First, let us give Credit where Credit is due: Inspired by this Thread.
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The Lord of Genii, Kyvenn S'ymm-Bedda, has decided to reward you for breaking the Seal of Solomon that kept him imprisoned in the Magic Jar.
He will now grant you three very special Wishes.
The Djinn will allow you to bring to the Real World, from the Universe of Rifts:
ONE Technological Device,
ONE Magical Spell of any level (we'll pretend that it's an Amulet that grants the Spell 3 times per 24 hour period),
and
ONE Psynetic Device that grants the recipient ANY single Psi-Power, from Sensitive to Super (I haven't quite nailed down exactly how this would work; i.e., if it would be a constant or temporary Psionic Effect).
The Djinn then proceeds to inform you of the limitations of these Wishes:
A]] You cannot make a generic request; for example, you could wish for an MDC Trenchcoat or the "Resurrection" Spell or the Psi-Sword; you could NOT, say, wish for the School of Necromancy Magic, the Psynetic Factories of Mindwerks, or the Process by which MDC Materials and/or MDC Damage Weapons are created.
B]] NONE of your choices can allow Transport, Teleportation, etc., off the Planet. No Stardrives, Stargates, F.T.L., Dimensional Rifts, etc.
What happens here, stays here™.
C]] NONE of the Choices can be reverse-engineered; Earth won't be able to create Magic, Golden-Age Technology, or Psionics from the choices that you make.
What you decide is ALL that Earth gets.
D]] The choices that you make will be made available to the citizenry of the entire world (and Of course, whether or not the Governments of various Countries will try to confiscate these items from the Poeple is a diferent matter altogether and not part of this Exercise).
If you choose "Resurrection," then you get the Spell, and good ol' Mrs. Magillicuddy down the street gets it.........but Osama ibn Laden gets it, too.
E]] Spells, Psionics, or Technological Items that normally have a Permanent Cost associated with them do not in this instance. If you wish for, say, a Mega Juicer Conversion or the Psynetic Eternal Brain, the recipients of same will NOT have a shortened LifeSpan or eventually go insane.
The real Question is this: Knowing what you do of the Real World's current Gepopolitical Situation and its Socioeconomic Poroblems, and more importantly, KNOWING THAT HUMAN BEINGS ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO USE WHAT IS GIVEN THEM FOR BOTH GOOD AND EVIL, what Choices would you make and why???
