Farsense and Sensibility.

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Re: Farsense and Sensibility.

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NOMAD wrote:what would be the average distance that a farseer could reasonably and accurately pick up an enemy fleet. Its been said that a farseer has a harder time of seeing fleet that are close to inhabited planets, while fleet crossing the steps can be pickup accurately ( until recently). Yet, under the best conditions, what would be the best range 50AU, 200AU ? I'm thinking more like 100 to 200 AU range
Do you mean the minimum useful distance from an inhabited planet for the farseer to differentiate between planet and fleet or do you mean maximum useful interstellar distance at which a fleet can be detected?

If the latter I assume you were thinking light-years not astronomical units as 200 AU wouldn't even get you out of the solar system.
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Re: Farsense and Sensibility.

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Mayhem wrote:
NOMAD wrote:what would be the average distance that a farseer could reasonably and accurately pick up an enemy fleet. Its been said that a farseer has a harder time of seeing fleet that are close to inhabited planets, while fleet crossing the steps can be pickup accurately ( until recently). Yet, under the best conditions, what would be the best range 50AU, 200AU ? I'm thinking more like 100 to 200 AU range
Do you mean the minimum useful distance from an inhabited planet for the farseer to differentiate between planet and fleet or do you mean maximum useful interstellar distance at which a fleet can be detected?

If the latter I assume you were thinking light-years not astronomical units as 200 AU wouldn't even get you out of the solar system.
ARGH :oops: brain fart what I wanted to ask is the max distance that a farseer could accurately sense an inhabited planet ( or an individual mind) . however I would like the add the two you mentioned: A) sensing a fleet B) telling the difference between a fleet and a planet ( in light years :oops: )
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Re: Farsense and Sensibility.

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Quick question: Would a pregnant Loroi be able to feel/communicate with her future offspring? i.e.: she knows exactly when the fetus is hungry and what foods it likes and dislikes or they share an awareness.
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Re: Farsense and Sensibility.

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Ktrain wrote:Quick question: Would a pregnant Loroi be able to feel/communicate with her future offspring? i.e.: she knows exactly when the fetus is hungry and what foods it likes and dislikes or they share an awareness.
IIRC Arioch stated (do to the effect of the Loroi telepathy of touching) and have a very intimate physical link of child and mother; which can be HELL for the mother (think of having a developing mind pressing against your thoughts all the time, day or night and you get a roughly a picture of the pregnant Loroi). Hence why most loroi warrior have a C-sec around 6 months or so. (granted this was discussed a while ago so my info might not be correct).

As for after, those loroi who do give birth of a full term child ,do have a very intimate bond that results in a very protective mother ( IE having their daughter deployed to "desk duty" posts away from the fighting: thus the early C-secs for most loroi warriors)
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Re: Farsense and Sensibility.

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but it was also said that baby put in artificial "womb" needed the mental contact of other loroi to developed. I dont know if there were example given of what would happen to a child who would be denied any "mental" contact

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Re: Farsense and Sensibility.

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For most of the pregnancy, the fetus is not well-developed enough to have any kind of telepathically recognizable mind. In the last trimester the unborn baby's mind is still not sophisticated enough to communicate in formal messages, but the semi-conscious subtext is there, and this is can be an important element in the early development of the brain, as with an unborn human baby hearing the sound of its mother's voice. But as NOMAD mentions, the constant telepathic feedback from the developing baby can be very distracting and distressing to the mother.

Loroi mothers who choose to carry the pregancy full term tend to be the sort of individuals who are likely to form a close bond with their children, but (as has been remarked upon) many Loroi warriors are harsh individuals who do not make for empathic mothers. Some may mentally wall themselves off from the unborn child, and others may become actively resentful of the baby if forced by circumstances to carry it to full term. Hence the practice of rearing children communally by qualified specialists, and beginning that communal element as early as biology allows.

Loroi children denied adequate telepathic contact during development face essentially the same challenges as neglected or abused human children do: reduced developmental potential and greater risk of emotional and societal problems.

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