Psi Nippon

Psi Nippon ist kein Orden, sie haben keinen Proxy und keine Prometheuskammer - und dennoch beginnen sich asiatische Psioniker in Ihren Reihen einzufinden.

Kurzbeschreibung

Psi and psions are becoming increasingly popular among the Nihonjin youth. Large numbers of them, especially in the undersea Nihonjin communities, are rebelling against their elders' distrust of psions and biotech. Psi Nippon is the name of the general movement, and has also been adopted as the title of the largest of the various pro-psion clubs that can be found meeting on various OpNet sites and in schools and homes throughout Nippon. Currently the Nihonjin government is considering making openly advocating of Psi Nippon principles illegal, but fears that such suppression will only make this movement more popular have so far forestalled this possibility. More than a hundred young people belonging to Psi Nippon have taken vacations away from Nippon for the express purpose of having themselves tested for psionic latency. Since more than 95% of all Nihonjin are tested for unusual genetics as infants, and all who test positive are either awakened as novas or superiors or have all such potential suppressed, none of these youths have proven to be latent. The Nihonjin government realizes that the movement will become far more popular if any member of Psi Nippon actually gains psionic powers. Therefore, the government is attempting to ensure that no one who was born and raised in the Wild Zones has a chance to leave Nippon for latency testing. Fortunately few such people have the funds necessary to travel abroad, but the government continues to monitor this situation.

The Nihonjin government has also been working to isolate Psi Nippon's influence from the majority of the Nihonjin people. The Makaro-Shima deep colony recently became the unofficial Psi Nippon stronghold in large part because the government secretly arranged to have individuals with Psi Nippon sentiments transferred there. Currently many Psi Nippon sympathizers are eager to move to Makaro-Shima, and the ziabatsu is more than happy to grant such transfer requests. The ziabatsu is even considering permitting the importation of biotech and psion testing in Makaro-Shima, while simultaneously restricting travel and commerce between this deep colony and the rest of Nippon. In effect, this undersea settlement would become a separate state loosely controlled by Nippon and a safety valve for pro-psion sentiment.