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• MS 7943.75 Third Clarification on Non-Existent Affects

  The Third Clarification on Non-Existent Affects is a Clarification issued under the authority of Amendment 9-d (The Clarification) to the Third Concor…

• MS 7115.16 Guild of Engineers

  The Guild of Engineers is a primary administrative body charged with the structural, mechanical, and atmospheric integrity of the Tower. While its mos…

• MS 0393.53 Chronometry Guild

  The Chronometry Guild is one of the primary regulatory and maintenance bodies responsible for the measurement, preservation, and calibration of tempor…

• MS 6496.80 Proceduralists

  Proceduralists refer to a bureaucratic school of thought within the Tower's administrative corps, characterized by a strict adherence to codified proc…

• MS 1115.50 Bureau of Vital Flux Measurement

  The Bureau of Vital Flux Measurement (often abbreviated to B.V.F.M. or simply the Bureau) is the primary administrative body responsible for the sanct…

• MS 0464.13 Dialectical Containment Bureau

  The Dialectical Containment Bureau (DCB) is a specialized regulatory body under the Office of Archival Integrity, charged with the identification, ass…

• MS 4659.41 Transfer Floor 19-Kappa

  Transfer Floor 19-Kappa is a principle nexus for chronometric and procedural coordination within the Kappa administrative sector. Located within the b…

• MS 0434.72 Office of the Clerk Registrar

  The Office of the Clerk Registrar is the primary executive and administrative body for all registrars, clerks, and record-keepers within The Tower. It…

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• 9 cites Floor 111
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• 8 cites the Ordinance of Calibrated Absence
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• 7 cites Clause 3, Annex B