge specializing in astral projection and in interacting with entities and places that exist outside of our physical reality.
Function: Creation of temporary animated constructs from inanimate matter.
Specifics: A thaumaturge specialized in animating matter (stone, clay, metal) to create temporary servants for simple tasks or as expendable guardians. The constructs dissolve after a brief period.
Function: The digital library of all magical texts and rituals of the Foundation.
Specifics: An encrypted database containing the scanning and translation of thousands of grimoires, tomes, and scrolls, indexed by effect and risk.
Function: Mapping of the global currents of thaumaturgical energy.
Specifics: A geodetic/astral map showing the location and intensity of Earth's power lines, crucial for planning powerful rituals.
Function: Catalogue of known magical entities, spirits, and elementals.
Specifics: A database that lists creatures of purely magical nature, describing their powers, habitat, vulnerabilities, and methods of summoning/banishing.