Technopathy

Technopathy is the word given to the psychic ability which allows those with it to manipulate technology with their mind. Unlike other psychic abilities, such as Telekinesis and Telepathy, Technopathy has only been found to be accessible through unnatural alterations of the mind - in other words, experimentation. As such, no Technopaths have been found within the Federation, due to its strict regulations and laws against experimentation of that standard, and others outside of the Federation have found it too dangerous, and too complex, to even accomplish. It has been theorised that it would take a supremely rare natural phenomenon to cause the necessary mutations that would allow beings to use the ability. Until then, the psionic power has been deemed to be impossible to cultivate. The only species known to have successfully gained Technopathy were the Aloreans, though this is through mere speculation, and come from stories told by travellers and pirates who have found what little trace of the Oligarchy that survived. Not knowing the Aloreans' true name, they refer to them as Technomages, and have become a myth to the speculative world.