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== Cytonic Abilities ==

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| He had been legally blind since he'd turned sixteen. (...) Fortunately, he had other methods of seeing.

The ability to "see" the world with supernatural senses. [[Jason Write]] uses it to perceive the light as vibrations, black being calm, white light being a roar in his mind. This allows him to get a clear picture of the world despite his blindness, though it takes a certain level of conscious effort.{{book ref|elysium}}

 

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| They used that place between heartbeats to talk to one another, to communicate instantly.

Cytonic users can communicate without help of the electronic equipment.{{book ref|skyward|55}} The range that they can communicate without technological support is unknown, althugh the communication can be overheard over several hundred kilometers.{{book ref|skyward|1}} Difference in language or species makes no distinction in FTL communication; however, it seems impossible to encrypt or secure it against cytonics-using eavesdroppers.{{book ref|skyward|55}} It is proven that certain technology or matter can block or interfere with it.{{book ref|skyward|55}}

 

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| The Krell knew they had to target any of us who flew too well—because they knew about the defect.

Cytonic users are able to react at incredible speed, thinking faster than humanly possible, although this doesn't not allow for increase in physical speed. This mind acceleration allows the cytonic users to excel in tasks that require quick reaction times, such as flight, making them excellent pilots, as well as use their abilities with little advanced warning, allowing them to compete with bullets.{{book ref|skyward|epilogue}}{{book ref|elysium}}

 

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| He whipped out a dozen invisible mindblades that slashed through the air. The force of his attack slapped the bullets backward as well as sliced each one in two.

Mindblades are pure force, formed by the mind of the user. They can be used to cut through any solid objects, but with practice, it can be Sensed and blocked by other mindblades. They are capable of affecting even materials that are resistant to advanced conventional weaponry, such as [[Telanium]].{{book ref|elysium}}

 

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| I did something with my mind. We vanished, leaving a ship-size hole in the expanding blossom of flame and destruction.

An ability possessed by all advanced alien races, and developed but kept secret by the Phone Company operatives. It involves Sensing inwards on yourself and removing yourself from normal space, moving through an timeless emptiness to reappear at a different point in normal space possibly light-years away in seconds. When reappearing, the performer pushes aside matters at the place to create the space for themselves.{{book ref|elysium}} [[M-Bot]] has a cytonic hyperdrive that requires a human to power it.{{book ref|skyward|54}}

 

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| Your dissidents are escaping, and they're hiding among us.

Using advanced cytonics, it is possible for a mind to swap bodies, including cross-species. Among others, [[Varvax]] dissidents can utilize this to take human bodies, akin to possession.{{book ref|elysium}}

 

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| No! It can't be! Where is my Sense!

There exist devices that allows suppression of cytonic abilities, for the purposes of keeping prisoners or protecting an area from cytonic influence. Varvax use cytonic suppression to keep various civillizations in check, while the [[Detritus]] debris shield mutes access to cytonics to an extent.{{book ref|elysium}}{{book ref|skyward|54}}

 

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| The minds of thinking machines somehow relied upon the same technology to process quickly.

Some advanced processors use cytonic technology to work much faster than normally possible.{{book ref|skyward|31}} This is most important to artificial intelligences such as [[M-Bot]], which require cytonics to function at a sapient level.{{book ref|skyward|55}}

 

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| It should be incapacitated now, and if it's looking at you, it doesn’t see you. We are overwriting its vision.