П3 (Total Eclipse) Plan

Полное Затмение Plan, literal translation of "Total Eclipse" Plan, is a top level secret project within @The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), spearheaded by Major Jerzy Sandek, to create a force of engineered psychic supersoldier pilots, utilizing @Human ESPers and the various psionic phenomena associated with them.

Project Achievements

With the continuous strain on Soviet resources by older generation ESPers in the aftermath of Alternative III's discontinuation, solutions and restructuring is required to repurpose the leftover ESPers. In persuit of the Total Eclipse Plan, new TSFs are designed, specifically around use by ESPer pilots. Older ESPers are "retired" and "volunteered" into specially designed ESPer Control Pods.

The ESPer Control Pod is designed for Fifth Generation ESPers and acts as a control system that allows the ESPer inside to not only pilot a compatible TSF but also link with other ESPers, sometimes forcefully as is the case during the Yukon Base Incident, however the process is meant to link multiple consenting ESPers and their TSFs to create a highly sensitive, highly effective unit that transcends normal human limits in combat. The pods are designed to not only enhance the ESPer's normal psychic abilities but also help induce the Prafka and Nostroyka effects without the use of a standard catalyst. ESPers interred in the pods are required to have their four limbs amputated, and are not meant to be removed once inside. It is essentially a suicide assignment, although members such as Matika Barchenowa were volunteers for said procedure after it was developed.

By creating an interlinked, hivemind network redundancy between a full flight of ESPer pilots, this theoretically would create a flipswitch toggle control to "overclock" the abilities of an entire squadron. Leveraging the enhancing properties and syncronization of Prafka and the relatively obscure Nostroyka Effect.

Alternatively, by pairing older generations of ESPers with the younger Sestina generation, Prafka can be established on a small unit scale.

What is the Nostroyka Effect?

The Nostroyka Effect is a little understood, @Human ESPer-related phenomenon which is closely related to Prafka. The effect's rare appearance is easily recognizable as a visible cloud of psychic energy will gather around the TSF that is piloted by the ESPer who is giving off the effect. The Nastroyka Effect appears when an ESPer's prafka levels and psychic energy has reached their zenith, and is a physical manifestation of this unnatural level of power. The natural color for the Nastroyka Effect is blue, but has also been observed in other colors like red.

ESPer Control Pods can create the Nastroyka Effect, as the ESPers inside are still alive and aware. Because of the artificial process of inducing Prafka, however, the Nastroyka effect of a pod is a reddish hue, rather than the natural blue.

This effect will also surround any @Tactical Surface Fighter (TSF)s slaved to the ESPer's machine. These TSFs must specifically be those that are controlled via psychic link rather than through the use of traditional OS systems.