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| === Telekinesis === | | === Telekinesis === |
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| Commander {{TOS|Adama}} trained in the use of telekinesis at the [[Colonial Military Institute]], bending silverware much to the annoyance of his wife, [[Ila]] {{OS|War of the Gods, Part II}}. | | Commander {{TOS|Adama}} trained in the use of telekinesis at the [[Colonial Military Institute]], bending silverware much to the annoyance of his wife, [[Ila]] {{OS|War of the Gods, Part II}}. |
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| === Telepathy === | | === Telepathy === |
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| Telepathic communication, otherwise known as mind reading, is also known to the Colonials. Following the exodus from the Colonies, the human survivors happen across Count [[Iblis]], who uses his power to acquire information and reinforce his will upon those who freely give themselves to him. | | Telepathic communication, otherwise known as mind reading, is also known to the Colonials. Following the exodus from the Colonies, the human survivors happen across Count [[Iblis]], who uses his power to acquire information and reinforce his will upon those who freely give themselves to him. |
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| As part of the Colonial Military Institute training, Adama is briefly able to fend off Iblis' mental probing by filling his head with thoughts {{OS|War of the Gods, Part II}}. | | As part of the Colonial Military Institute training, Adama is briefly able to fend off Iblis' mental probing by filling his head with thoughts {{OS|War of the Gods, Part II}}. |
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| == Tie-in Material Information ==
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| * ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):''
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| : [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] was born to one of the oldest, most distinguished [[Bureautician|burtician]] (sic) families in the Colony of [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]]; his line is said to extend to one of the Houses of the [[Lords of Kobol (TOS)|Lords of Kobol]] themselves, although some scholars dismiss this as mere legend. It is clear, however, that one of Adama's ancestors was a founder of the [[Academy]], and thus from early childhood Adama was under intense pressure to prepare for the competitive examinations in admission to the Academy. His success seemed assured, but on the eve of the test, the young Adama fled to a remote retreat on [[Gemoni|Gemon]]. There, under the tutelage of a mystic seer, he devoted several [[yahren]] to intense scrutiny of the [[Books of the Lords of Kobol]], hoping to unlock some new, hidden meaning from the cryptic texts. The reasons for his return to Caprica and the Academy are unclear. Could it have been the command of the Books, at last deciphered, or was it the discovery that there was no meaning to be found?
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| : After his return to the Academy, Adama combined his studies of the occult with advances on the frontiers of science. He led a top secret attempt to harness the mental powers of telekinesis (influencing the motion of matter using the direct power of the mind) and telepathy (mind-reading) for military purposes. Although the study produced nothing of immediate usefulness, it did demonstrate a huge untapped potential in the human brain that to this day remains to be fully exploited. <ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=11}}</ref>
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| == Separate Continuity == | | == Separate Continuity == |
| {{separate continuity|type=line|universe=TOS}}
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| === Psionics in Humans ===
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| Psionics can either be a naturally-developed characteristic or one activated by extreme outside stimuli. In extreme cases, psionics can be used to impress ideas or beliefs in others, and can also affect machinery {{comics|vol2|10}}.
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| For naturally-developed psionics, such as Countess [[Sephoni]] of {{Alt|Scorpion|TOS-DE}}, is able to command respect in her colony. Sephoni survives the Cylon attack aboard the ambassadorial ship ''[[Taurella]]'' and, using her power, is able to follow—but never catching up—for the better part of ten [[yahren]] {{comics|doa|1|2}}.
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| For those unnaturally developed, such as ''{{alt|Galactica|TOS}}''<nowiki/>'s engineer [[Xam]] who is struck by [[void lightning]] generated by an unnamed [[storm zone]], the resulting strike elevates him to a [[delta-class telepath]]: provisioning the ability to project ideas and beliefs into the minds of others, including non-organic life such as the {{alt|Cylons|TOS}} {{comics|vol2|7|11}}.
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| Despite demonstrable results, psionics are a hotly debated subject, with some ferociously disbelieving in the power and the efficacy of divination {{comics|doa|1}}.
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| ==== Disadvantages ====
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| A deleterious effect to psionic use, particularly in extreme circumstances, leads to mental damage of the user. In [[Xam]]'s case, use of his psionic powers to fool the Cylons during the [[Battle of the Storm Zone]] results in a persistent coma that lasts for seven [[yahren]] ({{comics|comic1=vol2|issue1=11|comic2=doa|issue2=1}}.
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| Also disadvantageous is the Cylons' mastery of psionics: Sephoni is tricked by the Cylons into believing that she has divined the location of the fabled {{Alt|Thirteenth Colony|TOS-DE}}, as the Cylons are able to generate their own robotic form of sympathetic psionic communication {{comics|doa|1}}.
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| ==== Sympathetic Communication ====
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| In {{Alt|7358}}, Xam is able to divine Sephoni's presence and communicate her grid reference via a touch-tablet, thus reuniting ''Taurella'' and its survivors with the Fleet. Further, despite being disconnected from the outside world by standard means, he is able to communicate Apollo's survival—and, later, [[Ambush by the Super Basestar|his death]]—via divination {{comics|comic1=doa|issue1=2|comic2=doa|issue2=4}}.
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| Starbuck later solicits Sephoni into reading Xam, confirming that the message regarding Apollo's survival is genuine and not machine generated. She notes that the divinations have a purity to them and are not as stilted as the Cylon psionic machinations {{comics|doa|4}}.
| | [[Xam]], an engineer aboard ''{{alt|Galactica|TOS}}'', is struck by [[void lightning]] generated by an unnamed [[storm zone]]. This strike unlocks his latent psionic potential, elevating him to a [[delta-class telepath]]: provisioning the ability to project ideas and beliefs into the minds of others, including non-organic life such as the {{alt|Cylons|TOS}}. |
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| ==== Technology ====
| | A deleterious effect to psionic use, particularly in extreme circumstances, leads to mental damage of the user. In Xam's case, use of his psionic powers to fool the Cylons during the [[Battle of the Storm Zone]] results in his death ({{comics|vol2|11}}). |
| Sephoni is able to use her psionics to secure access codes and other information from the Cylons' network {{comics|doa|4|5}}.
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| == References ==
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| {{Reflist}}{{tabnav|comics=vol2|comics1=doa}}
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| [[Category: A to Z]] | | [[Category: A to Z]] |
| [[Category: Colonial]] | | [[Category: Colonial]] |
| [[Category: TOS]] | | [[Category: TOS]] |
