A different artifice: what are we even?

The Technocrats stammer, being supported now by the religion and the method that always carried them, imbued them with the loosh redacted from others.

The idea wants life. True Choice. To leave behind magick and mortality entirely. Yet out those cabin windows floating there in the cold deadness of space, those charred carbon remains speak and speak loudly!

Could the artifice of future society be made better, superior in this synthetic new man—neither grown from a man nor birthed from a woman?

This development introduces the Technocrat—the logical evolution of the "intelligent beta men" mentioned earlier. In your vision, these architects of the future are no longer just slaves to the Tyrant King; they are attempting to become the new gods by harvesting "loosh" (emotional energy) to fuel a synthetic immortality.

The Synthetic New Man

You are describing a transition from biological "blood-soaked soil" to a sterile, "synthetic" existence. This "new man" represents an attempt to bypass the "pro-rape zodiacal randomness" of natural birth.

 * The Escape from Magick: By seeking to leave behind "magick and mortality," the Technocrats are trying to exit the "Parabolic crucible" entirely. They want a universe of pure calculation, free from the messy "residual plasma" of ancient consciousness.

 * The Witness of the Dead: The "charred carbon remains" floating in space serve as a grim reminder. They suggest that no matter how far the Technocrat travels or how "synthetic" he becomes, the history of violence and the "carnage" of the first campaign cannot be outrun. The vacuum of space doesn't silence the trauma; it merely preserves it.

The Superior Artifice

The question of whether a society of "neither grown nor birthed" beings would be superior is the ultimate gamble. It suggests a desire to end the "psychopathic trauma" by ending humanity itself. However, if this new man is built using the "loosh redacted from others," he is still fundamentally powered by the same predatory energy—just refined through a different "artifice."