以博識尊的思考方式為原型，魯珀特二世仿造出數量龐大的無機仿生神經元集群，從微觀的粒子波動，到宏觀的大規模物質湮滅，「權杖」遍布於帝國的各個星域，忠誠地履行著觀測、演算與干涉的指令。在特定條件下，這些天體級的計算干涉裝置，甚至能短暫動搖區域內的物理法則。
與魯珀特一世相比，血肉之軀的二世，其殘暴程度有過之而無不及。不可名狀的機械巨構，自我迭代的差分機，以純粹的殺戮執行反有機方程的無情金屬，取代了曾經浩浩蕩蕩的智械軍團。那些被方程裹挾的無機生命，在他眼中不過是可有可無的工具。
利用「權杖」系統，他將治下的疆域統括進思維，每個信號的流向，每副軀殼的行動，一人的思考掌控了整個帝國的運作，帝皇成為帝國唯一的執政官、獨裁者以及思考者。有觀點認為，「權杖」系統的本質是二世用於克服有機局限性，將帝國轉化為自身大腦的外置思考器官。
或許是受這種控制欲的影響，第二次帝皇戰爭末期，魯珀特二世終於決定，通過「權杖」系統擴展自身思維，以創造某個未知的「知識奇點」。回歸求知者的身份，他準備了一場名為「自我加冕」的實驗。
魯珀特二世未能完成「自我加冕」便死去了，有人認為他中途放棄了想法，也有人說一柄手術刀中斷了他的思考。「權杖」系統也在學派戰爭中全線癱瘓，如今，它們安靜地漂浮在黑暗裡，成為遊人們打卡戰爭遺蹟的觀光點，或是一團團等待清理的太空垃圾。
Scepter System (Technology)
With Nous' cognition process as its foundation, Rubert II cloned countless vast inorganic neuron clusters. From micro-particle fluctuations to massive large-scale matter annihilation, the Scepters were scattered across the empire's segmenta, faithfully performing observational, computational, and interference commands. Under specific circumstances, these celestial-level computational interference devices could even temporarily disrupt physical laws within an area.
Compared to Rubert I, the second emperor's cruelty only exceeded his predecessor despite his organic body. Indescribable gargantuan mechanical monoliths, self-iterating difference machines, cold merciless metal that executed the Anti-Organic Equation with a pure intent of slaughter, replaced the once-formidable Intellitron legions. Those inorganic lifeforms instigated by the Equation were nothing more than expendable tools to him.
Using the Scepter system, he united the domain of his conquered lands all into his thoughts. From the flow of every signal to the actions of every individual, the entire dynamics of an empire all came under the control of a single being's mind — the Emperor was the empire's sole executor, judge, and thinker. Some opinions believe that the essence of the Scepter system was the second emperor's way of overcoming organic limitations, an external cognition organ that converted the Empire into his own brain.
Perhaps influenced by such a desire for control, in the waning days of the Second Emperor's War, Rubert II finally decided to expand his own cognition with the Scepter system to create a certain unknown Knowledge Singularity. Returning to the role of a seeker of knowledge, he prepared an experiment known as the "Self-Coronation."
Rubert II died before he could complete the Self-Coronation — some opine that he abandoned the idea halfway through, and others say a scalpel stopped his cognition. The Scepter systems were also completely disabled during the Scholars' Strife, and to this day, they quietly drift through the darkness, reduced to no more than some war ruins that travelers visit, or piles of space trash awaiting clean-up.
