Intel Puzzle [video] [encrypted]

[googledox]

Patterns are emerging in the intelligence Kid Quantum handed out. It's time we narrowed down our search so we can plan our next mission accordingly.

[ooc: Though only people who signed up for clues can hand them out, anyone on the team can participate in the discussion to figure them out.]

Comments

[goddamngrenades]

I didn't get anything indicating they were, sorry.

[vata]

Considering the Naltorians didn't actually go in the end, maybe they really did believe it.

[leverageintceo]

A planet full of literal precogs and they don't believe them when they say things? Wow.

There has to be information out there about how frequently Naltorians have false visions...

[legionnpcs]

Oh, on average my people are about 95% accurate. Give or take five percent. That said, we only see the future as it is at that moment. The slightest change can alter it entirely, which makes things... less so.

For instance. I have a vision that Grif will rob the snack machines again. I mention it to someone and they decide to grab the snacks they like first. He can't steal those items, so the future has changed.

In a more dramatic example, I've seen several of you die on various missions. Well, a general 'you'. Legionnaires. If I'd seen you die, someone would warn you. Anyway, I'd go in and whisper a word into Jazmin's ear or just alter the duty roster myself and, well. Things have turned out better. For the most part.

The thing is, most of the time when we mention a vision, people automatically seek to either change it or ensure it happens. They go into a situation more recklessly or more cautiously than they normally would, which means they're not acting the same as they were in the original future, which means that a new one overwrites it. This gives my people a reputation of being less accurate than we actually are.

[araignee_du_soir]

It seems to me as though your people's power is something that could be easily abused. If one says they have a vision, can another verify that the vision actually existed?

Otherwise, any could claim they had a vision to influence the outcome however they wished.

[legionnpcs]

A telepath can verify if a precog is lying or telling the truth, and while their word can be falsified, too, if you get enough different telepaths for an external verification, it's unlikely for all of them to be dishonest.

But yes, it would be easy for a precog to lie about what they've seen. If someone reported a vision, they could be lying. And if someone reported that they had a vision that discounted another precog's vision, they could also be lying.

Regardless of the risk of someone being untruthful, if an aide claimed to have a vision, they would've likely reported it to the Naltorian council-members first. And if they ignored it, it's still irresponsible. At the very least, they should've warned the Legion and the rest of the Council of the possibility of attack at the party.

[araignee_du_soir]

[Widowmaker doubted telepaths were common enough that they could easily be on hand to verify visions.

...she really hoped telepaths weren't common at all. She didn't need someone poking around in her head where Talon secrets and her neural reconditioning/programming were.]

Precognition sounds like an unpleasant power to possess. [From someone else that might have been pity, but the lack of inflection in her voice made it sound more like fact than anything else.]

[legionnpcs]

[She needed to stay out of Titan, then.

Dreamer smiles. It's rather dazzling, much like everything she does.]

It's got its upsides and its downsides, but I can't imagine life without it.

[araignee_du_soir]

Do you ever see yourself in your visions or are they strictly regarding others?

[Off topic, but she was curious and this was an opportunity to ask without bothering to find Dreamer at a later time.]

[legionnpcs]

I can see myself. I had one an hour ago about opening my minifridge to find the yogurt I've been looking forward to all day has been stolen. Don't know who will do that, though.

[Her money's on Tensil, though.]

[araignee_du_soir]

[Widowmaker reassessed her opinion on the power; it wasn't so much unpleasant as it was annoying if that was the more common kinds of visions.]

Interesting. Merci.

[deafleppard]

For the record, I'm already dead on almost every other universe out there. Not that I actually want to join them all but.

You know.