[Psionics] [Space] Psi Trek - Worldbuilding

[Prince Charon]

OK, unless I've missed a post somewhere, I've only had one response to the question of which FTL drive is preferable, which is really not enough to get a consensus. I'd like more opinions to that, if anyone has them.


On the matter of psis and psi-tech, as mentioned in the OP, Universal Latency is the case for any sapient race that are not universally psychic - so, humans are universally latent (meaning they have at least the potential for psi abilities), and some have active powers, while the Vulcans (if they exist here, which is part of a later question) are universally telepathic, though a few might have abilities from other powers, or telepathic abilities other than the ones that pretty much all Vulcans have. Either way, all living things produce a natural psi field, and sophonts (sapient beings, hence people) produce a strong and complex enough psi field to create an environment in which psychotronic devices can work for long periods.

This does mean that ancient psychotronic devices left lying around inactive for thousands of years could plausibly start working again when the crew shows up on the long-abandoned spacecraft or whatever - especially if they're powered by the psi field, or have a system that uses psi field accumulators to charge up a different power system.... or if the equipment is a mix of psychotronic and non-psychotronic systems, and they have some manner of very robust mundane power system, like an asteroid base with solar panels (with repair robots that can also repair each other).