StarCraft: Tyranid Empire.

Chapter 25 Psyker

As for why Rick Kidd would join a normal Marine squad as a sniper, it's also understandable.

Although the Federal Marine Corps usually forms a special tactics team around snipers to perform more covert missions, Rick obviously lacks qualifications as a recruit.

Only after accumulating a certain amount of actual combat experience and military exploits to prove his ability, and obtaining the Marine Corps sniper qualification certificate, can Rick form or join a special tactics team alone.

Among all Rick's comments and reports, Augustus paid the most attention to a few comments given by the training camp instructor Sergeant Peters: he has a pair of eagle-like eyes, extraordinary hand-eye coordination and extremely A rare X-factor.

Regarding the X factor in the comments, Sergeant Peters gave a fairly detailed explanation in parentheses: This kind of talent is extremely rare in our ethnic group, usually, only about one in a thousand to ten thousand people can appear.

The X-Factor's ability to snipe is manifested in having an unexplainable sniper instinct, some snipers with this gift even claim that the passage of time slows down dramatically in the first two to three seconds they pull the trigger , which apparently has something to do with the paranormal.

We don't know much about this talent, but geneticists believe that this special ability hidden in some humans is related to some kind of "psychic power".It is certain that (the part crossed out by the signature pen) has started a research project on psionic energy long before the military.

In some remote areas that are too far away from the core world to cut off communication with the civilized world, the locals will call psionics "witchcraft", and there are countless new gods and religions based on religious beliefs based on it.

For now, we can confirm that recruit Rick Kidd is a rare psyker.

Combined with Augustus's past knowledge of StarCraft, Rick's psychic powers should not be strong. In his impression, only people with PSI (Psychic Scale established by the federal government) level 5 and above have telepathic abilities.

"Rick, no doubt offensive, I want to confirm, as a psyker, can you read minds? Of course, the more official name should be telepathy."

Augustus turned his head to look at Rick who was dazed by his own words: "In other words, can you hear the 'voice' in other people's hearts and understand their thoughts?"

"Why do you ask that? Of course I can't." Rick was stunned for a few seconds and thought for a while before answering.He already knew the content of the report, so he was not surprised by what Augustus said.

"Oh, you mentioned psychic powers in your P-1 report. I heard that psykers can read minds. Even if they don't speak, they can know what they are thinking." Augustus said.

"I really can't do this." Rick shook his head: "You care about this?"

"Yes, but I don't hate psionics and psychics." Augustus said very frankly: "I'm just not used to a person who can read my thoughts at any time by my side. Uncomfortable. At least, if you're reading my mind, at least let me know that."

"I can understand that 'intellectual privacy' is also very important to human beings." Rick tried to look at this issue from his perspective according to Augustus, and found that he could not bear that kind of telepathy either. By.It would be terrible indeed if there was no privacy at all between people.

"Your psychic level should not be too high, so you don't have many supernatural abilities." Augustus put all the materials back into the storage bag: "I heard that some powerful psychics It can be called a living god.”

"They can see the filth in the deepest part of your heart at a glance, manipulate your thoughts, enslave your soul, or directly detonate your head."

"That sounds like magic." Rick showed a puzzled expression: "But the education I received since I was a child told me that the laws of the universe, science, and physics support the operation of this world."

During this period, human psykers represented by ghost agents in the original game have not yet appeared in the public's field of vision. It is not surprising that Rick doesn't know much about it.

Psionic potential is ubiquitous among the human populations of the Koprulu sector, and all research related to psionic power seems to prove that this potential is inherited from their ancestors.Moreover, psychic powers seem to be evidence that humans are constantly evolving and are slowly intensifying as each generation of humans reproduces.

But so far, overly powerful psykers often cannot control their overpowering psychic power due to mental problems when they are young, and thus hurt themselves or others.A considerable number of psykers die prematurely in infancy.

Rick's psychic power is quite satisfactory, not too powerful, but he can also possess some special abilities that ordinary people do not possess.

"...You're right." Augustus spread his hands, took out his personal terminal, and found a group photo taken when Class [-] graduated from the boot camp, ready to end the previous topic: "No Let’s talk about this, you are a newcomer, first let me introduce to you who are in the third row and the first class. In case you don’t understand their stink problems, you will get into trouble when the time comes.”

"Okay." Rick nodded.

"I'm the temporary squad leader, Augustus Mengsk, from Keha IV. My family is considered a nobleman." Augustus pointed to himself, and then to his personal terminal.

"That messy, dirty red-haired guy who grins to the back of his head when he smiles is Harnack Hank, but don't look like that, you'd better leave him alone."

"This is Jim Raynor, a black-haired guy with a short cut, he's a little too serious for the camera, but he's actually smiling... He's a very easy guy to get along with."

"Tom Omo is the youngest of us. Don't look at him as shy and clumsy, but he is a boy with a great personality. He often talks in his sleep at night, saying that his dream is to protect his villagers."

"Xander Max, hey, despite his small size, he has a long chin. I always say he looks like an alien. He likes grenades, explosions, and smoke. Look, he doesn't hold his cigarette butt in front of the camera. A pinch."

"This brunette kid loves to laugh and really has a sunny smile on his face. He's a good kid and he can't say no to help. Oh, and his name is Amy Brandon, and we all call him Little Amy .”

Holding a personal terminal, Augustus introduced every member of his class to Rick with a smile on his face: "Connor Ward and Benjamin Crandall are the biggest ones here, and they both have a bad temper. Not too nice, and I don't like to laugh."

"However, when Ward is angry, he will sulk himself, and Crandall will beat the person who angered him. He is a monk, and he usually prays and says a hallelujah before he does it. said Augustus.

"Curte Josephine has a nice crop now, he had long pink dyed hair and braids in high school."

"This bastard is a playboy, a dandy, a scum, whatever you say about him, he will also smile when he sees you, and he is neither angry nor angry. I have never seen Josephine angry." Augustus said While looking at Rick, if the other party didn't want to listen and felt bored, he would stop there.

And Rick smiled reflexively when Augustus looked at him, and Augustus also assumed that he was willing to listen to his nagging.

"Although Alain Rundstein's family is a great aristocrat, there are artists, painters, and musicians for three generations. He is the one among us who resembles the aristocracy the most."

"Ilya Kulovsky was born in the frozen world of Blasis, where his name means Hand of God. He is the most alcoholic and bravest warrior in our class - I Can't believe he's such a great guy that he gets carsick, and only motorcycles," Augustus said.

(End of this chapter)