Why are the Betazoids described as an empathic species in SFA? Troi was an empath, but that’s because she’s half human. Lwxana and the Betazoid “delegates” in LDS are all telepathic. They all regularly use telepathy to speak to each other and to humans they’re close with. Why are the Betazoids in Academy signing to each other to communicate subtly instead of thinking?
Also, was the Betazoid president’s taking off of the speech device supposed to be symbolic of something in lore? I know the actsman is Deaf, but is there some kind of link between Deafness/muteness and the psionic wall?


Yeah, that’s a PieFed feature. I realised Daystrom Institute fit better, so I moved it. I had no idea how Lemmy was going to handle it, but since it’s the same instance I decided to give it a try and see what happens. Or in other words, to boldly go where no one has gone before.
A learning experience for us all!