Mental Communication

Preliminary Notes

Mental communication exists and is widely known in Ruartei Space, but rare enough that most peoples and beings disregard it. Many educated and informed individuals understand the basics of how it works while the general populace only have vague beliefs, rumors, speculation, and folk tales.

Nearly all beings with any mental communication aptitude possess defensive and protective abilities. (How well they can protect themselves depends on their skill and training.) A large majority can sense surface and unprotected thoughts. A minority possess mild offensive capabilities. Beings that can join minds are even less common while only a select few can invade or control the mind of another.

The main emphasis when training in mental communication skills is on defense.

While mind-shielded locations and mind-protection garments and devices exist, only the most advanced (and richest) worlds use them. And then only rarely due to the expense and difficulty to produce them.

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