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fandomhigh2007-10-10 07:39 am
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Alternative Tactics, First Period, Wednesday 10/10
Class was in a class room, and Kerrigan was looking somewhere between 'suffering from a major headache' and 'intensely perplexed' as she flipped through last week's class notes. "...Well, I guess that means you all get an A for coping with an unusual situation," she muttered, scratching the back of her head.
"Anyway, we're starting on the second module of our course, now. Unorthodox weaponry - I've got a feeling a lot of you kids are familiar with the concept already. Dealing with stuff that's not sticks and stones or guns and knives makes it all a little tricky, but it offers a lot of tactical opportunities if you just manage your resources correctly.
This week and the next, we're going to be talking about telepaths. Some of you may hail from worlds where they don't exist - basically, they're mindreaders. When deployed in battle, telepaths can be an incredibly useful force, not just to gather information but also to breach defenses and safely take out vital targets without anyone being the wiser."
After launching into and then finishing up a detailed lecture about mixing stealth and telepathy, she paced around the desk, throwing an odd-looking metallic device on the closest available student's desk. "Psi-shield," she said, "That one doesn't work, so don't bother. If you're going to deal with telepaths, you absolutely need one of those. Whether it's mechanical or you set it up in you brain, I don't care, but trust me on this - you walk into combat with a telepath without one, and you might as well start picking out your epitaph. Telepathy might seem like a mostly defensive power, but trust me, any telepath worth his or her salt is going to fry you quicker than an egg if you let your guard down."
Kerrigan ran a hand through her hair, staring indecisively into the classroom for a moment, as if trying to figure out what to share with them.
"If you have a good brain on you, though, you can use your opponent's telepathic power against them. But that's dealing with your mind and that's not really what this class is about. It suffices to say that telepaths don't exactly have a high sanity rating, usually."
She stalked back, sitting down behind her desk. "In two weeks, we're going to have an exercise to teach you how to incorporate telepaths into your team - remember their strengths and take good care of their weaknesses. A brain-crazy telepath is no good to anyone."
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"Anyway, we're starting on the second module of our course, now. Unorthodox weaponry - I've got a feeling a lot of you kids are familiar with the concept already. Dealing with stuff that's not sticks and stones or guns and knives makes it all a little tricky, but it offers a lot of tactical opportunities if you just manage your resources correctly.
This week and the next, we're going to be talking about telepaths. Some of you may hail from worlds where they don't exist - basically, they're mindreaders. When deployed in battle, telepaths can be an incredibly useful force, not just to gather information but also to breach defenses and safely take out vital targets without anyone being the wiser."
After launching into and then finishing up a detailed lecture about mixing stealth and telepathy, she paced around the desk, throwing an odd-looking metallic device on the closest available student's desk. "Psi-shield," she said, "That one doesn't work, so don't bother. If you're going to deal with telepaths, you absolutely need one of those. Whether it's mechanical or you set it up in you brain, I don't care, but trust me on this - you walk into combat with a telepath without one, and you might as well start picking out your epitaph. Telepathy might seem like a mostly defensive power, but trust me, any telepath worth his or her salt is going to fry you quicker than an egg if you let your guard down."
Kerrigan ran a hand through her hair, staring indecisively into the classroom for a moment, as if trying to figure out what to share with them.
"If you have a good brain on you, though, you can use your opponent's telepathic power against them. But that's dealing with your mind and that's not really what this class is about. It suffices to say that telepaths don't exactly have a high sanity rating, usually."
She stalked back, sitting down behind her desk. "In two weeks, we're going to have an exercise to teach you how to incorporate telepaths into your team - remember their strengths and take good care of their weaknesses. A brain-crazy telepath is no good to anyone."
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She fidgeted. "I just ... wanted to say, it wasn't his fault. Totally mine and if you wanna yell or give me detention or whatever, that's okay."
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