The Harbinger Scale

== Disambiguation ==
The Harbinger Scale is a scale used to represent the danger of an individual in the Face of God Universe.
== Breakdown ==
The Harbinger scale has 21 stages used to record the "volatility or the immediate or eventual danger to another" of sentient beings known to exist. The two part description of the scale--to measure volatility or danger to others--shows how the scale takes one of these two variables into consideration when measuring an instance. So basically, if a being's volatility is thought to be more important than how dangerous it's manifested power is to others, the number will measure it's volatility; otherwise it will measure its "immediate or eventual danger."
As an example, imagine Amy Moore who brings good luck to people. She can't control this at least at the start of her story. The ability to control the "power" or not is measured as "volatility," and in this case would be a more important thing to measure than her "danger to others." Amy is measured at a 20 because she's can't control her ability at all. (Note: the measurement of 21 would mean a totally uncontrollable situation; Amy doesn't have this number because scientists aren't 100% sure her power is uncontrollable).
Imagine another example, Stacey Monners. She has a lot of control of her ability/power (I'm going to use these interchangeably). Her ability is two-sided, as is in fact every one of the 16's powers, and she uses the other side in her story up until this point. Due to this, she is seen as a danger. Her measurement is recorded as a 16. Although she is very dangerous in theory, someone like Thomas Manns (18) causes more of a danger as seen by scientist.
Finally, imagine Eli. Near the beginning of his story he can't control when he sees visions. Later he can't control when he travels though time, but then he learns to control it. It's a close one, but "danger to others" is more important because scientists decide that the ramifications of his ability to possibly travel anywhere in time (even though he doesn't have a lot of control) is a stronger variable than his adeptness at controlling the ability. He measures at a 17.
== Other Opinions ==
Some scientists choose to factor another measurement into the rating; not a third variable, but a consideration. This being that sentient beings have a will. So some scientists use a person's historical record and current psychology to determine how dangerous a person might be. For example, Thomas would tend to be more dangerous than Stacey since Thomas is a criminal (when the plot is set in 2019). These edited measurements might set Stacey at 15 and Thomas at 19. Before Stacey shows any signs of aggression, she may be a 10.
== The Reason for the Two-Variable Scale ==