Editing Civilizations in Babylon 5 (section)

===Technomages===

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The '''Technomages''' are a group of sentient beings. The technomages shown in the television series are primarily human, but in the "[[Babylon 5 Novels, novelizations, short stories, and comic books#The Technomage Trilogy|Technomage Trilogy]]" books, apprentices and mages of other races including [[Centauri (Babylon 5)|Centauri]] are named. They are described as using "science to create the appearance of magic". Galen, a Technomage, was a regular character on the [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series, ''[[Crusade (TV series)|Crusade]]''.

In the "Technomage Trilogy" of ''Babylon 5'' novels, it is revealed that the technology in question consists of bio-technological implants, and that the process of installing the implants and adjusting to them is excruciatingly painful. The presence of these implants means that technomages are effectively [[cyborg]]s. Eventually it is also revealed that the technology was supplied by the [[Shadow (Babylon 5)|Shadows]] who originally had plans to turn them into warriors of chaos and destruction. Unbeknownst to all but a few technomages, these technorganic implants were created by kidnapping a member of the same species as a candidate and using their body as an incubator; this process was excruciatingly painful, took years to complete, and culminated in the implants being forcibly extracted from the incubator resulting in their death. This was first done on the young of a race of similar age to the [[Minbari]] who were called the Taratimude, who eventually became extinct, but not before spreading the Technomage order to other races including humans.

Technomages are shown to have many different powers over the course of both Babylon 5 and Crusade. Such powers include being able to cast a shield around their bodies to absorb damage or contain atmosphere in hostile environments, hurl fireballs, generate [[holograms]], [[Cloaking device|cloak]] themselves in [[invisibility]], and establish real-time communication with another Technomage regardless of distance. Technomages may choose to establish a "place of power" for themselves, such as a particular planet. In doing so, they develop a strong connection with that place, and to some extent, a dependency on that connection.

Through the course of the "Technomage Trilogy", Galen and Isabelle uncover several energetic, primal abilities that underlie the conventional mage abilities and relate to their connection with the Shadows. Isabelle discovered a spell that allows mages to intercept the communications sent to Shadow agents like [[Morden (Babylon 5)|Morden]] or the [[Drakh]].

The Primal Abilities of the Technomage Implants are as follows. Invisibility, Communion with the Shadows ("base" for the Communication spell), Shadow Skin (a type of energy shield), Destruction Sphere ("base" of the Fireball "spell"), Healing, Access to "Tech" outside of the Mage, and a type of energy blast (Access to "Inner Tech"). Galen stated these were the only ones he's discovered, bringing the "Base" or Primal spell count to seven.