Eugene “E.L.I.” Linus Ingman

Trouble

* ***Used to a Sedentary Lifestyle***

Others

* ***Betazoid Raised by and Among Humans***
* ***"I'm not Stupid; I'm just Slow!"***
* ***"Yes: I'm a People-Person; No: I Hate Crowds."***

Consequences

* Mild (any)
* Moderate (any)
* Severe (any)

Refresh: 2

### Traits

Stunts* [-1] **Infectious Enthusiasm:** Aspects (including consequences) you place with Empathy that represent positive moods/emotions can be invoked for +3 instead of +2 at your discretion.
* [-1] **Useful Little Things:** Your pockets are full of useful little things. Whenever you need something, you have it, provided it's not something too unusual (like a map to Jimmy Hoffa's body) or too large to fit in an pocket, belt, pouch, or backpack. When you say you have something, the G.M. should be likely to agree.
* [-1] **Animal Friendship:** Your telepathy works on non-sapient minds and you are at +2 when using Empathy on them.
* [-1] **Emotional Support:**+2 Empathy to Overcome mental consequences. (Yours or another's.)

Extras

* **Betazoid Telepathy:** Your skills (especially empathy and instigate) can be used to peer into the minds of others. Empathy reads emotions directly instead of interpreting body language and social cues and Investigate allows active probing of thoughts and memories (which can be actively opposed by Defending with Will), while passive discovery with any skill can detect the surface thoughts related to that skill. The telepathy is an additional sense; this means it is always receiving perceptual information, requires focus to pick out individual features or sources out of crowd and can be used to communicate with others.
* **Alice the Space Cat:** You (the character) have a purple feline-like creature the size of a medium dog as a pet. While you (the player) have control to roleplay as both, Alice doesn't have any stats more stats than a single aspect, which itself much be placed with a Create an Advantage action as normal.

Born to a betazoid mother and a human-betazoid father, E.L.I. was adopted by their human god parents shortly after birth due their biological mother dying from complications in childbirth and while the biological father is M.I.A. The god parents divorced during E.L.I.'s young childhood and they lived with their god mother until they left to join Starfleet Academy.

Growing up with majority betazoid blood on the mostly human-populated Earth, E.L.I.'s telepathy has gotten them into trouble on more than one occasion, leading to them becoming more reserved so as to not inadvertently reveal that they have information they shouldn't; a trend not helped by their placement on the higher-functioning end of the autistic spectrum. This changed in the Academy, where most were well aware of their betazoid heritage, and many were either perfectly comfortable with, or to familiar with to not begrudgingly accept, their telepathic abilities. While this allowed for E.L.I. to open back-up and be modestly sociable, they still preferred smaller friend groups over large crowds (a fact not helped by their sensor-integration issues also applying to their telepathy).

A unique quirk of E.L.I.'s telepathic abilities is that it works on non-sapient minds. Whether this fostered their love for animals or simply bolstered is is uncertain, but E.L.I. themself has often claimed that such bestial companionship has been a boon in maintaining emotional health.

E.L.I. has trained most in leveraging their telepathy towards the betterment of others, being content to play supporting roles. Even the one time they earned a cadet leadership position (despite lack of trying), they mostly acted as group coordinator rather than an overt authority.

As of their recent graduation from Starfleet Academy, E.L.I. has been given their first assignment: ship's counselor aboard the U.S.S Baikonur. Unofficially, however, Commander Bolin Veshki, seeing the advantage in having a telepath do all the talking for them, has given E.L.I. a bridge position.