I'm posting tonight. And while they are a real deal threat, they are also throwaway NPC baddies. The G-Gnomes for example are as physically weak as they are psychically strong if that makes sense. Like Vlexia said, they're like 3ft tall clones made for being telepathic data dumps. Not for being tough...the tough stuff comes later, hehehe.  >:)<br/><br/>So there can be a happy middle ground where they can be convincingly beaten, as long as the heroes act with some tactical know how. Like aiming for the soldier with the g-gnome on his shoulder. Take out the gnome and his handler, and while the soldiers are still a solid unit, they don't move with hive mind efficiency anymore, and obviously the psionic attack is negated as well. Etc...