So I was reading Doshii response to Exhack in his tech article:
An this got me wondering about how we treat nonpsionics?
For creatures that can't use telepathy as a means of communication, like those outside of Yamatains or Mishu, is it fair or expected that psionics can still detect them using telepathy? Or is it more fair to expect such nonpsionic races to be literally a form of colors of static to other races?
For more information about the colors of static here a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colors_of_noise
Personally I think it is more be the latter question for general science fiction(*); however, I wanted to know what other people thought. After all, my personal opinion may not be the correct one.
(*)After all the latter doesn't say that psionic races couldn't still detect where another creature was necessarily.
Doshii Jun said:Saying they find it distasteful isn't the same as not being able to do it. That's how I read the description.
As for finding people with psionics, the only time I've seen that is when using a IES unit "ping" a Neko or Yamataian's mind to detect them, and that only works if they're conscious. Otherwise, a Neko or Yamataian can't be detected that way with psionics, as they only "broadcast" at will. (Of course, Melisson and Mefpralphra, endboss of Miharu, can do more.)
An this got me wondering about how we treat nonpsionics?
For creatures that can't use telepathy as a means of communication, like those outside of Yamatains or Mishu, is it fair or expected that psionics can still detect them using telepathy? Or is it more fair to expect such nonpsionic races to be literally a form of colors of static to other races?
For more information about the colors of static here a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colors_of_noise
Personally I think it is more be the latter question for general science fiction(*); however, I wanted to know what other people thought. After all, my personal opinion may not be the correct one.
(*)After all the latter doesn't say that psionic races couldn't still detect where another creature was necessarily.