SchematicTL (VH)

Information
Creates detailed technical “blueprints” of the machine subject in the caster’s mind. The caster can browse through the mental schematic at his leisure or the same rate that he could examine actual hardcopy plans for the machine. However, this spell grants no appropriate skills; to interpret, for instance, a schematic of a starship’s fusion power plant, the caster would need some skill in Engineering (Fusion). To make any use of a schematic of a weapon, either Armoury or some sort of weapons Engineering would be required. The duration is the length of time that the image stays with any useful clarity in the caster’s mind. The caster must touch the subject during the casting.
The schematic can either represent the current state of the object (showing any internal damage, alterations, and wear), or the ideal state of the object, at the caster’s discretion. Both can be useful. The latter use even gives plans for an object based only on a tiny fraction of it (at least 5% of the machine’s total mass needs to be present). This could be used to form a complete picture from a fragmented Precursor device, for instance . . . In either case, the cost to cast the spell is based on the mass of the intact machine.
The schematic image, even when maintained by the mage, does not count as a spell “on” for penalty purposes.

Duration: 1 minute.
Cost: 5 for a one-ton or smaller object; add 1 energy to the cost for each additional ton or fraction. Half that to maintain.
Time to cast: 5 seconds.
Prerequisites: Skills/G-J/History and 6 other Knowledge Spells.

Item
Blueprint or headgear. Usable only by mages; the item must touch the subject.
Energy cost to create: 200.