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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kookalouris" data-source="post: 4452339" data-attributes="member: 23872">Burning the Midnight Oil...OK, I realize the clock is ticking...I will do my best to get a character to you as soon as possible.  But don't hold game start back because of me, my character can join later if that is possible.  If  not, well, I understand.  It was still worth taking a chance for a Trinity game.To work...Max, Ithuriel; thanks for your help.  It has helped focus my character.Here we go, black text again...I am almost ready to start making a character, I just need a few things finalized.I will make either a biokinetic or an electrokinetic as those are the two available disciplines unspoken for.Biokinetic Option:Biokinetics are very interesting as characters but there are a few obstacles.The first is that Biokinetics are impersonators and masters of disguise, better suited to solo play as the Norca cannot disguise the rest of the team.  In most cases, solo impersonation would split the party and steal time from the group as half the game might be: read about the Norca infiltrating the target while the rest of the Psion strike team waited outside.  Now if it was possible to be a obvious shapeshifter without any real skill at disguise or charisma, then the Norca would be more of a special ops soldier and team player.The second obstacle, as detailed by Max, is that the Norca are very insular and paranoid (with cause).  A biokinetic would be expected to be loyal to Norca first, which doesn't necessarily preclude Aeon Trinity second (against the Aberrants, the enemy of my enemy is my friend).  But even the most devoted Norca  can still be read like a book by a telepath.  A possibility, JH would volunteer to have Norca-aligned telepaths remove any confidential memories, making JH a functional amnesiac.  This could be a creepy plot device (who knows what secrets JH has and doesn't even know) and proof of JH's desparation to find his family (he considers Aeon necessary for this and so a mind-wipe could be a necessary sacrifice.Electokinetic Option:JH would use such a gift to find his family, either by trying to 'improve' spaceships beyond their listed stats or if nothing else, make enough money  through his talent to buy the tools and help he needs.  He would be the archetypal computer nerd or grease monkey, more comfortable with biotech than people.  Unlike a Norca, I see no problems with an EK working with Aeon Trinity, if not being a full member.Of the two options, I find the biokinetic more interesting and the electrokinetic better suited for the group.I will post more tonight but I want to get this first part posted now.  Feedback is very welcome...</blockquote>

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