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Originally Posted by Willy
As for psy powers I´m pretty sure, since Psy works on homeline, that this is a non option. Consider the rabid paranoia in every good security advisor who is responsible for say the president xyz has. They watch there clients every minute of their life and would most surly discover any changing the client undergoes. Think a bit further, to a normal highranking leaders entourage, count bodyguards, medics, "advisors", network security specialists and whatever, literally any threat is covered. Now imagine a world where psy works, pretty sure that psy and counter psy measures are part of it and any gouvermenst seat or parliament is protected against it.
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That's in a world where psi is
known to work. If the physics of a world allow psychics from elsewhen to use their powers, but psychics have never existed there (or were so rare they are considered fictional), there will be no defense against psi until they become a known quantity. That may very well describe Homeline when Van Zandt met with the world leaders. So long as the psi was careful and didn't cause the world leaders to act out of character, nobody would be any the wiser (and even if they did act out of character, it would be more interpreted as "Van Zandt's message must have really shaken El Presidente" rather than "zomg Van Zandt has mind control powers!").
EDIT: That said, embarrassing secrets as blackmail - and/or fulfilled wishes tailored to each individual as bribe - may be more likely than a secret ultra-effective psi.