On 1/19/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > Say, for example, that Morrolan simply used his secret window to observe > the enemy meetings. How would a purely science-based technology be able to > stop him? I suspect you couldn't. However, you could mitigate the damage by: 1. Talking in Navajo. (j/k) Though seriously, techno-babble might be almost as good. 2. Concealing and/or changing the meeting location frequently, even if it's just an anonymous tent. 3. Holding discussion in terms of coded resources. "Operation Alpha-Deadstrike is proceeding." This matters less if the clairvoyant can snoop written or electronic materials, but it would be effective against Morrolan's window. 4. Planning for it. This situation is really no different from having an unknown spy in your midst. It's bad in some ways--you have no guarantee of confidentiality--but not in other ways--you can still trust your command staff. Anyone who knows anything about these situations is welcome to speak up. I suspect you'd do a lot of decentralizing command so that there aren't any grand strategy meetings to snoop on, only local command posts. You might also make a practice of giving orders only once, verbally, and then letting your subordinates have autonomy in carrying them out. (This practice would probably be abandoned as soon as it was found to be ineffective vs. psychics. Then again, psychics do have to be present in order to mind-ream someone.) You might also make a practice of not doing anything tricky, period. If you're launching a straightforward frontal assault, who cares if anyone knows about it? However, I suspect that encrypted radio channels are not chiefly designed to prevent eavesdropping in this sense. IMO, this discussion is a bit of a side-issue. Max Wilson -- Be pretty if you are, Be witty if you can, But be cheerful if it kills you.