[quote=BlessedWrath]
Kirra will have final say over this. My evaluation stands as written. I cannot recommend acceptance based on what I've seen. Empathy and mind-reading carry such powerful implications that they must be separate powers. Having both as a side-effect of a third power is simply too versatile and powerful to be allowed in a one-power roleplay. For example, the power as described would not only tip off your character to a danger of being shot, but literally inform him of when to begin dodging based on the impulses from the brain to the trigger finger. Essentially, it's overpowered. I'll try to give you an example of what I mean: Sam's ability relies on pinging technology with a psionic wave. Through the magic of induced current, she is able to exploit that effect to gain limited control over electronics only. If I were to include mechanical parts, hydraulics, or anything non-electronic in that, it would be a separate power. It's still tech manipulation, and still falls under the Technomind power, but I specifically left it out because that's not how it works.This doesn't even cover the fact that decoding the human brain and entire nervous system in is something even our best analysis technology can't do, let alone a human mind. I will cede that an impulse from the brain to a muscle group should give you information on what physical actions the person is likely to take, but expanding that into two of the most useful telepathic powers in the entire psionics spectrum is, I think, over the line. That, and you'd have about 0.000000000000001 seconds to react to such an impulse.EDIT: I could also see limited ARA potential. Autonomic Response Analysis measures changes in the body due to stimulus. For example, heightened body temperature, galvanic skin response, etc, etc. Detecting changes in the adrenal gland could indicate stress or fear, for example. This is nothing close to mind-reading or true empathy, but is much closer to the effect you're looking for.
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I... Holy Shit Wrath. Did you go to MIT or something? Because HOT DAMN.