Psychic
Powers
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Description:
This technology may
take many forms. It could be limited to extrasensory perception
(perception of places and times you can't see, smell, etc.).
Telekinetics is moving or altering objects with
mental powers. The power and range of telekinetics may (or may
not) be very limited. Effective telekinetics may be limited to
the available sensory range, so that a telekinetic individual without
extrasensory perception could not affect objects beyond vision (at
least not without mechanical aids to vision).
Prescience is the ability to predict what will
happen before it does. It gives the ability to dodge weapons with
near-perfect performance. Prescient population control allows one
to predict who within a population will cause problems, and
preemptively remove them (think Minority Report, but
potentially much better).
Psychic training is the science of training members
of the population to become psychics (since it doesn't seem to happen
naturally). Improvements will allow more people to become
psychic, and improve the abilities they will gain.
Telepathy is the ability to "read" another
individual's mind. The distance allowed and the completeness of
the reading may (or may not) be very limited. Telepathy combined
with telekinetic weapons would allow an individual to read an enemy's
mind to find the vulnerable points of an enemy ship, and with very
small damage, destroy just those points. Telepathic education
consists of a single telepathic individual who understands a topic
transfering it directly to the mind of someone who needs to understand
it.