[Katchoo]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Interesting race description. Sort of a biological Version of the borg collective.

Is it a one-to-one relationship, like a parasitic symbiote, only on a strictly mental level since the trapper doesn't actually inhabit the controlled being. Or can one trapper control any number of other beings within the prescribed area?

Each Trapper can control the minds of multiple beings over a wide area.

The only limiting factors are the number of beings within the sphere of influcence in combination with the mental development of those individuals. For example, one Trapper would have an easy time controlling the minds of an entire zoo of animals, but if we switch it to a zoo of human beings, then it would take more effort to dominate the same number of minds, and the assistance of a 2nd Trapper would likely be necessary to achieve full control.

Trappers can exert themselves in situations where there's a limited number of them in a particular area, but such an exertion of mind control can prove fatal to the Trapper and to any living being nearby. A Trapper that over exerts itself beyond it's abilities can suffer a massive aneurism, causing it's brain to explode within the skull cavity. The resulting micro-explosion also releases a shock of psychic energy in all directions. Depending on the proximity of those around when this happens, the effects can range from a total lobotomy down to intense nausea.