Changes: Alternative Communication

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The power to communicate through alternative, unique or non-standard means. Opposite to Omni-Communication and Omnilingualism.

Also Called

Alternative Language
Non-Standard/Unique Communication/Language
Starfish Language

Capabilities

User way of communicating/language is so radically different and/or alien that they may be physically impossible to understand or overhear, even less reproduce by outsiders. Their method of communication may not just be merely non-verbal but also entirely unique to them, such as communicating through various natural phenomena, supernatural or metaphysical means, and/or even methods that are truly abstract (like dreams or memories) or that have no basis in the physical/tangible world.

User may also be able to hide/disguise their method of communication so that no one outside of their own kind may be able to understand or speak with them unless they chose too.

Applications

Associations

Limitations

Users of Telepathic Translation and Linguistic Assimilation might be able to figure their method of communication.

Known Users

See Also: Starfish Language.

Cloakers (AD&D)
Werewolves (Luger Code 1951)
The Vajra (Macross Frontier)
Deoxys (Pokemon)
Whale Probe (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
Crystalline Entity (Star Trek: TNG)
Chaotic Space Entities/Aliens (Star Trek Voyager)
- Kid Chaos

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 ==Capabilities==
-User way of communicating/language is so radically different and/or alien that they may be physically impossible to understand or overhear. Their method of communication may not just be merely non-verbal but also entirely unique to them, such as communicating through various natural phenomena, supernatural or metaphysical means, and/or even methods that are truly abstract (like dreams or memories) or that have no basis in the physical/tangible world.
+User way of communicating/language is so radically different and/or alien that they may be physically impossible to understand or overhear, even less reproduce by outsiders. Their method of communication may not just be merely non-verbal but also entirely unique to them, such as communicating through various natural phenomena, supernatural or metaphysical means, and/or even methods that are truly abstract (like dreams or memories) or that have no basis in the physical/tangible world.
 User may also be able to hide/disguise their method of communication so that no one outside of their own kind may be able to understand or speak with them unless they chose too.