Psychic Powers

"'Hello, fellow rebels of the oppressed state. Your friendly neighbourhood super-hacker here. Now, PsyProt has a lot of intel on how our powers work, and if you're planning on becoming a fugitive, you're gonna need to know how to develop your powers. So, as a courtesy to all you rogue psychics out there, here's all the intel that PsyProt has on psychics and psychic disiplines. Static Synth, signing off.'"The following report was composed by Dr. O'Hara, of the Iphitos Psychic Protection Division.

Psychic Disciplines and Techniques
Listed below are the known psychic disciplines and powers known to exist within the sector.
 * Biopsionics
 * Metapsionics
 * Precognition
 * Telekinesis
 * Telepathy
 * Teleportation

"'Torching is a very dangerous habit for a psychic to pick up, and I am glad that the PsyProt Division have taken our suggestions seriously. If we have psychics deciding to fry their brains all willy-nilly just because they have a cause to believe in, it'll only cause serious problems in the future. We have enough Class 4 ferals as is, adding to that list will only end in tragedy' - Dr O'Hara."Torching is the act of intentionally disregarding safety protocols to channel MES energy beyond a psychic's normal capacity.

The act of torching is an Instant action, and provides a point of Effort that lasts for the scene, even if this allows the psychic to go over their normal Maximum Effort. Torching has severe consequences, however, as the burning of neural pathways has a high likelihood of causing irreparable damage to a psychic's body.

"'In a fair majority of cases, a psychic who relies on Torching too frequently will eventually die. However, in some cases, the damage to the neural pathways is so specific that the psychic instead becomes incredibly violent. Research has shown that the neural damage in these psychics causes terrifying hallucinations, which I, and the PsyProt Division believe is what causes this psychosis.' - Dr O'Hara'"Psychics who suffer significant loss in Wisdom become feral psychics. Feral psychics are exceptionally dangerous, due to the fact that they are violently insane, and become immune to the damaging effects of Torching, allowing them an effectively unlimited pool of Effort to draw from for their powers.