Psion

The Psion is a psionically gifted individual which has access to many powers in order to further them to whatever end they desire. Unlike the Android or Wizard, the Psion can choose to be good, evil, or simply uninterested in the conflict and remain neutral. They follow these 3 paths of alignment and unlock skills based on said path. (IE a good Psion cannot have late game evil powers, although it is possible to have some earlier powers in combination) The Psion also has natural bonuses and issues because of their gifts. Psions gain "points" over time which can be spent in the alignment paths, regenerates energy 15% faster, and has a natural weakness to cold.

## Alignment

#### Hero of Humanity:

"Become the true savior of Humanity, destined to save all of Humanity"

This is automatically unlocked when you reach 90+ on the alignment scale. Grants the Psion 20% damage reduction, 20% increased damage, 25 life and 50 energy as well as 2 additional life regeneration per second. It grants nearby allies 20% increased attack speed, 20% increased damage, 20% increased movement speed, 1 life armor, 50 life and shields as well as 1 additional regeneration of all types per second.

#### Genocidal Ambitions:

"Rejoice in your genocidal tendencies, destined to destroy all who oppose you."

This is automatically unlocked when alignment reaches -100. Grants the Psion 20% damage reduction, 20% increased damage and 50 maximum energy.

## Spells

### **Righteousness:**

Righteous skills set you along the path that wins alongside humanity, and makes you become the savior the ship so desperately needs. These powers are unavailable to you if you have a Psionic alignment scale below -10. These skills generally not only help you, but the crewmates around you as well:

#### Restoration

"Forces positive nearby psychic power into pure energy, restoring health and granting armor to nearby friendly biological units." Removes certain debuffs.

 duration
 alignment raised

#### Galatica Breaker

"Absorbing nearby star energy, the Psion charges up a devastating psionic wave of astral fire that deals damage to those it hits." Creates magical fire.

 Extra damage
 Alignment raised

#### Battle Meditation

"Opens up the Psion's inner mind and channels incredible power through space and time to power up the Psion's state of being. All stats increase tremendously, the Psion takes less damage, and recieves plenty of combat buffs, including powered up spells and regeneration. The Psion builds up so much focus that they lend their power as well to nearby humans."

#### Spirit Bomb

"Absorbing positive psionic energy nearby, the Psion charges up a devastation psionic blow to the targeted unit, dealing immense damage and slowing that unit's attack speed and movement speed"

 Extra damage
 Debuff length
 Alignment

### **Neutral:**

Neutral skills set you along the path that makes you win regardless of other sides. You win alongside humanity, and will not block the win condition for them. These skills allow you to focus on staying alive rather than helping or hurting others. These powers are ALWAYS available to you, although some will raise or lower your alignment slightly.

#### Psychic Push

"Force pushes a creature or mech away from you, dealing damage to the object pushed."

 Push
 Alignment

#### Telekinesis

"Enemies in the target area are lifted into the air using psionic power"

 Duration
 Alignment

#### Psionic Speed

"Channels neutral psionic energy into a biological unit, giving that unit super speed temporarily."

 Duration
 Alignment

#### Psionic Barrier

"Surrounds a biological creature with a protective psionic shield, granting them invulnerability for 5 seconds at the cost of speed."

 Movespeed Reduction
 Alignment

#### Mind Blast

"Unleashes a pure force of psionic energy into the opponents brain, dealing 60 Spell damage. Mutes the target and prevents them from using the radio for 30 seconds."

 Range
 Alignment

#### Psi Wave

"Forces Neutral energy particles into damaging psionic energy, dealing moderate damage to nearby units over an extended period of time, Armor and Movespeed is also reduced for those within the wave. Damage is double against Alien types."

 Extra Damage
 Alignment

### **Chaotic:**

Chaotic skills set you along the path of destruction and genocide. You will only win alone when you choose this path, and you must kill every living thing in your way. These skills work to take on multiple enemies at once, and to then use their deaths as a source of power for you.

*"have you heard the tragedy of officer Steve the wise? I thought not, it's not a tale the federation would tell you, its a Psion legend." -unknown wiki editor 1*

*"The genocide route gives powers which many consider to be... unnatural." - unknown wiki editor 2*

#### Lightning

"Forces negative nearby psychic power into pure energy, dealing electrical damage and energy drain, arcing between nearby units. Deals more damage when biological or mechanical units are near each other, as their bodies are used as conduits for the lightning."

 Alignment

#### Shield of Souls

"Killing humans will steal their souls, can be activated to empower yourself using stolen souls."

#### Dissolution Wave

"Forces Tremendous amounts of negative energy into the air surrounding the Psion, severely damaging nearby units. Armor and Move speed are also reduced for those within the wave. Bonus damage is dealt against Biological classed units."

 Extra Damage
 Armor reduction
 Alignment

#### Hellblaze Blast

"Absorbing negative psionic energy nearby, charges up a devastating psionic blast that deals massive damage to all within it's explosive radius. Creates Hellfire where it detonates at."

 Explosive Blast Damage
 Hellfire Damage over time
 Alignment

## Psionic Studies

### Researching Psionic Studies

Researching the Psionic Studies as a Psion

### Sabotaging Psionic Studies

enables psionic potency gene to be obtained, humans take 20% less damage from all spells, if doc or lt researches 30% less spell dmg, if psion researches gives psionic potency gene, all spells deal 10% more dmg, psion gets 25 more energy

"it is well known that Psionic powers exist deep within every human and some living creatures. Experimentation on subjects that have enhanced psionic powers can prove vital to the survival of this ship. Every human is capable of psionic powers to some extent, some more than others..."

sabotage psionic research, gives one psi point if psion, reduces max time one can go without gaining a passive psi point by 25%

if researched by alien doc/lt evo points from mental infestation are doubled, all mind alien forms gain 15% more shields, all mind alien shields armor effectiveness doubled