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My main PC is [[Nolen Hobart]], as I write this a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) serving aboard the [[USS Arrow|USS ''Arrow'']] as its Engineer, pinch hitting from time to time as Operations. Nolen is half-Betazoid, but he's never actually received formal training or guidance for his considerable empathic reading abilities. This means he has trouble shutting people out, and this is compounded by his memory of the echoes of his mother's trauma, suffered during the [[Dominion]] occupation of [[Betazed]] during the [[Dominion War]]. When interacting with Nolen, keep in mind a few points: | My main PC is [[Nolen Hobart]], as I write this a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) serving aboard the [[USS Arrow|USS ''Arrow'']] as its Engineer, pinch hitting from time to time as Operations. Nolen is half-Betazoid, but he's never actually received formal training or guidance for his considerable empathic reading abilities. This means he has trouble shutting people out, and this is compounded by his memory of the echoes of his mother's trauma, suffered during the [[Dominion]] occupation of [[Betazed]] during the [[Dominion War]]. When interacting with Nolen, keep in mind a few points: | ||
- He likes most everybody. | |||
- He hates being around most everybody. | |||
It's nothing personal, but for Nolen, foreign emotions feel intrusive. He is working to manage his abilities and cope with being around others, but it is especially trying in large groups. One crutch he has learned to rely on, however, is alcohol. For him, it seems to "numb" his paracortex and reduce or eliminate his empathic abilities altogether. | It's nothing personal, but for Nolen, foreign emotions feel intrusive. He is working to manage his abilities and cope with being around others, but it is especially trying in large groups. One crutch he has learned to rely on, however, is alcohol. For him, it seems to "numb" his paracortex and reduce or eliminate his empathic abilities altogether. | ||