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The Telepaths
Less than a dozen of the Federation's member worlds have produced telepaths through natural evolution. (Others have tried to create telepaths via genetic experimentation and/or specialized breeding through the pairing of telepaths with non-telepaths, but the results - with a few exceptions - have been unsuccessful.)
This page gives a brief timeline of the history of telepaths from Earth. |
2148
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The first human telepath is diagnosed. Her name is Shayla Avalos, and she's sixteen years old. She is considered a prodigy and she and her family are relocated to Oxford University where a renowned scientist and his team have been studying the paranormal for many years. Over the next two decades, many more telepaths will be diagnosed, all of them children between the ages of ten and seventeen.
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2169
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Because of the public's growing concern over the telepaths and their place in society, President Reeves is pressured by parliament and his supporters to sign Shayla's Law, an edict which forces all telepaths into protected compounds which are established with taxpayer dollars and research grants. By 2185, there will be a dozen compounds throughout the world.
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2173
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Jacob Madison is born in Alberta, Canada. He is the first to be diagnosed as an L-5. Both of his parents were L-3, and when he's seven years old, Jacob is taken from the Scarman Compound and transported to a special facility in New Zealand.
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2195
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First contact is made with the Sheriak, and the war begins almost immediately. It lasts for three years, and the Sheriak are defeated only because of the telepaths and their contribution to the war effort.
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2219
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Jacob Madison leads his fellow telepaths in a revolution, demanding the abolition of Shayla's Law and the right to construct their own colony on Mars. There are brief, violent episodes, but, because of their superior abilities, the telepaths' quickly gain the upper hand. Their demands, however, are not met. Instead, with the help of the Murdohn, Jacob's followers are allowed to join the Murdohn telepaths who have their own world in a distant solar system. The Murdohn Republic underwent a similar event in their recent history, and the human telepaths are welcomed by the settlers of Rikaard.
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2286
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The IFP is officially established, and a new set of laws are created which allow the settlers of Rikaard to be admitted into the Federation. Shayla's Law is altered so as to require the registry of all telepaths with the Nalltakk Foundation, a special branch of the Rikaardan government whose sole purpose is to register and track all telepathic citizens of the Federation.
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By the end of the 27th century the Rikaardan society has become wealthy through military research grants and contracts with hundreds of commercial and private corporations. Telepaths are used during business negotiations to ensure honesty from all parties. Rikaard has often been used as a neutral site for warring empires to negotiate peace. Yet there is still great suspicion and distrust from non-telepaths, and, while many Rikaardan travel off world, they are always watchful and alert of their surroundings. They rarely socialize and keep to themselves.
For the last century or so, there has been a growing movement among the telepath population to abolish Shayla's Law and dissolve the Foundation. So far, this movement has remained largely underground, and there has been only a few acts of outright violence. It's hard to combat the wealth and prosperity which has been brought to Rikaard's citizens through their business deals and research grants. But, in time, the movement might gain more public ground and expand into something worse. One of the central forces driving this movement is that fact that no telepath may serve in any branch of the Federation's armed forces.
Mariah Decev, chief science officer of Exxar-One and a commander in the EarthCorps Navy, is a telepath.
For the last century or so, there has been a growing movement among the telepath population to abolish Shayla's Law and dissolve the Foundation. So far, this movement has remained largely underground, and there has been only a few acts of outright violence. It's hard to combat the wealth and prosperity which has been brought to Rikaard's citizens through their business deals and research grants. But, in time, the movement might gain more public ground and expand into something worse. One of the central forces driving this movement is that fact that no telepath may serve in any branch of the Federation's armed forces.
Mariah Decev, chief science officer of Exxar-One and a commander in the EarthCorps Navy, is a telepath.