diff --git a/code/modules/research/research.dm b/code/modules/research/research.dm
index 81ee392a8b..4fda3725df 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/research.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/research.dm
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(design_datums, list())
 	id = TECH_DATA
 
 /datum/tech/syndicate
-	name = "Illegal Technologies Research"
-	desc = "The study of technologies that violate standard government regulations."
+	name = "Transgressive Technologies Research"
+	desc = "The study of technologies that sit on the very boundaries of legality and ethics."
 	id = TECH_ILLEGAL
 	level = 0