Psi Powers

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Psi powers have five separate tiers of power, which need not be learned in order. Each tier includes seven individual powers.

There are five Tiers of Psi disciplines. You can learn more psionic disciplines by enhancing your Psi skills at an Upgrade Unit. To use a Psi discipline, equip your Psi Amp (~ key), then select a discipline in the PSI MFD or in the ammo window on the bottom right of the screen. Press the left mouse button to "fire" the selected Psi discipline.

Contents 1 Overloading 2 Hotkeys 3 Powers 3.1 Tier One 3.1.1 First Tier Neural Capacity 3.1.2 Psycho-reflective Screen 3.1.3 Neuro-reflex Dampening 3.1.4 Kinetic Redirection 3.1.5 Psychogenic Agility 3.1.6 Psychogenic Cyber Affinity 3.1.7 Projected Cryokinesis 3.1.8 Remote Electron Tampering 3.2 Tier Two 3.2.1 Second Tier Neural Capacity 3.2.2 Anti-entropic Field 3.2.3 Adrenaline Overproduction 3.2.4 Neural Decontamination 3.2.5 Cerebro-stimulated Regeneration 3.2.6 Psychogenic Strength 3.2.7 Recursive Psionic Amplification 3.2.8 Localized Pyrokinesis 3.3 Tier Three 3.3.1 Third Tier Neural Capacity 3.3.2 Molecular Duplication 3.3.3 Electron Cascade 3.3.4 Energy Reflection 3.3.5 Neural Toxin-blocker 3.3.6 Enhanced Motion Sensitivity 3.3.7 Projected Pyrokinesis 3.3.8 Psionic Hypnogenesis 3.4 Tier Four 3.4.1 Fourth Tier Neural Capacity 3.4.2 Photonic Redirection 3.4.3 Remote Pattern Detection 3.4.4 Electron Suppression 3.4.5 Psychogenic Endurance 3.4.6 Molecular Transmutation 3.4.7 Remote Circuitry Manipulation 3.4.8 Cerebro-energetic Extension 3.5 Tier Five 3.5.1 Fifth Tier Neural Capacity 3.5.2 Advanced Cerebro-stimulated Regeneration 3.5.3 Soma Transference 3.5.4 Instantaneous Quantum Relocation 3.5.5 Imposed Neural Restructuring 3.5.6 Metacreative Barrier 3.5.7 External Psionic Detonation 3.5.8 Psycho-reflective Aura

Overloading

When you use a psionic discipline, you can do one of three things--you can use it at normal power, you can "overload" and use it at a more powerful level, or you can burn out. Overloading will use the discipline as if you had a PSI stat 2 higher than you actually do, but takes more time to use than the normal level and risks burn out. If you want to use the discipline at normal power, you can just quickly left-click. If you want to overload, using more power, hold down the left button until the bar in the middle of the screen reaches the red box and turns red, and then release. Make sure that you don't hold down the left button until it hits the right edge - this will cause you to burn out, taking damage and having no effect.

Hotkeys

You can assign hotkeys to various psi disciplines in order to access them faster. To do this, bring up your psi MFD, move the cursor over the discipline you wish to assign, then press shift and one of function keys simultaneously (you should see the name of the function key appear over the discipline to indicate that it has been bound to that key). Thereafter, whenever you press that function key, it will select that psi discipline. You can also assign function keys to cycle through all psi disciplines of a given Tier. On bootup, your cyber-interface defaults to having the 5 Tiers bound to F1 through F5, but you may change these bindings if you wish.

Powers

Tier One

First Tier Neural Capacity

This is required for First Tier psionic disciplines. It increases your maximum psi points by two. All First Tier disciplines cost 1 psi point per use.

Psycho-reflective Screen

Protects you from 15% of all combat damage.

Duration

20 + 30 * PSI (seconds)

Neuro-reflex Dampening

Eliminates all weapon kickback.

Duration

60 + 20 * PSI (seconds)

Kinetic Redirection

Pulls an object toward you.

Duration

1 * PSI (seconds)

Psychogenic Agility

Increases your Agility by two.

Duration

2 + 1 * PSI (minutes)

Psychogenic Cyber Affinity

Increases your CYB by two.

Duration

2 + PSI (minutes)

Projected Cryokinesis

Launches a heat-draining projectile at a target. Higher PSI increases damage.

Damage Type

Cold

Damage

3 + PSI

Remote Electron Tampering

Makes active alarms time out faster.

Time Reduction

5 + 5 * PSI (seconds)

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Tier Two

Second Tier Neural Capacity

This is required for Second Tier psionic disciplines. It increases your maximum psi points by four. All Second Tier disciplines cost two psi points per use.

Anti-entropic Field

While this discipline is active, your ranged weapons cannot break, and their condition will not degrade.

Duration

10 + 20 PSI (seconds)

Adrenaline Overproduction

Increases hand-to-hand damage by a factor equal to PSI.

Duration

10 * PSI (seconds)

Neural Decontamination

Neural Decontamination Shields you from 80% of radiation damage.

Duration

10 + 5 * PSI (seconds)

Cerebro-stimulated Regeneration

Regenerates lost hit points.

Amount Healed

2 * PSI (health points)

Psychogenic Strength

Increases your Strength by two.

Duration

2 + PSI (minutes)

Recursive Psionic Amplification

Increases your Psionics by two. Psi point costs are doubled while active.

Duration

10 + 10 * PSI (seconds)

Localized Pyrokinesis

Damages all creatures within a certain radius. Higher PSI increases damage to enemies.

Radius

5 + 1 * PSI (feet)

Duration

15 + 8 * PSI (seconds)

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Tier Three

Third Tier Neural Capacity

This is required for Third Tier psionic disciplines. It increases your maximum psi points by 6. All Third Tier disciplines cost three psi points per use.

Molecular Duplication

Use some Nanites to duplicate one ammo clip or hypo.

Chance of Success

30% + 10% per PSI

Electron Cascade

Recharges a single charged item or weapon.

Recharge amount

20% per point of PSI, up to the maximum allowed by your Maintenance skill.

Energy Reflection

Provides 50% immunity to all energy-based damage sources.

Duration

20 * PSI (seconds)

Neural Toxin-blocker

Shields you from 100% of toxin absorption.

Duration

10 + 5 * PSI (seconds)

Enhanced Motion Sensitivity

Shows the location of all nearby creatures.

Duration

30 * PSI (seconds)

Projected Pyrokinesis

Launches a fiery projectile at a target.

Damage Type

Incendiary

Damage

5 + 2 * PSI

Psionic Hypnogenesis

Target non-robotic creature will stand still and docile. If the creature takes damage, the effect ends.

Duration

20 * PSI (seconds)

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Tier Four

Fourth Tier Neural Capacity

This is required for Fourth Tier psionic disciplines. It increases your maximum psi points by 8. All Fourth Tier disciplines cost four psi points per use.

Photonic Redirection

Renders you invisible to all creatures. Firing a weapon will end the effect.

Duration

5 + 5 * PSI (seconds)

Remote Pattern Detection

Shows the location of many useful items, including nanites, ammo, hypos, implants and audio logs.

Duration

1 * PSI (minutes)

Electron Suppression

Immobilizes any robotic target.

Duration

3 * PSI (seconds)

Psychogenic Endurance

Increases your Endurance by two.

Duration

2 + 1 * PSI (minutes)

Molecular Transmutation

Turns ammunition and hypos into nanites.

Remote Circuitry Manipulation

Allows you to hack psionically. Uses half your PSI stat (rounded up) in place of both Hacking skill and CYB stat, and costs Psi points instead of nanites.

Cerebro-energetic Extension

Turns your Psi-Amp into a powerful melee weapon.

Duration

10 * PSI (seconds)

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Tier Five

Fifth Tier Neural Capacity

This is required for Fifth Tier psionic disciplines. It increases your maximum psi points by 10. All Fifth Tier disciplines cost five psi points per use.

Advanced Cerebro-stimulated Regeneration

Regenerates lost hit points.

Amount Healed

5 + 5 * PSI (health points)

Soma Transference

Drains target non-robotic creature of hit points, and adds those hit points to your total.

Instantaneous Quantum Relocation

Teleports you to a marked location. If there is no marked location, this will set a marker at your current position. You can clear an obsolete teleport marker by hitting Alt-T.

Imposed Neural Restructuring

Causes a non-robotic target to become hostile toward all non-human creatures.

Duration

10 * PSI (seconds) or until damaged by a human.

Metacreative Barrier

Creates a wall of psionic force directly in front of you.

Hit Points

150 + 50 per PSI over five.

Duration

4 minutes.

External Psionic Detonation

Drops a psionic proximity mine. Does no damage to robots, and double damage to psionically sensitive creatures.

Radius

10 (feet)

Damage Type

Psi

Damage

30

Duration

4 (minutes)

Psycho-reflective Aura

Protects you from 60% of all combat damage.

Duration

10 + 20 * PSI (seconds)