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Monday, June 21

Merchant Masters and their Psionic Abilities

Continuing to build out my original Space Opera science fiction setting here are the specific class abilities for the 

Merchant Masters (any class); requires both an Empathy and Psionic score of 15 or greater.    

A Merchant Master is defined by their level of Psionic ability. The field of psionics practiced is Telekinesis and the Psycho-Kinetic Crystals are a physical object they all possess. The PK Crystal is what the Taakar have provided to make them what they are, possessors of advanced science which represents only a minuet fraction of the power coursing through the otherworld entity of the Taakar. Merchant Masters begin the game psionically awakened and have access to their full talents. 

The psionic talents level 6 and above are changed in the following ways: 

Morass/6; is now called Dissolution, and instead of making physical materials “soft” it destroys the material entirely. The percentages and volume figures should be interpreted as the amount of materials terminated as the atomic structure is unwound. 

Mind Touch/6, Life Sense/6, and Psychic Force/7 remain unchanged. 

Energize/7; is now the ability to bring any type of powered equipment to full charge/power. 

Magnetoscreen/8, Negafield/8 and Radshield/8 remain unchanged. 

Battlescreen/9; is now called Cosmicscreen, a protective shield which provides a complete life support system for the adept against electromagnetism, anti-matter, radiation, and the cold vacuum of space. 

Power/9; is now limited to increasing the power of a Crystal Ship. 

Maneuver Drive/9; is now the ability for a Merchant Master to set an interstellar course with 100% accuracy, subject to the standard modifiers. Since this is a level 9 talent there are only two standard modifiers, +100% for Maneuver Drive/9 and +200% for Maneuver Drive/10. Well, then how do they fail? As far as a Merchant Master is concerned, they do not. It will be up to the PCS and SM to create such situations. The actual translation into tachyon hyperspace is completed by Quantum Weavers. 

FTL Drive/10; is now the ability for a Merchant Master to transfer into the Taakar at the center of the Spica solar system and conduct audience. This is usually only every fifty years when they need to be infused with the drug of immortality, but they may have to make this translation at any time based on the will of the Taakar or a Merchant Master’s current needs. If transfer is attempted within the Spica system from a Crystal Ship success is automatic. If transfer is attempted withing the Spica system not on a Crystal Ship, there is a 3% chance of failure. Transfer attempts within the Sardis system while on a Crystal Ship has a 5% chance of failure. Without being on a Crystal Ship chance of failure is 11%. Chance of failure from Tharon are 9% and 18% respectively.

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