Sonderbuero 13 is the organisation within the SD which oversees the development of advanced technologies for the Reich. Very little technological research is conducted in Germany without the sanction and support of Sonderbuero 13, only the occult studies of the SS and ‘practical refinement’ research conducted by German industry for the Heereswaffenamt (Army Weapons Development) operate without SD control.

            While the SD leaves witchcraft and other arcane mummery to the SS and allows the Wehrmacht to continue to adapt and modify existing technologies, such as the manufacture of new variants of the Goliath radio-controlled tankette and the type XXI U-boat, Sonderbuero 13 has established firm control over ‘experimental sciences’. Within their sphere of control are programs designed to create new synthetic fuels, studies to develop light-weight, diamagnetic alloys for aircraft, and all atomic research being conducted in the Reich. In addition to research, Sonderbuero 13 is also empowered to manufacture and field test the devices it develops, allowing the SD to maintain strict control over anything its scientists create from inception to realisation. A military body within the SD, the Waffen SD, actually deploys these weapon systems in combat, fighting alongside the regular German army as an attached, but independent command.