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TC 176 Ivory Tower

The TC Ivory Tower is a tower made of ivory where TC 176 meets. Duh.

The symbolism is a subtle as a brick to the head, so let’s not pretend otherwise.

Oddly enough, despite being the official meeting place for ISO‘s Technical Committee 176 — which develops the ISO 9001 standard — it is apparently not located in Geneva. Its actual location is unknown.

The Ivory Tower boasts a horde of psychic witches in the dungeon, and a moat to keep out angry villagers and ISO 9001 users.

The tower was partially destroyed when Paul Simpson dared to use his filthy human eyes to look at a draft holy text of Annex SL, which released the power of the heavens and caused a massive explosion. It later appeared as reconstructed, with large bolts holding the two halves of the tower in place.

Later, it was again damaged after the IAQG blimp Hindenburg 2 rammed it, in an attempt to force TC 176 to update ISO 9001 faster. It now is held together by four large bolts.

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