Telepathy

• Umbrella term for any form of non-technological mental connection between two intelligent beings
  • Interlink between two consciousnesses allowing for communication, transference of thoughts, feelings
  • Extreme telepathic talents capable of transferring consciousness from one substrate to another
• Function of quantum entanglement between two consciousnesses allowing for transmission of information (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
• Types and variations of telepathy
  • Empathy
    • Detection and in some instances transmission of emotional states
  • Touch telepathy
    • Often relies on entanglement coupled with direct bioelectric contact
• Known telepathic species
  • Aenar
  • Betazoid
  • Deltan
  • Vulcan
  • Xyrillian