Pyrokinesis

Pyrokinesis is the  psychic ability allowing a person to create and control fire with the mind. The word is intended to be parallel to telekinesis, with S. T. Joshi describing it as a "singularly unfortunate coinage" and noting that the correct analogy to telekinesis would "not be “pyrokinesis” but “telepyrosis ” (fire from a distance)". Psionic Specialists describe pyrokinesis as the ability to excite the atoms within an object until they generate enough energy to burst into flame. Some talent so gifted  define pyrokinesis as speeding up the movement of molecules in order to increase temperature.

The ability is very rare. There are no reported Kermac talents. The Saresii claim to have a Pyrokinetic talent, one in every million. The Leedei have a higher occurance of one in every hunderd thousand. While Terran Humans have a low percentage of psionic talents overal, the percentage of Pyrokinets among the gifted Terrans is high. One in ever 100 psionic gifted Terran Human is a Pyrokinet or a telepyrosisist. The Coven using "Negative Psionics " have a very high percentage of Pyrokinets. (90 %) It has been observed that the Narth are able to use and control any and all forms of psionics, including Pyrokinesis. But only two Narth have ever been observed using this ability.

The Union Citizen Homogenization Act of 5033 OTT no longer identifies Psionic talents by race. The overall percentage of Union citizens with Psionic abilities has steadily increased and about a fourth of the entire Union population has a HPI of over 100, where the first Psionic abilities occur and one sixth of the population has a HPI of over 200. while telepathy remains the number one ability, the various forms of Pyrokinesis is among the least common.

Pyrokinesis talents so identified during their mandatory HPI testing (since 2237 ) and the "Negaforce Test "since 5039 OTT must participate in a Psionic saefty training and their ability is mentioned in their CITI (Destructive Natural Talent Training Act of 2346 OTT )