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Are there Psychic Powers in ED
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Human characters no. Some humans have computer implants that can be used to send messages and information.
The guardians developed computer implants as well that gave them "psychic like" communications and allows them to link with a collective mind like star treks Borg while still retaining their individuality and they can unlink themselves when needed. again that was technology based and not technically telepathy.
The Thargoids do have a "hive mind". They receive orders from a queen and if/when the queen dies the drones will either die or become inert. (That's never really been explained in depth). how the thargoids achieve this is unknown; but is probably the closest thing to Telepathy in ED Lore. I've never read anything about anyone having anything like telepathy though. EDIT: I meant to write telekinesis.
My source for this is mostly the book out of the Darkness.
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Yes but me I also have psychic powers, because I know they are always already waiting behind every single asteroid of every asteroid ring of every system.
I was about to reply "no, psychic powers aren't a thing in Elite lore", but this post convinced me otherwise.
Psychic powers have been incorporated into Syfy settings before.
However magic would cross the line for me into fantasy.
I have to see a picture for example of where I'm jaunting to beforehand I can actually make my jaunt.
They even appear in SC at your exact location after dealing with the previous "incoming threat", and interdict you right before you drop at the station.
For me "psychic powers" already do.
I want to pour garlic and holy water over this thread, then wrap the mess up in tin foil.
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ED is a "hard sci-fi" game and tends to eschew unnecessary magic/hyperscience. I'm not aware of any of the "old lore" from the previous games that mention humans possessing psychic powers. As Sensei mentioned above, the Thargoids have a "hive mind" (as is the standard insectoid sci-fi trope), without really explaining exactly how a hive queen can control a drone when they're sitting in separate spaceships.
The closest you can get to the paranormal are a few of the Generation Ship stories. There's the Thetis, where some kind of viral meme of unknown origin forced everyone who heard it to become a psychotic killer. Then there's the Artemis, which sounds suspiciously like the victim of a werewolf infestation. The cult leader aboard the Hyperion seems to have claimed to have some kind of supernatural abilities and it is difficult to explain how a child could otherwise have persuaded an entire shipful of people to commit suicide.
Then there's stuff like multi-crew holo magic, messages instantly travelling across the galaxy while data needs to be delivered manually, "death", etc.
These are all combinations of "gameplay shortcuts" and already-established necessary hyperscience (like FTL comms). No "actual magic" or paranormal behaviour required.
The OP is really asking a lore question, so I've asked the mods to move the thread be moved to the Lore subforum.
The Guardians supposedly had tech based telepathy.
All is relative. From their perspective, they are just extremely lucky.As well as telepathic powers, NPC pirates also have superior kit to you so they can magically appear in the right position and SC faster in order to interdict you.
From their perspective they also are surprised getting rekt by a Vette while flying an Eagle.
Relative dumb I'd say
