PsiOnline.org

by FrozenFlames

Intro

In life there are those who will wish to harm us. Some of those people might even be you, albeit some of you might just be the victims. Perhaps you're both, or luckily enough, neither. In life these people will most likely choose to attack us physically, however, there does exist the ability to harm in the psychic realm. If you are reading this article, it is safe to assume that you are a psion that exists in this psychic community of which I speak. Whether you have ever experienced psychic combat or not, you most likely wear shields "just in case" that scenario happens to arise. If you do not wear defensive shields, I recommend you learn now. There is an article here written by Stony that covers rudimentary defensive shielding. If you already know how, I recommend you start now. From here on I shall assume you are one of the smarter ones that have a shield or two up at all times. In this article I hope to provide you with a few implements and some ideas on which to ponder, so that you may be more well equipped if you ever find yourself in a bad situation. And perhaps you will adopt a construct or two that you shall wear at all times, as you do your shield.

The Scenarios

Allow me give you one or two scenarios to work with. Let us say that because of some occurrence, you find yourself unshielded. Perhaps you were attacked, some electrical field weakened your shields, or maybe it is simply that you took them down to replace. Now let us say that at that moment, you are attacked. In the scenario that you were attacked and the assailant breaks your shields, he simply continues attacking. In the scenario of the electrical field or your shields coming down by your own will, perhaps the attacker was simply waiting for the right moment to begin his onslaught. Allow me to give you another scenario. It may peradventure be that your shields were taken down by strong empathic or telepathic pressure, from a crowd for instance. It is indubitable that in these situations is when your skills are truly tested. This is when some pre-made constructs can come in handy. While some of these constructs may be considered overkill for your day-to-day life, others I wear all the time, in addition to good shielding. Now you are probably wondering what the constructs in question are. So I shall describe them, and then I shall apply them to the scenarios I just listed to give you some ideas on how to use them.

The Four Constructs

The four constructs (as listed in the beginning of the article) are: Expanders, Maskers, Siggers, and Stampers.
Expanders: These are perhaps the first constructs you will use in your emergency defense, so it is the first place I will start. Expanders are very useful to say the least. To make one you take a fairly dense psiball and you compact it to about the size of a golf ball, then hollow it out. So you should have a very dense, golf ball sized, hollow shell. Then program it the main program, which is something like: "Rapidly expand to the edge of my field, pushing out all foreign energies. Hold in that position for 10 seconds, and then fade away." Then program it to orbit around you until you activate its main program. So if you haven't figured it out yet, lets run over its use. Basically this handy little guy will orbit around you, on standby mode. Then lets say you get some debris in your field and maybe some enemy constructs. You simply activate the Expander and it will go to the center of your field, and then almost explode outward. It will then rapidly expand to the edge of your field, pushing out all those nasty little constructs and anything else that is foreign. It will hold there for a few seconds, then fade. We'll get more into this later on, of course, but I'm sure you can already see the potential.
Maskers: In most scenarios, simply pushing out the bad energy is not nearly enough. That is when maskers come in. For most of you it probably takes two minutes, at the least, to make a decent shield. For some of you that are a bit slower, it takes much longer. When you are under attack, it can be extremely hard to focus, which makes this shield construction time even slower. In the scenario that empathy or telepathy pressure destroyed your shield, you certainly won't be able to focus, as you will be bombarded with this telepathic and empathic garbage. That is when the masker comes in. It is simply a construct that is programmed to shield you (using your energy to do so) with a sig cloaker shield. For those of you who do not know, a sig cloaker is a shield that hides your sig. Without your sig, it is impossible for any constructs or people to locate you. If you can't be found, you can't be attacked. So simply program this to orbit around you until you active the main program, as you did with the Expander. The main program is obvious, something like, "Construct a sig cloaker shield around me. Use my energy to do so." Obviously, for you strong empaths and telepaths, you will probably also want a variant of the masker as well. These might be called "Blockers". The program would be similar to the Maskers, except the Blocker would shield you with a blocker shield, rather than a masking shield.
Siggers: A sigger is the simplest of the four. However, do not take them lightly, they are extremely useful. These are just basic psiballs that are marked with your sig to look like "you". They are programmed to use your energy to replicate however many times you program it to. When attacked, you simply shoot these out in random directions. These will have your sig, and will look like "you". Thus, this causes dummies for the assailant and his or her constructs to fire at (thinking it is you).
Stampers: These are constructs that are programmed to "stamp" (or imprint) your sig on to anything you tell it to. This is a cool little thing, but what use does it have for defense you ask? I will tell you. Send this Stamper out, aimed at the attacker's shields. It then goes to his shields and puts your sig into it (a lot of shields actually won't block this, as it isn't an attack). Now that shield has its programming, the sig of its creator (whether hidden a little or not), and your sig (which usually looks like its "smeared" all over it). Now all those nasty little constructs that are aimed at you (your sig) will fly to the assailants shield as well! It will be quite confusing when the attacker launches a few mean constructs, and he ends up hitting himself. Then he will most likely realize that his shield now has your sig on it (as it will feel extremely different). So now he will have to either:

• Remove your sig from the shield (which takes a certain level of skill),
• Put special programming in his constructs to ignore anything with his sig in it as well (which takes extra time),
• Take down his shielding completely, and then put it up again (which is obviously the most non recommended plan of action).

Constructs + Scenario = Emergency Defense Tactics

I'm sure you have already decided some ways to use these constructs, however, I thought I'd add them to the scenario to finish off this article anyway. So in the first scenario, you are unshielded and being attacked. You first take an Expander (which you always carry around inside your shielding, orbiting around you) and you activate it. Then you take the Sigger and the Maskers, and activate them as well. So now all the nasty stuff is being pushed out and held there for a few seconds, then the Siggers are making dummy targets, while the Masker shields you to hide you. You can't attack what you can't see. So by the time the attacker realizes he is just firing away at psiballs, you will have effectively vanished. If the assailant came on hard, it is probably at this point in which you would want to activate a Stamper, and send it out at his shields. In the case that the attacker is able to locate you through your masking shield, further defense actions will have to come into play and you will most likely have to enter real psychic combat (something I do not wish on any of you). In the scenario of empathic and telepathic overload, you use the Expander first as well. Then activate the Blocker (a variation of the Masker, if you remember correctly).

Conclusion

In normal situations I usually only carry around an Expander. I can shield quickly, and it only takes seconds for me to create a Sigger. So I need not carry those. However, if I feel I might be in danger sometime soon, I will usually carry around and Expander, as well as a Stamper. If I am planning on going into a large crowd, perhaps a few concerts, I will usually carry around two Expanders and a Blocker. The reason for this being because I am empathic and telepathic, so if my shields get broken I'll need something to force the junk out and then help shield me. So basically what I'm saying is that I don't expect you to always carry around all four constructs, but I am saying that depending on your level of skill and the possible scenarios, you should think about carrying around some. If you're highly empathic and going into a crowd, carry around a few Expanders and a Blocker. If you pissed somebody off or just simply got threatened (and you feel like you might be in danger), then maybe you should carry all four. However, if you can make constructs fast, don't bother with the Siggers and just carry three. What I'm saying is that you don't have to be paranoid and carry around two of each when you go through your daily life, thats overkill. But what I am saying is that you should think ahead and use some common sense. Consider carrying an Expander around at all times, and if an out-of-the-ordinary scenario comes up, consider some extra precautions. Make no mistake, an assailant will beset you, he or she will not go about it in a circuitous manner. A psion's defense should be well thought out, not desultory. I hope that none of you ever experience psychic combat, but if you do, be prepared.