Arcane studies · also Learned body, Reclamation
Cambridge Retrieval Office
Also called Retrieval Office · Cambridge retrieval teams
Cambridge office to which Ash House is formally tied: material traces from deep workings are logged, stabilised and sent under seal for comparison, and an active manifestation may be moved only under a retrieval warrant with a Cambridge examiner and containment crew.
A newer Cambridge office issuing warrants for the recovery of spirit residue, bounded traces, contaminated materials and, exceptionally, active manifestations for controlled study; its parties travel with examiners, containment gear and witnesses. The Collegium office that licenses controlled recovery of spirit residue, bounded traces and, exceptionally, active manifestations; its teams go out under warrant where things cannot be classified at the bench.
Ties
- office of the Collegium
- sends finds to the Conduction Rooms at Glassmere
- Cambridge body under the Collegium
- sends retrievals to the Conduction Rooms at Glassmere
- Sarrum companies use it through Ash House
- Ash House tied into it
- sends material to the Conduction Rooms at Glassmere
At the table
Merewick serves as one receiving point for sealed finds before they pass to Glassmere. A company hired between Cambridge and Oxford may find the real question is which authority decides the fate of a trace. Cambridge classes the work as licensed arcane investigation, not spirit office; Oxford rejects the distinction. It creates commissions to retrieve the unseen intact. The number of warrants issued for Sarrum is not public; Oxford calls its approach learning to use an enemy.