New Sci Fi Setting Seeds

[Astromancer]

Monsters from the Id, and Other Strangers

Brain science finally made PSI respectable, and for that matter, practical. ESP and Telepathy first became practical and then normal. Soon a broad range PSI powers were proved real and made practical. The more dramatic powers, like teleportation were rarer.

However, an unexpected problem came up. Psychology used to think of dissociative disorders as rare. That was proven wrong. Dissociative disorders coming to the surfaces of consciousness and take over a person's actions was rare, dissociative disorders were actually commonplace.

Worse, with telepathy, telekinesis, and other powers, formerly suppressed personalities, can interact with the outside world.

"Stray thought" is no longer a metaphor.

Basically, the world of 2120 is haunted. The lost and walled off fragments of human minds are taking the roles they always had in dreams.

The PCs are elite trouble shooters. They use their PSI powers to corral trouble making "Ghosts" and their hosts. This job requires several types of skills. Social skills to deal with the hosts who are generating "Ghosts." Psi and physical skills for dealing with monsters. Investigate skills for finding which ghost belongs to whom.

Note: Some "Ghosts" find places to haunt and follow local folklore and urban legends in their behavior.

I picture this setting as having about the same technology as Transhuman Space . Use those books as a source.