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| <blockquote>{{Character|title1=The Red Science|image1=Dawnmachinegaz.png|caption1=The Dawn Machine, created through the Red Science.|image2=|caption2=|notable_members=}}
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| ''"The Eldest Daughter struggles with some of the mathematics. [...] The intent of the work deeply appeals to her, though. "It is the Science of Escape," she tells you."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Eldest_Daughter|The Eldest Daughter|Fallen London}}</ref></blockquote>The term "Red Science" is itself ambiguous. In the broader sense, it denotes the investigation of the metaphysical order of the universe,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pursue_truths_through_the_Red_Science|Pursue truths through the Red Science|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Formulate_a_theory|Formulate a theory|Fallen London}}</ref> and how to manipulate it.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Finish_your_Paradoxical_Inversion_of_Inside_and_Out|Finish your Paradoxical Inversion of Inside and Out|Fallen London}}</ref> In its narrower, more maligned sense, it is applied to its more questionable uses in breaking the [[Great Chain of Being]] and other laws of the Judgements. Regardless, it involves the application of the principles of the Correspondence to reality.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Theory_and_Application_of_the_Supernal_Arts|The Theory and Application of the Supernal Arts|Fallen London}}''"Some call this applied art 'Red Science', though others insist that term should be reserved for those advanced forms of hubris and treachery that its more extreme adherents employ."''</ref>
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| ==The Science of Escape==
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| The principal application of the Red Science is in warping reality, in some way - though any responsible Crimson Engineer would use this to undo anomalies, rather than create them. It is capable of manipulating spacetime,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Conclude_your_study_of_the_mysterious_brickwork|Conclude your study of the mysterious brickwork|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bend_space_to_your_will|Bend space to your will|Fallen London}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_to_teach_you_what_she_knows_about_the_Red_Science|Ask her to teach you what she knows about the Red Science|Fallen London}}</ref> rewriting the rules of mathematics,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Use_what_you_know_of_the_Red_Science|Use what you know of the Red Science|Fallen London}}</ref> and defying gravity on a local scale.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Engineer_a_flying_contraption|Engineer a flying contraption|Fallen London}}</ref> It may also be used to study more benign principles, such as the relation between light and law.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Finish_your_Inquiry_into_the_Filtration_of_Light|Finish your Inquiry into the Filtration of Light|Fallen London}}</ref>
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| The Red Science can also be used to modify flesh and violate the [[The Great Chain of Being|Great Chain of Being]]. However, such breaks in the natural order always leave a scar,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Cavity|Surrender to the traces of horror |Sunless Sea}}</ref> and, like all transgressions of their laws, the [[Judgements]] see this as a crime.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_empty_casket|An empty casket|Fallen London}}</ref> | | The '''Red Science''' is the investigation of the [[Great Chain of Being]], the metaphysical order of the universe, and how this order can be broken, bent, or rearranged into something else.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Finish_your_Paradoxical_Inversion_of_Inside_and_Out|Finish your Paradoxical Inversion of Inside and Out|Fallen London|}}</ref> |
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| == Notable Red Scientists == | | ==The Science of Escape== |
| | | The Red Science can bend space,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Conclude_your_study_of_the_mysterious_brickwork|Conclude your study of the mysterious brickwork|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Bend_space_to_your_will|Bend space to your will|Fallen London|}}</ref> make time flow backward,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_to_teach_you_what_she_knows_about_the_Red_Science|Ask her to teach you what she knows about the Red Science|Fallen London|}}</ref> re-write the rules of mathematics,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Use_what_you_know_of_the_Red_Science|Use what you know of the Red Science|Fallen London|}}</ref> and break the [[The Great Chain of Being|Great Chain]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/The_Corridors_of_Frostfound#The_Cavity|Surrender to the traces of horror |Sunless Sea|}}</ref> It concerns the relation between light and law,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Finish_your_Inquiry_into_the_Filtration_of_Light|Finish your Inquiry into the Filtration of Light|Fallen London|}}</ref> the modification of the rules of the universe,<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Grand_Geode|Sell the Memento Mori to the servants of the Dawn Machine |Sunless Sea|}}</ref> and the uncovering of these rules.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pursue_truths_through_the_Red_Science|Pursue truths through the Red Science|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Formulate_a_theory|Formulate a theory|Fallen London|}}</ref> However, using the Red Science to break the rules of the universe leaves permanent scars,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_her_to_help_with_ordinary_research_(Numismatrix)|Ask her to help with ordinary research (Numismatrix)|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and as with all transgressions of their laws, the [[Judgements]] see the use of the Red Science as a crime.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_empty_casket|An empty casket|Fallen London|}}</ref> |
| * [[April]] of the [[Revolutionaries|Calendar Council]] uses the Red Science in her explosive designs.
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| *[[June]] of the [[Revolutionaries|Calendar Council]] used the Red Science to create the [[The Dawn Machine|Dawn Machine.]]
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| == References == | | == References == |
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