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''The Kemz is fundamentally, the ability to apply ones will through a means less vulgar than typical force. To see without seeing, and to understand without needing to lower yourself to comprehension.''


Psychotronics is term for the study and understanding of the preturnatural phenomena around the variety of seemingly mental-controlled powers. Users are known by a variety of names and subnames, while Psion is the most common word, other terms in usage usage include Esper, Mentalist and Clairvoyant, Psychonaut, Async, Seer, and Remote Viewer. The Kemzali, often considered the premier Psions, use the term ''Kemsaa'', or "Dreamer" as their preferred term.
''-Giina Hadla, Kemzali Elder''
 
Psychotronics is term for the study and understanding of the preturnatural phenomena related to psychic-powers. Users are known by a variety of names and subnames, with Psion as the preferred term.


==Functionality==
==Functionality==
Psychotronics are often considered by laymen to be a form of mental power with little limitations, remote control of objects, people or mental manipulations that seem to come from nowhere. The truth is far more limited. Energy, even psionic, is not a zero-sum-game and causes severe strain on the user equal to the force exhibited.
Psychic abilities are not without limitation. Energy, even psychic, is not a zero-sum-game and causes strain on the user equal to the force exhibited. The fundamental rule of psychotronics is the Law of Exchange. There are is no free energy and the energy expended is equal to or greater than if it was applied through a mechanical method, manifesting as rapid consumption of energy within the user.
====Law of Exchange====
The fundamental rule of psychotronics is there is an equal exchange of energy. There are is no free energy gained from psionic manipulation and in most physical-interaction cases, the energy expended is often greater than if musculature, designed at a fundamental level to turn biological resources into power, was used. As such, while a psion could psychically pick up a ball next to them, levitate it, and throw it at 40-60 miles an hour, it would apply a similar force it would to the musculature of the individual. Transferred throughout the nervous-system of the individual and generating an amount of psychic heat equal to to energy applied. Similarly, if energy is projected by someone with a psionic force, the energy is consumed. Similarly, if energy is expelled, the energy is burned from the users own body.
=====Physical Limiters=====
=====Physical Limiters=====
Due to this fundamental law, psychotronic applications are limited in both range, effect, and power. While a psion is capable, in theory, of exhibiting immense force and effecting energy in an incredible way, energy must be expended, and stress must be applied to the body. If a ray of electrical energy is expelled, an human could never expel the potency of a lightning bolt at 1-4 billion joules. As the human body has about a million joules of energy within it. But the effect of a non-lethal electrical discharge could be produced, such as a cattleprod or a taser. Though the expenditure of energy increases dramatically as range increases as energy is wasted through travel. Simply put, any psychotronic application of a force, direct or indirect expends a great deal of stress on the body, burns through its energy reserves, and strains the mind and body and is limited by the body's own capacity to deal with these stressors.
A skilled psion is capable of enacting great force but at a cost to their body. Burning through calories, sugars, exhausting themselves and rapidly overheating. It is not unheard of for inexperienced psions to suffer heat stroke or starve themselves. Naturally psionic species have evolved complex methods of heat-regulation for this reason.
=====Mental Limiters=====
=====Mental Limiters=====
While all psychotronic phenomena causes great mental strain, a greater strain is applied to purely mental arts such as precognition, telempathy, psychonautics, telepathy and hypercognition. Less clear is the application of the Law of Exchange on this mental strain. The simplest is the rapid burning through glucose reserves at an exponential rate compared to a brain not engaged in psychic activity. But the greater limiting factor is what is called simply Clarity. Commonly referred to as clarity. Clarity is the capacity for the Psion to trust their own perception, reality and place. The more one reaches out, consciously or unconsciously, the less clear your own identity, place, or even perception is. To a point where there is no capacity to consciously utilize or understand the Psychotronic abilities you possess, or even your own self.
The mind is not unaffected the usage of psychic abilities, prolonged usage results in various forms of trauma and disassociation, eroding the ability of the mind to remain lucid. Damaging the capacity to trust one's own perception, reality and place within it.
=====Psychotronic Destruction=====
=====Psychotronic Destruction=====
The end result of violating these limits is clear for a physical, an overstressed individual could burn too many calories to live, dying of starvation as they boil their brain--and body, alive, or who burned through their bodies glucose reserves and suffered brain death. For the mental, recovery is possible, but often results in a total loss of self. Subjects who've experienced mental psychotronic destruction is varied. Some become unable to manifest a true willpower, adhering to whatever reality is communicated to them at the time. Others lose all semblance of their former personality. More commonly, they completely lose the ability to distinguish reality and fiction. In all cases, destruction is considered a form of death that requires considerable medical aid to return the individual, if it is possible, to restore to functionality.
The end result of violating these limits is death. Whether dying of starvation, suffering brain death from depleted glucose or simply boiling alive, death is a certainty. Mental destruction results in a varied set of extreme mental traumas. Those observed include complete loss of agency and willpower, a shift into a feral state lacking higher functions, or a complete inability to distinguish reality and fiction.
 
==Methodologies an Origins==
==Methodologies an Origins==
For most species, Psychotronic application is not natural, it requires a biological and technological adaptation and significant training to utilize. For some rare few species, it is a natural part of their biology. The only widely known Psionic species are the Kemzali, which over their extremely long lifespans will naturally grow their psychotronic abilities. Another species noted for psychotronic potential is the instectoid Civago, which exhibit some psionic capacity naturally. Finally the kobari are as a rule, mildly psionic, do have very, very rare individuals, usually of the Priest caste, have displayed abilities to actually develop these powers outside their natural harmony within their society.
Psychic abilities are rare outside of isolated and exceptionally rare mutations and the few naturally psychic species, notably the kemzali, civago and kobari. The majority of psions use psi-amps to gain these abilities. With or without technology, manifesting psychic powers requires training and mental fortitude and few end up taking to the profession.
=====Psionic Amps and Sinks=====
=====Psi-Amps=====
For most people, it is not a natural organ that gives them access to Psychotronic potential, its a Psi-Amp. Developed from the technological base of the United families. They are a physical device, sometimes held, worn or more commonly installed into the body enable psychotronic potential. This potential must then be trained and honed, the device must be tuned to the user by a qualified professional, and the body needs in some cases, adaptations or 'heat sinks' to prevent exhaustion. Some species with very good heat-regulation can get by without, but others often wear cooling equipment, or even installed cybernetic or bio-organic heat-venting modifications.
Psi-Amps are the primary technological tool for providing a psychic with their abilities. They take a variety of forms, from implants, to grafted organs, to held or worn devices. The Amp must be manufactured to the biology and mental state of the user and are not safely transferable. This has not stopped third party resale of used amps in the black market, with increased strains an almost certainty on the unfortunate user.


The exact design of heat-sinks and amps differs. Those manufactured by the United families tend to be biological in nature and require symbiotic integration into a host, but are essentially artificially created ''huthwo's organs'' while the more common, less expensive, and more widely available versions tend to be mechanical devices in a variety of forms.
=====Evolution=====
=====Evolution=====
The kemzali and kobari both possess a ''Huthwo's Organ'', a form of naturally occurring, psionic amp near their sinuses, running along the length of their snout and forehead. While fully developed in kemzali, even psionically capable kobari have significantly diminished organs. Kemzali's method of regulating excess heat from the Law of Exchange involves unhinging their large mouth to expel heat, and actively bristling their hollow-oil-laden hair to naturally maximize cooling-surface. A likely reason why kemzali tend to chafe at wearing clothing they cannot quickly shed. It is unclear how the psionic potential of the kemzali evolved, and as the legal statement of the United families is they did not evolve and manifested as raw psionic will, research has been limited.  
The few sophonts that have developed psychic capabilities naturally display a few shared traits, some form of natural psi-amp, and some method of regulating heat body heat in a rapid-manner.


The other notable example is found in the Civago, which possess a less discrete organism that manifests as a portion of their brain directly connected to their sensory antenna which seems to act as both psi-amp and psi-heatsink both and who's evolution is thought, within their own studies, to be directly linked to the ''One Spirit'' of their spiritual belief system. External scientists consider it an adaptation that evolved from a peculiar reproductive pressure in the last millenium.
The kemzali and kobari both possess a ''Huthwo's Organ'', a form of naturally occurring, psionic amp near their sinuses, running along the length of their snout and forehead, though it is commonly vestigial in kobari. Kemzali's method of regulating excess heat involves bristling their hollow, thick hair and secreting oils and venting heat from their mouths. The Civago possess a less discrete organ and instead have a portion of their brain that acts as an amp and regulate heat via large antenna.
==Theories==
The origins of psychic pheneomena is still ill-understood. Theories and models differ, and even in the scientific community there is division regarding the origin.
=====An Unknown In the Model=====
The most commonly accepted belief is that psychic phenomena is a product of real force within physics that is simply not understood. This force has a number of theories to its exact nature. The Alban Psychotronic institute suggests that a discrete particle called the ''Psychon'' is the origination. While the New-Cantari school has suggested a vast cosmic ''Noosphere'' is the core component. The dominant position currently prefers the phenomena a new strangeness in physics and do not elect to determine a cause, referring to it simply as the ''Strange Force''.
=====The Kemz and the Dream=====
The United Families holds that the psychic world is not just a part of reality, but is the creator of reality. Specifically believing they themselves manifested into reality to repair it via a natural method. Known to them as the ''Kemz'', or ''the Dream''. Within this framework, psychic phenomena is a necessary reaction to the failure of nature to maintain a correct reality.
=====Religion=====
Numerous religions, such as the Civago's beliefs around the One Spirit and the Feni Paalamist reality-as-accident all hold theories and internal theories about the nature, origin, morality and ethics of psychic abilities and psions in general. Varying from spiritual awakening, to demonic manifestations.


Finally, rare mutations have occurred that gift these rare individuals with natural psychotronic competency.
=====Magic=====
A pop-theory that has gained significant traction is that psychic powers are literally magic and this proves ancient folkstories of wizards and sorcerers are true. Others go farther to insist that the sins of modern-life suppressed this real phenomenon in the normal people. Historians almost universally consider this belief wildly ahistorical.


==Theories==
=====Alien Influence=====
=====The Kemz and the Noosphere=====
The strangest theory relates to the phenemona encountered by those who suffer mental traumas or who have on rare occasions, recovered from mental destruction. It is that psychic abilities are innately related to contact or infection by an alien presence that enacts its will through a user. Despite having little to no basis, the sense of loss-of-self or a tendency for psions to 'wild' a colloquial for losing control has led to this becoming a little spoken of fear in many psions.

Latest revision as of 20:16, 21 May 2026

The Kemz is fundamentally, the ability to apply ones will through a means less vulgar than typical force. To see without seeing, and to understand without needing to lower yourself to comprehension.

-Giina Hadla, Kemzali Elder

Psychotronics is term for the study and understanding of the preturnatural phenomena related to psychic-powers. Users are known by a variety of names and subnames, with Psion as the preferred term.

Functionality

Psychic abilities are not without limitation. Energy, even psychic, is not a zero-sum-game and causes strain on the user equal to the force exhibited. The fundamental rule of psychotronics is the Law of Exchange. There are is no free energy and the energy expended is equal to or greater than if it was applied through a mechanical method, manifesting as rapid consumption of energy within the user.

Physical Limiters

A skilled psion is capable of enacting great force but at a cost to their body. Burning through calories, sugars, exhausting themselves and rapidly overheating. It is not unheard of for inexperienced psions to suffer heat stroke or starve themselves. Naturally psionic species have evolved complex methods of heat-regulation for this reason.

Mental Limiters

The mind is not unaffected the usage of psychic abilities, prolonged usage results in various forms of trauma and disassociation, eroding the ability of the mind to remain lucid. Damaging the capacity to trust one's own perception, reality and place within it.

Psychotronic Destruction

The end result of violating these limits is death. Whether dying of starvation, suffering brain death from depleted glucose or simply boiling alive, death is a certainty. Mental destruction results in a varied set of extreme mental traumas. Those observed include complete loss of agency and willpower, a shift into a feral state lacking higher functions, or a complete inability to distinguish reality and fiction.

Methodologies an Origins

Psychic abilities are rare outside of isolated and exceptionally rare mutations and the few naturally psychic species, notably the kemzali, civago and kobari. The majority of psions use psi-amps to gain these abilities. With or without technology, manifesting psychic powers requires training and mental fortitude and few end up taking to the profession.

Psi-Amps

Psi-Amps are the primary technological tool for providing a psychic with their abilities. They take a variety of forms, from implants, to grafted organs, to held or worn devices. The Amp must be manufactured to the biology and mental state of the user and are not safely transferable. This has not stopped third party resale of used amps in the black market, with increased strains an almost certainty on the unfortunate user.

Evolution

The few sophonts that have developed psychic capabilities naturally display a few shared traits, some form of natural psi-amp, and some method of regulating heat body heat in a rapid-manner.

The kemzali and kobari both possess a Huthwo's Organ, a form of naturally occurring, psionic amp near their sinuses, running along the length of their snout and forehead, though it is commonly vestigial in kobari. Kemzali's method of regulating excess heat involves bristling their hollow, thick hair and secreting oils and venting heat from their mouths. The Civago possess a less discrete organ and instead have a portion of their brain that acts as an amp and regulate heat via large antenna.

Theories

The origins of psychic pheneomena is still ill-understood. Theories and models differ, and even in the scientific community there is division regarding the origin.

An Unknown In the Model

The most commonly accepted belief is that psychic phenomena is a product of real force within physics that is simply not understood. This force has a number of theories to its exact nature. The Alban Psychotronic institute suggests that a discrete particle called the Psychon is the origination. While the New-Cantari school has suggested a vast cosmic Noosphere is the core component. The dominant position currently prefers the phenomena a new strangeness in physics and do not elect to determine a cause, referring to it simply as the Strange Force.

The Kemz and the Dream

The United Families holds that the psychic world is not just a part of reality, but is the creator of reality. Specifically believing they themselves manifested into reality to repair it via a natural method. Known to them as the Kemz, or the Dream. Within this framework, psychic phenomena is a necessary reaction to the failure of nature to maintain a correct reality.

Religion

Numerous religions, such as the Civago's beliefs around the One Spirit and the Feni Paalamist reality-as-accident all hold theories and internal theories about the nature, origin, morality and ethics of psychic abilities and psions in general. Varying from spiritual awakening, to demonic manifestations.

Magic

A pop-theory that has gained significant traction is that psychic powers are literally magic and this proves ancient folkstories of wizards and sorcerers are true. Others go farther to insist that the sins of modern-life suppressed this real phenomenon in the normal people. Historians almost universally consider this belief wildly ahistorical.

Alien Influence

The strangest theory relates to the phenemona encountered by those who suffer mental traumas or who have on rare occasions, recovered from mental destruction. It is that psychic abilities are innately related to contact or infection by an alien presence that enacts its will through a user. Despite having little to no basis, the sense of loss-of-self or a tendency for psions to 'wild' a colloquial for losing control has led to this becoming a little spoken of fear in many psions.

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