SuperhumanAbilityModule:PsyCon

PsyCon, short for Psychic Control, is not nearly as powerful as the name suggests. It allows the manipulation of psychic energy produced by other SAMs, thus allowing disruption and redirection of attacks.

PsyCon as a Lexis
There are rumors that Leonardo da Vinci and the Illuminated Brotherhood once created abilities known as "Lexes" a few centuries ago, and as "Words of Power" in the 121st Century. Each Lexis supposedly had the capability to manipulate an entire aspect of reality.

The rumors state that PsyCon is not technically a Virtue, but was meant to be the first Lexis designed from scratch to be compatible with the Superhuman Ability Module API, and created by the famous polymath or a member of the Illuminated Brotherhood he founded.

While this sounds like a conspiracy theory, the Illuminated Brotherhood is known to exist, and has generally been involved in efforts to remove corruption from various organizations. This includes recent efforts by the Brotherhood to add restrictions to PsyCon, which have successfully resulted in one of the most interesting and fairly-balanced SAMs ever created.

Most who believe that PsyCon is part of some evil scheme by the Patriarchy are regarded as crazy, while those with more moderate theories - such as the Illuminated Brotherhood member who created PsyCon was none other than Ada King and started while developing the SAM API, or that there is in fact a controversial movement in the Brotherhood to create an Illuminated Sisterhood counterpart organization - are generally taken more seriously.

Supposedly, Lexes had no names - only a word in Latin that was considered synonymous with the mundane uses of the word - because each was one of a kind, at least until after SAMs were created. The word used for PsyCon's predecessor was Imperium, meaning "Control" or "Power", and was meant to counteract other Lexes; remember that this was before the introduction of Nullify.

Known Users

 * TheGlenquisition