This matter recently came up in the PBEM:
A person with natural telepathic 'shield' will not be detected by a person
with telepathic 'life detection' (according to ze rules)
A artificial psionic shield is equivalent to a natural 'shield' (?)
A Neural Activity Sensor is equal to a 'life detection' (???)
Does this mean that a NAS can't detect a shielded individual (?*e20)
If yes, how come that The Imperium haven't used this for zapping psionics?
It would be easy to construct a robot with a NAS, IR optics and a large
amount of hardware. If it senses something living that 1) don't show up on
NAS, 2) looks like an intelligent spieces. 3) gives an IR signature (ie: is not
a robot) 4) don't have a a artificial psi-shield, then it would perform an
arrest or a summary execution...
********************(VERY HEAVY SPOILER BELOW!)*********************
(About Psionics et cetera. It is really heavy info, that can spoil
years of work for a ref, so don't read it you out there who just play!)
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Comments Anyone?
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