Having read the article myself, the only sections βrestrictedβ to the Lorath are the sections below the Advanced Plasma Technologies section, whose last sentence reads as followsβ¦https://wiki.stararmy.com/doku.php?id=technology:plasma
You should not be able to make an entire technology be only discoverable by one faction.
That is now how development works. Technology is developed independently, and this sheet basically makes it so nobody can have fusion reactors.
Which is quite frankly bullshit.
Condensed and magnetically confined plasma (two of the restricted technologies) are ABSOLUJTE NECESSITIES for reactors of the fusion kind.
I propose plasma devices be wholly unrestricted because ideas and technology aren't specific to any individual faction, morso the development of such shouldn't be arbitrarily and have-wavily restricted to one faction simply because they've said so.
That's like saying "the universe is this way because I say so." (in character) (also known as meta/powergaming)
Advanced Plasma Technologies said:This isn't to say they were exclusive however; anyone can develop it with the right technology.
Didnt we fix that, though? Remember when we were in vc?Perhaps the wording could be clarified to make it more clear what is available to all and which parts are Lorath-specific, such as by placing Lorath stuff in a distinct section of the article.
I strongly oppose this change, since to the best of my knowledge the instances of the PSC and communicator being bypassed were due to GMs using the aforementioned bypass as a plot device, not because an entire player faction was capable of doing so; furthermore, to remove the invulnerability of PSCs and communicators to psionics would be undoing seventeen years of Star Army canon and deprive players (and factions, for that matter) of the sole in-character means of defense they have against the otherwise completely uncounterable psionics used exclusively by the Random Alien.In conversations with @Wes and other members of the site it has come to my attention that the PSC and Star Army Communicator pages are not entirely accurate. They say that the devices render the user immune to psionic attacks, and "nullify all such activity." I've been told by Wes that the PSC and Communicator do not do this, with him citing instances where they were bypassed.
Personally I think the wiki should be updated to reflect that it is only resistance, not immunity, as immunity wholly blocks a significant portion of RP opportunities.
Ultimately, it should be based on what the players involved want to happen, not what the wiki says always happens.
This innacuracy has caused significant confusion in members, with some disagreeing with others during my conversations.
I havily disagree, when the creator of the page has explicitly stated that that is not how they work, or have ever worked.I strongly oppose this change, since to the best of my knowledge, the instances of the PSC and communicator being bypassed were due to GMs using the aforementioned bypass as a plot device, not because an entire player faction was capable of doing so; furthermore, to remove the invulnerability of PSCs and communicators to psionics would be undoing a decade of Star Army canon and deprive players (and factions, for that matter) of the sole in-character means of defense they have against the otherwise completely uncounterable psionics used exclusively by the Random Alien.
Lastly, I feel that this change should be debated in its own forum thread due to its magnitude and to avoid derailing/cluttering this thread.
Lastly, I feel that this change should be debated in its own forum thread due to its magnitude and to avoid derailing/cluttering this thread.
The common misconception here is not that it doesen't work, rather it doesen't work in ALL cases.GM discretion. The exceptions made through GM discretion do not change the rule, they're just the exceptions.
I have made the GM discretion, myself, to have the PSC useful and prevent psionic mishhuvurthyar boarding a vessel with a PSC. That rp would be 100% different if the PSC didn't work.
@Deleted User You seem interested in psionics, what with your species and now. Maybe look into the Iromakuanhe?
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