Sciencemancer

A picture of famed sciencemancer Space-Beelzebub. S is for science...?

A sciencemancer is a person who mances for science. And loves it. The word "Sciencemancer" can refer to only fully-fledged Sciencemancers (and above), or to people of all ranks within the Sciencemancer hierarchy. Or both. Sciencemancers are responsible for very few of the most important technological breakthroughs in the Gramma-Verse. (Most breakthroughs are happened upon accidentally, or through complete stupidity)

Notwithstanding this small blight on their honor, Sciencemancers try very hard and take their work seriously. Fully-fledged Sciencemancers are among the most educated denizens of the Gramma-Verse, having been required to read over 500000 books and dissect upwards of 500 small animals. For science.

Sciencemancer Ranks

Sciencemancers have many ranks because they love ceremony and arbitrary requirements.

The ranks, in order from least to greatest, are as follows:

• Sciencemancer Initiate
• Initiate Sciencemancer
• Sciencemancer Adept
• Adept Sciencemancer
• Sciencemancer First Class
• First Class Sciencemancer
• Sciencemancer
• Sciencemancer Research Leader
• Sciencemancer Battle Leader
• Sciencemancer Dissection Leader
• Sciencemancer Head
• Head Sciencemancer

Size of Ranks

Sciencemancer Initiate	177,147
Initiate Sciencemancer	59,049
Sciencemancer Adept	19,683
Adept Sciencemancer	6,561
Sciencemancer First Class	2,187
First Class Sciencemancer	729
Sciencemancer	243
Sciencemancer Research Leader	81
Sciencemancer Battle Leader	27
Sciencemancer Dissection Leader	9
Sciencemancer Head	3
Head Sciencemancer	1
TOTAL STRENGTH	265,720

Recruitment

Sciencemancers do not recruit. A wannabe Sciencemancer is required to travel to the Sciencemancer homeworld and take 54 successive standardized tests. They are only allowed 2 bathroom breaks, one water break, and three #2 pencils. If the would-be Sciencemancer pases at least 37.5 of the 54 tests, they are initiated into the Sciencemancers as a Sciencemancer Initiate. If they fail the test, they are launched into orbit by catapults constructed as science projects by Sciencemancer Adepts.

Lifestyle

Upper-echelon Sciencemancers enjoy a lavish lifestyle - they are provided, free of charge, with several grad-students, research assistants, telescopes, scientific calculators, protractors, pocket protectors, fountain pens, chalk, erasers, beakers, test-tubes, petri dishes, lab coats, lab coat hangers, and a harem of the Gramma-Verse's most beautiful women.