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I’m coming here to discuss the topic and hear what your experiences are with the concept. Between Starwars with the Force, to 40K and those Psyker guys, to Gundam and their Newtypes, brain space magic takes a lot of forms in Scifi, so I wanna hear how you’ve perhaps introduced it, fallen in love with it, or even said no to it!
I’m currently in the process of worldbuilding a modern mil-scifi setting akin to Metalgear and Battletech crossed with UC Gundam, and a big interest in this world has come from my exploration of psionics in this world. Not so much the mechanics and hard magic, but more how they may have changed the world. It is their existence that pushes material science forward, introduces mechs, true fusion reactors, invisibility technology, and other such sci-fi technology.
So, I just wanted to hear what you all think about psionics!
I think you generally want to have it trend towards being kind of weird and subtle and somewhat terrifying. Psionics in sci-fi have their origins in an age where a rather sizeable chunk of people believed it to be real and The Next Stepâ„¢ in human evolution. Making it a reliable and ubiquitous convenience with extreme levels of offensive power means you're taking focus away from your tech and more regular ways of solving problems. Mass Effect is IMHO the most guilty of this.
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