Difference between revisions of "Cytonics"

'''Cytonics''', sometimes called cytonic abilities, a defect or a deviation, are a set of psionic abilities used by numerous sapient beings, among them [[Jason Write]] and [[Spensa Nightshade]].{{book ref|Elysium}}{{book ref|skyward|54}} A person capable of using them is called a '''cytonic'''. In humans, those abilities have lasted centuries and have continued to pass genetically since the time of the [[Phone Company]] until the occupation of [[Detritus]] by the descendants of the ''[[Defiant (starship)|Defiant]]''.{{wob ref|11990}} All known alien species have the capacity to produce cytonics, and a few are all-cytonic.{{book ref|elysium}}

Cytonic users are able to react at incredible speed, thinking faster than humanly possible, although this doesn'tdoes not allow for an increase in physical speed. This mind acceleration allows cytonics 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, letting them react even to flying bullets.{{book ref|sky1|epilogue}}{{book ref|elysium}}

'''Mindblades''' are pure force, formed by the mind of the user. They can be used to cut through any solid objects, but with practice, they can be Sensed and blocked by other mindblades. They are capable of affecting even materials that are resistant to advanced conventional weaponry, such as [[Telaniumtelanium]].{{book ref|elysium}} They are considered one of the more advanced cytonic abilities, and difficult to figure out on one's own.{{book ref|sky2|11}}

An ability possessed by all advanced alien races, and developed but kept secret by the Phone Company operatives. It involves Sensing inwards on oneself and removing oneself from normal space, moving through [[nowhere]] to reappear at a different point in normal space, possibly light-years away, in seconds. When reappearing, the performer pushes aside mattersmatter at their destination to create the space for themselves.{{book ref|elysium}} While in the nowhere, the momentum of an object is lost, so when an object returns to the real world after a jump it will naturally be stationary until it is moved again.{{book ref|sf2|21}} There seems to be no upper limit on the distance travelled in a jump; however, the cytonic requires keen awareness of the place they are returning to. This can be achieved with cytonic coordinates, which can be pushed directly into a person's mind and allow even an untrained cytonic to travel. Such coordinates, however, fade within a few minutes.{{book ref|sky2|8}} This cytonic teleportation is sometimes referred to as a '''hyperjump'''.{{book ref|sf1|3}}

FTL travel is an ability that can be augmented by technology to allow the cytonic to transport more than just themselves. As such, it forms the basis for all interstellar travel. Modern design, used to avoid attracting the delvers, utilizes [[taynix]] as '''hyperdrives''', as delvers find them uninterestingdistracting.{{book ref|sky2|34}}

Some advanced processors use cytonic technology to work much faster than normally possible.{{book ref|sky1|31}} This is most important to artificial intelligence'sintelligences such as [[M-Bot]].{{book ref|sky1|55}} Using minature cytonic communicators, parts of AIs can pass signals between each other at speeds faster than light, which facilitates near-human intelligence and superhuman analytics ability. As a side effect, it makes those machines detectable by organic cytonics.{{book ref|sky2|18}} However, for some reason AIs anger [[delver]]s much more than other forms of cytonics and radio signals, leading to a ban on them in the present times.{{book ref|sky2|10}}