Mindforce

In the aftermath of The Stellar Khanate's invasion, and facing the continued The Grue Unity threat, The Lor military launched Project Brainstorm, an effort to create more powerful mentats using a combination of genetic and psychological engineering. But while Project Brainstorm resulted in a greater proportion of mentats being created than appeared in the general population they were no more powerful than their counterparts. Until Tia’kim, a mentat so powerful she was expected to one day exceed Project Brainstorm’s most ambitious goals.
Although the military tried to keep Tia’kim under wraps, Senator Ackundar, a big proponent of military accountability, learned of her existence and she was not about to let the most powerful mentat in a generation (perhaps ever) become a tool for the military. After tireless lobbying (and secret talks with Daedalus and Duncan Summers) the senator managed to have Tia’kim enrolled at Claremont Academy where it is hoped the young mentat will grow into an individual capable of making wise and independent decisions.
Unlike Samot (aka Crater), coming to Claremont has not had much of an effect on Tia’kim; she refuses to address faculty and staff as anything but “sir” and “ma’am”, keeps her appearance and quarters to military standards, marches down the halls, etc. Nevertheless, freed from the watchful eyes of the military and surrounded by people her age who have lead normal lives, her steely discipline is starting to crack; more than once she has caught herself watching other students out of her window instead of studying.

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In terms of sheer power Tia’kim is near the top of the Claremont hierarchy. However, thanks to her military conditioning, she’s not nearly as effective as she could be. This became evident in her first combat simulator session where she “turtled-up” behind her force field and waited for someone to give her orders. To overcome this Tia’kim’s training sessions consist of solo and team missions, often with her as team leader. While this has resulted in some improvement, she is still more follower than leader.