![]() Played by Peter Woodward, a major character appearing throughout the Babylon 5 spin-off series Crusade, and the most powerful of the current remaining technomages. Galen indicates later in Crusade (episode "The Long Road") that Elric died not long after reaching the hiding place, confirmed later in the Technomage Trilogy novels. Elric was also the major technomage character from the original Babylon 5 series (appearing in the season 2 episode "The Geometry of Shadows") shown to be leading the Technomage order to a hiding place beyond the rim of the galaxy. When young Galen's technomage parents died in a starliner fire, Elric adopted Galen and began mentoring him as an apprentice. ![]() Played by Michael Ansara, Galen's teacher as well as a friend of his father, and one of the mage Elders as of 2259. The first Technomage character to appear onscreen. Notable Technomages who have appeared on screen and in novels include: Elric Galen stated these were the only ones he's discovered, bringing the "Base" or Primal spell count to seven. 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"). The Primal Abilities of the Technomage Implants are as follows. Isabelle discovered a spell that allows mages to intercept the communications sent to Shadow agents like Morden or the Drakh. 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. In doing so, they develop a strong connection with that place, and to some extent, a dependency on that connection. Technomages may choose to establish a "place of power" for themselves, such as a particular planet. 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, cloak themselves in invisibility, and establish real-time communication with another Technomage regardless of distance. Technomages are shown to have many different powers over the course of both Babylon 5 and Crusade. It appears that EarthForce black ops was attempting to create its own Technomages, which was to have been expressly spelled out in the final episode of the first season of Crusade, but as the show was canceled after only 13 episodes it was never filmed. 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. Eventually it is also revealed that the technology was supplied by the Shadows who originally had plans to turn them into warriors of chaos and destruction. The presence of these implants means that technomages are effectively cyborgs. 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.
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