After some experimentation which used up a few more crystals, Maury and Martan managed to figure out what the psi crystals were for and how they worked. Basically, they are cases of psi-recorder crystals. (3 cases, 12 each).

Tech Level: Maury's best guess is that they are the same sort of tech as the Decider amulets. But they seems to be not so well made.

How they work: If someone uses a psi power while holding the crystal, an imprint of that power (dice, schtick, flaw, talent), is made in the crystal. Each crystal is one use, write only. The imprint can be read out psionically, with an appropriate schtick, or electronically, with a psi-engineering device. (This is what Maury did.)

Uses: They would be very useful for archiving or teaching known talents, or analyzing workings of talents, which is what they were doing at the site, essentially analyzing differences between psi powers used with and without the bowl.

There are 36 of them. 27 30 31 32 are currently filled. Below is what's on them. (Talents used in the bowl seem cause the associated shtick to gaim the flaw "Focused" and have their dice go off the charts. No idea what the top of the charts is.) The first one on the list has been destroyed.

DiceSchtickFlawTalent
Maury
4TeleportSinkBlink This crystal destroyed in failed sonics experiment
4TeleportSinkStuff to me!
Martan
8TKHealth BurnFly Small Object
Max
5Finding ThingsOcc MisleadingFind Object
NaNFinding ThingsFocused/Occ MisleadingFind Object
NaNFitting InFocused/Occ MisleadingVanish
Eon & Ella - the shield generators from the Elmer's Gold
10GatherShieldNo RangeShield Group
NaNGatherShieldHyperFocused/NoRangeShield Group
Ryan Waites
3BodyControlHungerRaise Health
NaNBodyControlFocused/HungerRaise Health
NaNBodyControlFocused/HungerImmortality
Dr. Crighton - Dr Kye's rival
10CorpseDelveNoneLocate Corpse
NaNCorpseDelveFocusedLocate Corpse
NaNCorpseDelveFocusedKnow Death
NaNCorpseDelveFocusedIdentify Corpse
NaNCorpseDelveFocusedDeath Tale
NaNCorpseDelveFocusedFind Corpse Possessions
Dr. Trine - the Memento Mori experimenter on the project
8MindScanNo RangeSense Motive
NaNMindScanFocused/No RangeSense Motive
NaNMindScanFocused/No RangeSense Secrets
NaNMindScanFocused/No RangeEnlightenment
Enrico Santiago
4PyrogenesisPainCreate Flame
4PyrogenesisPainHeat Water
NaNPyrogenesisFocused/PainHeat Water
Darlene Caruso - young girl
4SightVisualSignificance
NaNSightFocused/VisualSignificance
NaNSightFocused/VisualSense Connections
Used by us in research project
Katya/Kith gathering experiment
Katya fortune experiment
Katya two talent experiment gathering experiment
Sophia TK experiment
Maury fortune experiment
Katya power projection experiment
Katya project/sheild experiment
Katya second power projection experiment Imprinted to Katya, then later destroyed
One blank crystal left!

Looking at their notes: The timing is such that you think it came to their attention very quickly after the bowl got turned on. They were really sincerely trying to figure out what was up with it, for standard profit motives.


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