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From: Edward Paul <doyle@******.edu>
Subject: Re: Useless(?) Physad Powers
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:43:58 -1000
On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, David Buehrer wrote:

> Low frequency soundwaves travel farther. And (I think) low frequency
> hearing allows you to hear things like heartbeats and earth tremors
> (before they become apparant).

Not to mention footsteps from outside the room, across
the hall, and up the stairs... Also, The can here the rumbling of engines
and tanks before they can anywhere near him, like the merc, Bull Pup, was
used for in the story "Tailchaser" in _Into the Shadows_.

Nobody sneaks up on somebody with low frequency hearing... If
you're into spying or recon, that's one power or modification that'll do
you a hell of a lot of good in the long run...

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Edward Paul University of Hawaii at Manoa
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